For every York Il or Newport Beach HS coach you have 200 xc coaches who took the job for the extra $1200 salary and does not want anything to do with extra work or thinking.
Kill HS XC and let the club mentality grow. This waycoaches can work with runners who want to run and parents can send their kid to the local club that works best for their kid. Set up meets and state championships between these clubs .
these clubs would have a better shot at getting sponsors for these meets than the school athletic boards whose main focus is football.
No more having to coach kids that need a sport on their resume who quit the second after the team photo is taken or kids who treat XC as a weight loss program.