2017 is long gone. Burg is a middle of the pack mediocre program that matches up better with Oak Hill or Minford than they do Ironton or Jackson.greygoose wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 11:31 amAgain guys post these types of questions but don't define things, what are you considering brightest futures?? Is that a team that wins their conference and wins a 1st round playoff game or brightest futures considered to be teams that are going to make a regional championship push?? Because we can slim that list down a ton if that's the case. What is the criteria being set forth for "brightest futures"?Carmen Ohio wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 5:07 pm Based on where they currently stand and looking to the future, which programs have the brightest futures?
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1. Ironton
2. Jackson
3. Fairland
4. Wheelersburg
5. Portsmouth
1) Ironton--just won state and losing a ton of talent plus ultimately the guy that carried them to the win. How bright is the future no idea but they should compete for the region.
2) Wheelersburg--no matter what anyone says they keep finding themselves in a the thick of things come playoff time and vying for the region as well.
3) Eastern Pike--20 plus regular season winning streak and played for the regional championship this year only losing a handful of seniors
4) Unioto--Unioto just keeps building each year and reloading each year, they have been unable to get over that hump in the playoffs but I'd put them over Fairland.
5) Jackson--They just have a program built for success around here, problem with Jackson is they're in a juggernaut of a region and they're not showing that deep playoff push you want to see.
Again these rankings could be totally changed up based on what criteria one is actually establishing when you say "brightest futures". I wanted to put teams like Piketon, Portsmouth, maybe even Fairland on there but I don't see any of them pushing for a region year in and year out. Let's not forget Chillicothe has quite a bit of talent coming up and a new coach, could we see them on this list next year?? Very well could but until I see what the new coach does I'm holding off on that simply because the last 2 coaches for Chillicothe were considered "the guy".
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