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Think of it like an auto race...the best driver still can't win unless he has a fast car; but the fastest machine on the track still won't hit victory lane if the driver doesn't know what he's doing.

Club can provide the fast car, but the HS coach still has to be able to drive well and keep it out of the wall; otherwise it's wasted talent.

good coaching makes all the difference and it always will.
they set the lineup, which can kill a team no matter who is on the field,
they either motivate or bore the players,
club players have likely been exposed to good coaching and therefore know when a practice is run well or not,
and good coaches TEACH during the games

He/She is the 12th man on the field,

Amen.

Coach Chass:
The difference would be in the quality of players.

Uhm...but if you say club=success, and two teams have equal numbers of club players, then wouldn't they, using that logic, be equally successful or unsuccessful?

Seems to me there must be another factor involved.

Farkas:
Can a good coach win in HS without club players?

Would you take the winningest coach in HS soccer with zero club players or would you take a tennis coach with 11 club players? Who gives you the better chance to win?

Sweet, you've done a pretty good job of defending the view that it's next to impossible to win state WITHOUT good club players...

...but that still doesn't prove that just any old hack could win state WITH them, either.

Coach Chass:
No, some club players are more successful than others.