but, even as blue-goggled as I am, I don't think we can claim it was a great team.
If we repeat last years success with this year's schedule (let's say 9-4 or above) it will mean those players mentioned worked hard and were well-coached and rose above expectations.
If we go 7-6 or worse, the meaning of the OP will be "we aren't good because we can't recruit and have to use a bunch of non-recruited HS players to make up a team".