Gilbert is not fine, this years team hasn't come close to what Gilbert Baseball is all about. No team leadership. For over a decade, there has always been players that were leaders and players that were behind them wanting to be the next leader when the others graduated. 3 State Championships in 6 years was not a right of passage, but a desire to buy into the team concept, to work harder than your opponents at practice and to have the attitude that we aren't going to lose tonight. The desire to make myself better for the overall good of the program. Just don't see that from this group.
Gilbert will be very fortunate to make the playoffs this year, but if they do, they could be a real problem for a higher place seed in the first round if they can get a few more ballplayers to man up, do their job, and grow a set or they can just roll over and wait for some younger guys to come up and take their spots who understand what Gilbert Baseball is all about.
Some of the finest facilities in the state at any level, top of the line coaching staff, but that doesn't matter if you don't have the desire to play baseball the Gilbert way. Hard work, team concept, leadership!