maddog1971 wrote:Well....
Another way to look at it. You have other really great players in this state that have sacrifice their stat line for the good of the team. So I think how many victories the team has and the success of the team they play for should make a difference. Joe has made it to one regional final and has been playing for 6 years. Yes he has filled the stat sheet but his teams do not win in the games that count.
Brandt has been to state but they have not won it....
Yankton has had his teams at the top of the state each year and has played with some great players. For the last two years it would be hard to argue against him.
Who are these really great players in this state that sacrifice their stat line for the good of the team? Are these great players or above average and good players?
Someone feel free to correct me if I am wrong somewhere.
2022 Champions - TBD
2021 Champions - Kindred
2020 Champions - COVID
2019 Champions - HCV - Gannon Limke was not on the roster as a freshman
2018 Champions - HCV - Gannon Limke was not on the roster as an 8th grader.
At this moment in time, and when the votes will be due, no one eligible to win Senior Athlete of the Year has a state championship.
I am too busy to go find it, but I would be intrigued to see Enderlin's W/L record over the time period used for Four Winds with Yankton and Beulah with Brandt. Additionally, for anyone that has time. Please post the W/L record over the 5 year time period before Yankton was a part of Four Winds and Brandt was a part of Beulah. Then do the same for Hurlburt. Is it possible that those schools have better basketball programs in general and will for that reason be more successful almost automatically due to program success?
Enderlin also won the Region 1 regular season the past 2 seasons. It is accurate that Enderlin did not win the game to make state. I tend to avoid overvaluing any 1 game out of a 20+ game sample size. I may be in the minority in doing that.
This argument is so asinine. If Hurlburt plays at Shiloh he makes state 4 or more times. Who cares? I did not think Senior Athlete of the Year is a team award.
Finally, the easy argument against really anyone, for me at least, is quite simple. Joe Hurlburt is a lot better at basketball than anyone else that is up for the award, and there are some pretty impressive talents up for the award. I am not intending to take a shot at anyone else either.
Logan Nissley is still better today and had a better individual season than "insert ND Class A girls basketball player" is today. Century girls did lose to Minot girls in a game 3 days ago. There is a reason she won Gatorade again.
Joe Hurlburt is still better today and had a better individual season than "insert ND Class B boys basketball player" is today. Enderlin boys did lose to Kindred boys in a game 5 days ago. I am sure Joe will win Gatorade again.