WC over Chambers. Is WC that good this year and Chambers dropping off?
Agree with little of both. Folks don't give Coach Brand enough credit for what he built at Chambers and the type of coach that he is. Brand is possibly a top 5 coach in Mecklenburg history and worked with two of the best in the business at Independence and Mallard Creek. The further Chambers gets away from him the more they will gradually slip. Then Chambers got Coach Ferebee who lost 5 games total in his tenure with two ships, and a runner up. Both offensive minded coaches.
This is no slight to Chambers current staff at all. Just saying they are coming off two of the most successful coaches in the schools history. 4 straight ship games, tons of college players. Will give you few reasons for a Chambers dip.
1. Coaches. Brand and Ferebee were exceptional offensive minded coaches that won everywhere they have been, and very experienced. Its almost impossible to never being heard of to go to 4 straight ships. Just law of avg, says they fall some and come back to the pack.
2. CMS crackdown. Wont even dive into that, but the pipeline will definitely slow. With the CMS crackdown look for magnet highschools with IB to get better faster because kids can get in w/o penalty and go back to their home schools the following years w/o 365 if it doesn't work out. Playing games with residency now will get you 365 ASAP. Not worth the risk anymore. A ton of C/O 2027 top athletes went to IB High schools in WC/North Meck. The top 4-5 football middle schools in Charlotte are Piedmont, Ranson, JMA, and Randolph which all happen to be IB schools that can get guys county wide depending on your zone. James Martin was once the top football middle school during the Chambers run, not so much anymore.
3. Talent, Talent, Talent. The type of talent Chambers has had over the past decade has been insane! They are losing Smothers(WC), Concepcion, Camp, Booker, Jordan Thompson, TJ, Sean, Jackson-Bass. That may be one of the most impressive classes in NC history. Dont see them reloading at that level. Also lost Richardson as AD few years ago. He is the BEST in the business.