The 2021 season could have gone drastically different for Chattanooga Red Wolves coach Jimmy Obleda.
Coming off a 6-4-5 record, the club chose to basically flip the roster, bringing in almost an entirely new group with some holdovers, one being Chattanooga native and former Bryan College standout Jonathan Ricketts.
In his second season with the club, Ricketts had four goals and four assists in 27 matches, playing the right back position for the club.
“I think the turnover on the roster made a lot of people nervous, but we know that coach (Obleda) is a good recruiter, and he brings in really good players and has some good connections,” Ricketts said late last week. “When we got all the guys in preseason, things were already looking really good, and we knew this team had a lot of potential.”
Obleda called Ricketts “a professional” who is “indispensable on this team.”