With the talent at VA High you would expect them to have the kind of season they have had even without their cupcake schedule and new coach, but the biggest competition they have had all year beat the brakes off of them (Graham). Lee on the other hand is extremely young and has nowhere near the caliber of athletes that VA, Graham, Union and the rest of the M7 has but were still able to string together 4 convincing wins against a TOUGH (for lee high) schedule, albeit against lackluster teams. They would not have won those games with the coach they had last year, trust me. Lee’s turnaround is more significant based on their history with bad coaching and county politics and it is because Carroll came in and positively changed the culture of the program, all the way down to the pee wee league. I know this doesn’t play a factor in this year’s choice for coach of the year but just watch and see next year when Lee continues to improve while VA High drastically drops off when they lose their loaded senior class.