Being a great athlete does not gurantee success in baseball. Baseball is a skill specific sport, being athletic is huge but if you dont have any skills then it doesnt really matter.
Longview doesnt have the arms to beat teams from the metroplex. Longviews problem isnt the coaching, they have had some very good baseball guys in there recently and they have all had around the same success. The guy there now is a very good baseball guy and knows his stuff unfortunately he doesnt have the guys to compete day in and day out. It doesnt mean hes a terrible coach just because he doesnt win 18 games a year.