played for Giblin in the 1990'a. He built the GP lax program a player at time and a year at time.
These are different times. There's more parity than there was and a much bigger pool of players. Giblin didn't have that luxury and he faced a "rival" that had a 5 or 10 years head start and a captive group of Middle-schools he could develop.
It was Landon and then it was Landon and Prep. Now it appears there is much more competitive balance.
Cut the BS argument that Giblin was at a disadvantage to build a program at GP compared to Bordley at Landon. While Landon had a middle and lower school program, Giblin was at Mater Dei and all throughout the '90s and early 2000's it was very common for 90% of the graduating Mater Dei class if not more were to enroll into GP.
You facts are wrong. MD typically sent between 10 and 15 boys to Prep. There was no comparison between the athletes Bordley had and the ones Giblin had to work with until the mid-to late 1990's. That's when Prep collapsed the gap and the scores of games got much closer. 1997 and 1998 were one-goal games.
I know why Landon people are seniotive to this. While a good coach, Boardely's total record is significantly padded by the years where there was little competition, except for STA who ahd one dominating player.