I'm a realist but I'm not content. I would love to see Ned in the 5th round every year, but again there aren't many teams that do that every year. In fact maybe 2 or 3 in the state. I have been to 4th-5th round games for Ned fairly recently. Unfortunately they came up short, but yes Ned has been deep recently and hopefully will be again. Part of that coaching legacy is here now when we had Barrow take over after Neumann retired, as he was there when Ned was playing Smithson Valley in the semis, when they were playing Georgetown in the Regionals and when they knocked of the #2 Friendswood and #1 Pearland Dawson. And guess what? Those kids playing on later teams were probably there too. Why do think PNG and Ned usually bring as many fans or more than the other team no matter if its a home or away game. Tradition, and the fact that they might see another run by one of those teams.
Btw, what team do you support?