If you're just looking at winning, size provides an advantage if you have a strong plan and program in place...like T and X. But, in itself, it doesn't mean much. There are plenty of big schools with lots of students who could and should be better but they aren't. Having a lot of students doesn't guarantee success, nor does being smaller exclude the possibility of winning.

 

But, all things equal, the numbers provide an advantage just based on odds...if you have 1000 kids to draw from and I have 200, then you're more likely to come out of there with a few more athletes, i.e., take the same bad coach at a 6A school or a 1A school, and the big team would more often than not beat the small one. Same goes for the elite teams in each class...more often than not, Trinity will beat Highlands or Danville or Beechwood. That doesn't mean those schools can't turn the tables on a given year. But, those years would be in the minority.

 

This debate almost always revolves around Trinity and Xavier. Their numbers do provide an advantage, but it's not the main reason they're successful, much less the only reason.

Size matters just like every other factor... Tradition, community involvement, commitment, etc. EVERYTHING MATTERS. How much each factor matters is relative to each situation. There are hundreds and thousands of variables. They all matter and effect each other.

 

There it is. :thumb:

Good discussion. Thanks to everyone for providing their point of view on the topic. A lot of good insight in this thread, and like I said before, no one is completely right and no one is completely wrong on this subject. There are many factors to weigh on this subject.

 

Again, good discussion.