Logiiii wrote:To all the people hoping for Eagan and co. to save the state from STA, you're going to be disappointed, or at least back maybe Eastview or Cretin.
Unless Gabrielle stays and Lindgren develops into what his brother is, Eagan is about to enter at least a 7 year slump, based on PeeWee and Bantam results.
Almost as Happy Off-season, Everyone!
You know, we saw the same kind of naysaying about Eagan's prospects last Spring. It certainly will be refreshing not to have to live up to everyone's lofty expectations next year.
Gabrielle signed with Brandon Wheat Kings, so he's past the point of no return to the MSHSL. And it's true that Eagan's had a tough run at PeeWee/Bantam level last few years. They won't have this year's depth (unless a minivan load of move-ins shows up this Summer or some underclassmen really step up). But what they will have are three probable starters that weren't on the correlative 2010-11 Bantam A squad (Lingren, Jensen and Elsenheimer), and a top d-pair (Muck, Wolff) with a full year of varsity under their belt (unlike any of the d-men this year).
Pre-pre-pre-season 3AA rankings probably puts Eagan third (behind STA and Eastview), and 20 regular season wins for a fifth straight year will be a tall order. But that might not be such a bad thing...Edina certainly didn't suffer from only 19 regular season wins, and a case can be made that playing from behind and/or having a few more close losses would have helped this year's Wildcat team in the Section Final.