Never said it was all coaching, Rochester has other things in their favor as well, their location next to the crappy Springfield schools and demographics also help, but DL is what separates them from the rest of 4A..
Success factor was the answer to everyone complaining that all private schools should be treated equally, that a school like St Francis should be treated the same as Montini.. I don't like it either, get rid of the multiplier and the success factor, and put the open enrollment schools in their own classes..
As far as public schools having a success factor.. your school is hardly a great baseball program, 10 years ago they had a great 3 year run because a group of one kids.. how on earth would it have been fair to the kids that followed them to play 3A baseball? Rochester plays by the same rules as most of 4A, with what the bus drops off, why penalize them for success?
And to mc140, good call on the PC team that made it to the quarters, i forgot they had a great group a few years later..
First, I certainly agree that DL is an excellent coach. One of the best ever. I also agree that Rochester has an ideal environment.
I have a hard time with success factor saying team A has been too successful, they have to move up, while Team B has been even more successful but they get to stand pat. If it's truly about success, it should apply to everyone. It's clearly not. It's a busted rule.
The only rule that would possibly work is FE with open enrollment multiplier and a waiver system (reverse success factor)
Even that is almost certainly too convoluted. Should just go with separate classes like Texas and many other states already do.
With all that said, still doesn't address what to do with Phillips being basically open boundary but not really treated as such.