In the words of Nancy Pelosi, “A Giant Asterisk”.
Not knowing too much about Cal or Carondelet, I have watched our program slide ( JLHS) and achieve about what it’s capable of with the kids we have. Cheri does a nice job with the group she has but the recent 3 years results are equal to the talent, in my opinion. My point, and what I now see others making as well with more substance , is that Cal has had very good talent. Yet hasn’t had much to show for it. Let’s take the EBAL thing off the table , they should never have been given that opportunity. Someone or a group of someone’s decided to pull a fast one on SRV for some reason.
asterisk applied and I don’t believe anyone with an open and honest mind thinks Cal should have been there instead of the other team. If the Asterisk championship is their legacy, let’s put them is the good team group of underachievers. Carondelet is overachieving this season. Looking at our league and comparing to EBAL , American and MSJ are the new standard of the best. We were once that standard . American and MSJ win in league, they do well in NCS and on occasion make it to the state playoffs. Cal hasn’t done any of those things with the talent group they have. That’s a long pattern of underachieving and dare I say the word “failure” . I don’t mean failure in its literal definition either. They have failed to perform to their potential for four years. That’s what I was meaning to say in my original post.
I read a follow up post that said the teams last night had equally talented players . That’s not accurate at all. Cal had far better players and yet couldn’t beat a less talented team. TWICE THIS SEASON! The problem ,I think , was that Cal didn’t have or wouldn’t play their bench. Carondelet played a lot of their bench. Based on all of the above , I concluded Cal was
Outplayed and out coached . Didn’t mean to ruffle any feathers..