{"id":57953,"date":"2017-04-02T17:22:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T00:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=57953"},"modified":"2017-06-10T11:03:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T18:03:18","slug":"the-peterson-principle-422017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=57953","title":{"rendered":"The Peterson Principle: 4\/2\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tim<\/a>

Tim Peterson<\/p><\/div>\n

By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n

It’s not unprecedented.\u00a0Temple City\u00a0hired\u00a0a head coach in May one year. There have been other hires as late\u00a0as\u00a0June.\u00a0But with\u00a0the football season a year round thing now if you don’t have\u00a0a head coach in place by April 1,\u00a0you may already be a step behind.<\/p>\n

Word out of El Monte is that the\u00a0position has been flown – a couple of different times – but there is simply\u00a0no interest.\u00a0Eric MacIntyre, who was one and done as the head coach of the Lions, is looking better with each passing day.\u00a0Whether\u00a0MacIntyre was asked\u00a0to step down or did so voluntarily,\u00a0wouldn’t El Monte be\u00a0in better position with him at the helm? People seem to forget that\u00a0the Lions made the playoffs last year and had a winning record.\u00a0Heck by the time more interviews are conducted, resumes are reviewed and the board\u00a0approves the hire\u00a0it could be the middle of May. Most teams have already started the passing circuit by then.\u00a0Maybe he would consider coming back. Just a thought.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Los Altos has everything but board approval.\u00a0I know you’ve probably heard this before but\u00a0the announcement of its new HC could come\u00a0as soon as this week.\u00a0The school just recently\u00a0hired a new principal and that was their main focus.\u00a0But with that out of the way\u00a0the hiring of the football coach is imminent.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

I was told last Friday night that South El Monte running back\u00a0Sal Tovar, who will begin his senior\u00a0year in September, has transferred to Cathedral and checked out of school\u00a0last week.\u00a0Fortunately for the Eagle faithful I was told shortly after that it was an April Fool’s joke.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Where does Rosemead go from here?\u00a0Well Jude Oliva’s name has been\u00a0thrown around as\u00a0a replacement for Marc Paramo but then\u00a0again Oliva’s name is mentioned\u00a0every time there’s a coaching vacancy. It won’t be easy filling the position because it will more than likely be a walk on.\u00a0Paramo\u00a0is still on campus as a teacher. One prominent area assistant described the Rosemead job as “very interesting.”<\/p>\n

El Monte and Rosemead\u00a0make it three schools in the MVL with coaching vacancies. Marshall is still searching as well.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

The San Gabriel job is open also.\u00a0According to the CIF website\u00a0it is available with a teaching position.\u00a0Mr. Oliva?<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Coaches get ripped for\u00a0not making the playoffs and for\u00a0early exits from the playoffs. They get accused of everything\u00a0from playing favorites to playing\u00a0kids in the wrong positions.\u00a0And of course it’s their fault\u00a0if\u00a0a player isn’t making grades or throws an interception.\u00a0But\u00a0this week a comment on our site may have set a record\u00a0for ignorance. Arroyo Coach\u00a0Jim\u00a0Singiser was accused of purposely self reporting a violation to CIF\u00a0back in 2014 so he could be placed in a lower\u00a0division.\u00a0After Arroyo reported\u00a0an ineligible player\u00a0CIF forfeited three non league wins turning a\u00a07-3 season into 4-6. The commenter (Ogie Oglethorpe), no they never use their real names,\u00a0stated that the reason Singiser reported the player to CIF was that by forfeiting wins\u00a0he could be placed in a lower division\u00a0and have a better chance of winning\u00a0a championship.<\/p>\n

Now remember this was 2014- two years before\u00a0the CIF realignment. So according to Oglethorpe, Singiser had the foresight (ESP?)\u00a0to conjure up a scheme\u00a0that\u00a0the CIF would not only take away the three wins but then place the Knights in\u00a0Division 12 – two years later –\u00a0providing\u00a0the perfect path to a CIF title.\u00a0If this was the case Singiser is in the wrong profession.\u00a0He should be a\u00a0professional\u00a0gambler in Las Vegas or take a job reading palms.\u00a0He shouldn’t be a football coach, he should be\u00a0on Wall Street\u00a0predicting the stock market.\u00a0The guy is\u00a0pure genius! My question is\u00a0why didn’t he tell CIF the player\u00a0was involved in six games\u00a0which may have led to a spot in Division 13?<\/p>\n

Of course, according to Oglethorpe, there was\u00a0no coaching involved when the Knights did indeed win the Division 12 title last year. All that was needed was a\u00a0spot in a lower division\u00a0 and presto! Instant championship! A player gets suspended\u00a0and the coach takes the heat\u00a0because they say he’s\u00a0a cheater. Now even if they self report a violation\u00a0they get hammered because it’s self serving – but not self serving\u00a0for immediate benefits, but benefits that will surely come two years later! My friends\u00a0we’ve\u00a0reached a new level of absurdity.<\/p>\n

As we head into April and\u00a0the spring\u00a0passing leagues\u00a0get underway I’m sure Singiser\u00a0is sitting in his office\u00a0scheming and conniving\u00a0a way for the Knights\u00a0to go 0-10 this year.\u00a0Can you imagine the payoff in 2020?<\/p>\n

That’s my principle.<\/p>\n

Tim can be\u00a0reached at tim@midvalleysports.com or on Twitter @tspeterson40.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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