Shouldn't hang too much of a hat on that district championship. That was the year this Silsbee senior group were freshmen and I stated that if anyone was going to get Silsbee it was that year because those next three years Silsbee would dominate. Which they have. Also, Silsbee had to play their JV for two varsity games that year because of Covid protocols. Two losses that when Silsbee got their varsity team back they beat both those teams (LC-M and Vidor) by 25-30 points. Lumberton got the luxury of getting Silsbee right after they came out of Covid protocol (no practices) and beat Silsbee. Silsbee had beat Lumberton earlier in district play. Silsbee went on to play in the regional championship game that season, losing to Huffman by 6. A Huffman team that destroyed Lumberton in the playoffs that year by 34. I think it is very fair to say that Lumberton caught Silsbee at the right time. Anyone with any kind of basketball knowledge would agree with that.
I think Josh is a good coach, no doubt. But to say that the other coaches would not do as well as he has given the situation is just not a fair or smart statement.