[The Guru]

That's true. Dont claim to be an expert at all on the subject. Just comments from a dummy I guess. Just in watching however, I was just thinking that most of the others that were lost ,while being good players , were not the type players that had the impact as say Dials and Grimm.
True, but I think Ratliff might be a little hard to replace as well, at least early.

With still almost another complete calender year to develope physically these replacements from the underclassmen ranks could not step right into those positions and fill those shoes equally as well. The kicking game with the loss of Barrett had as big of a negative impact as anything else for Central this past season , IMO.
Barrett's loss was huge.

Keep in mind that I said that I thought that Central would be a better all around team. I did not say they would be regional champs or anything else along that line. A lot of the success that they could obtain next year depends a lot upon how everyone else in the district/region fairs out with what they return. So in theory, you can replace the former team with a better team, and still not advance as far as the previous team. I guess that makes sense.

JC returns a lot as well, so yes, I agree quite a bit with you on this.