{"id":29418,"date":"2012-11-05T20:56:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T03:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=29418"},"modified":"2017-06-10T11:09:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T18:09:28","slug":"the-peterson-principle-11512","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=29418","title":{"rendered":"The Peterson Principle 11\/5\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tim Peterson<\/p><\/div>\n

In the not too distant future all of the coaches will not be gathering together on CIF selection Sunday. It won’t be necessary. It’s really not necessary now. All of the playoff pairings are online already and a lot of gas money would be saved by simply having the coaches log in to check it out.<\/p>\n

What about the coin flips to determine the second round home game? Well like an area coach told me Sunday at Covina High School where the Mid-Valley selections were held, \u201cWeb cams or Skype would work just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

How about exchanging film? \u201cEverybody is on \u201cHudl\u201d now anyway. All you have to do is log on and view the opponents game film. It’s really easy,\u201d one coach said.<\/p>\n

It was really evident Sunday. Usually there are hard copies available but there was a problem with a fax or printer or something and everybody was advised to view them online. El Monte Coach Joel Sanchez was cool enough to give me his bracket sheet.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, I don’t need it. I’ll just look at it online,\u201d Sanchez said.<\/p>\n

It’s the wave of the future. Everything else is done by computer, why not selection day? The whole process took maybe five minutes and everybody was out of there. Covina Head Coach Joe Brown did bring the donuts. Hey, grab one for the road.<\/p>\n

I saw Paraclete HC Norm Dahlia and his staff on hand and all I was thinking was wow! That’s a long haul for a five minute stay.<\/p>\n

Is it necessary for the media to attend? Let’s just put it this way. If I would have stayed home the pairings would have been posted about an hour earlier. The interaction with the coaches is nice, but that’s what practices, games, text messages and phone calls are for. Next year I’m staying home and logging on. Heck, the coaches might too.<\/p>\n

Former Covina Coach Darryl Thomas was there dressed in a CIF Southern Section T-Shirt instead of the usual Colt gear. \u201cYeah, that’s why I’m the least stressed guy in here,\u201d Thomas said with a laugh when I asked him if he was only representing the CIF now.<\/p>\n

Arroyo could have done a lot worse than Bell Gardens. BG had a solid year but remember there are monsters named Paraclete and Monrovia lurking out there. Maybe CIF was trying to make amends for past indiscretions against the Knights.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could be 7-6 or it could be USC-Oregon,\u201d said Bell Gardens Coach David Ramos. \u201cYou just never know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the frustrating loss to South El Monte Thursday night Sanchez is happy with where the Lions are at.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur players kept thinking that we didn’t win the league title. One player asked me ‘Coach, did we finish second?\u201d Sanchez said. \u201cIn terms of seeding yes we did but we still won a share of the league title. We were 1-9 a few years ago. If you look at where we were to where we are now, it was a great year. Now we’re in the playoffs and at home. You have to look at the big picture.\u201d<\/p>\n

El Monte is home against Montebello.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe played San Dimas tough. They (San Dimas) kept their starters in the whole game. It should have been 7-7 at halftime if not for a bad call,\u201d said Northview assistant Dominic Angelo. \u201cI like the way our kids are playing.\u201d Northview, second in the Valle Vista, is taking a road trip out to Sierra Canyon.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, we’ll see what happens,\u201d Angelo said.<\/p>\n

Despite the CIF trading out the Montview and the Olympic Leagues for the Alpha this year, there are plenty of competitive first round match ups.<\/p>\n

Besides El Monte-Montebello and Arroyo-Bell Gardens, there is also Schurr at San Marino and Covina at South El Monte. Parity isn’t dead in the Mid-Valley yet although one coach wasn’t entirely thrilled.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy was the Olympic moved out? That league is down overall this year and they were a perfect fit for the Mid-Valley. And as far as the Alpha League, they’ll be out after this year anyway. That’s a lot of changes for just one year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Yeah, we’ll see what happens.<\/p>\n

That’s my principle.<\/p>\n

Tim can be reached at tim@midvalleysports.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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