Sleepers (Class A)

Bruh, you missed the point. My response had nothing to do with them being a sleeper, winning the district, winning state. It did have to do with people complaining about recruiting though. People complaining OCA recruiting just so they can win a few extra ball games…

Every year there are teams that get move ins. I believe we talked about Elmore City getting several move ins.

I like this take and agree with this take, I was simply stating in a “sleepers” thread where it was brought up how
Impressive it was that OCA has turned it around. If it was a team like Mooreland who is traditionally very poor but has recently been turned around by coaches staying and developing talent that’s different. No one said they should “win it all” just that the reason they have so immensely improved was the fact a hire was made that brought 4-5 new kids in. And in Class A 4-5 new kids can turn you from a Sleeper to a contender very quickly.

Agree to disagree. Cashion won it last year and nearly all those kids have been playing together for 10+ years. Afton in 2017. Stratford in 2015. Ringling starts them out young beginning with flag football at about age 3-4.

I’m just saying if we’re going to use the excuse that these private schools in Class A are “recruiting” then why aren’t they winning the gold ball??? I mean everything at a private school has to be better than a public school. By better I mean equipment, weight room, facilities, they probably have real trainers and possibly a doctor/PA on the sidelines of their games.

To answer the question "why aren't they winning a gold ball???" I would say because they quickly move into 2A and then 3A. If they chose to stay in Class A, they would... but not many Private schools stay in Class A. And I never said Private schools recruit. I can't speak intelligently on the rosters of Stratford or Afton, or Cashion for that matter. But I do know that a few key move-ins make a really big difference. Didn't the big TE catch 2 TD's against Cashion in '19 in the finals?

Afton had 2 really good move ins that was they key to there success in Will Amos and that Hudson kid who went to Oklahoma State.

Cough, cough, “Recruiting”, cough
Something in the air around here, lol

Don’t know. Will Amos moved from starting QB at Grove to Afton. Why???

Did He moved his junior year? Went to another school that would compete. Players do this all the time. I mean Grove was 1-9 in 2017. 6-4 in 2016 with a 3-4 district record in 2016. In 2015 they were 6-4 with a 2-4 district record. In 2014 Grove didn’t win a game in district play and only won 2 games. In 2013 they only won 2 games and 1 district game. Grove wasn’t exactly killing it.

In 2013 Afton went 11-2 (quarterfinals loss) 2014 8-3 with a second round loss, 2015 4-6, then 2016 Quarterfinal loss, and win it 2017.

So he moved to a smaller school where he won a State Championship. Afton is exactly a powerhouse school. I mean get outta here with he was recruited there.

Hunter go off max kellerman style on them. 😂😂