PA has always had athletes. I never understood why the Lincolns and TJs could not go further. IMO they have lacked discipline. Discipline in the coaching as well as discipline in fundamentals. I remember a few years back when Lincoln played Silsbee in the playoffs. Lincoln had massive sized lineman and tall fast skill players, but they won but they did not play sound fundamental football. Talent will win you games, but when you face teams with the same talent you have to play smart football in order to win.
PA has to have someone in place long enough to implement the program from the ground up. If you want long term success, you have to ingrain it into the kids and community. Nederland is viewed by most as being very successful, but a look back at history will show how pathetic they were back before August/Newman. Nederland was somewhat of a doormat. No doubt Newman is a good coach, but he had time to implement his program and obviously it is successful.
Probably the key ingredient is, expectation. You have to expectations. You look at the PNGs,Jaspers,WOSs, Kountze(bball).....not only do coaches have the expectations the kids and communities do as well.