{"id":58204,"date":"2017-04-29T00:34:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T07:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=58204"},"modified":"2017-06-10T11:03:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T18:03:18","slug":"the-peterson-principle-4302017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=58204","title":{"rendered":"The Peterson Principle: 4\/29\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tim<\/a>

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

By Tim Peterson<\/p>\n

Rosemead has filled its head coaching position. The announcement\u00a0will be coming next week after board approval.<\/p>\n

The hire doesn’t bring\u00a0head coaching\u00a0experience but he\u00a0has worked as an assistant on the varsity level.\u00a0Sometimes a fresh approach is the best. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

There is also news coming out of Schurr next week. It should break around\u00a0Tuesday or Wednesday.\u00a0Again, you know the\u00a0deal…paper work, red tape, etc, etc. This one won’t require board approval though.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Diamond\u00a0Bar got their\u00a0man. Or should I say “men” as\u00a0Kevin Argumosa\u00a0came over in a package deal with Dale Ziola. The Brahmas have always been that team that\u00a0seems like it could break though, get over that proverbial hump,\u00a0with just some proper guidance and\u00a0good coaching.\u00a0They reached the playoffs in\u00a02013 which was Ryan Maine’s last year.\u00a0But the last three seasons have been forgettable.\u00a0Argumosa and Ziola know how to win.\u00a0They took Los Altos\u00a0to two CIF Finals appearances in six years.\u00a0Diamond Bar got better last week.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Great to see that Marshall has a head coach in place\u00a0and is keeping its football program intact.\u00a0The post was met with sarcasm from our loyal readers but keep in mind, Marshall is a Mission Valley League team and its a team that’s coming off a 6-4 season which included a couple of big wins in league.\u00a0It’s never good for the local football landscape when a school drops its program, although at times it may seem\u00a0necessary, so the fact that Marshall is back is good news.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Just when you thought we had seen all of the coaching changes,\u00a0at least as far as the resignations are concerned, Jesse Ceniceros and\u00a0Chino happen. We heard the\u00a0standard diatribe, need to spend time with family,\u00a0just thought it was time, etc…but\u00a0we all know the bottom line.\u00a0Coaches are burned out.\u00a0It’s a twelve month a year gig, there is\u00a0no time off. Combine that with disgruntled parents, lack of support from administration and 13 hour days and it’s\u00a0a recipe to crash and burn.\u00a0It’s actually surprising that more coaches don’t resign.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Speaking of burn out there’s nothing new out of El Monte. I’ve heard several names\u00a0floated since Joshua Knight turned it down however still nothing concrete.\u00a0Note to El Monte administration:\u00a0May begins Monday.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Maybe the funniest comment I’ve seen on the boards,\u00a0although there are many to chose from, popped up last week. “Zernickow is headed to San Gabriel.”\u00a0The day Bill Zernickow takes over at\u00a0San Gabriel is the\u00a0day I’m the starting nose tackle\u00a0 for the Green Bay Packers. While I’m at it – Note to San Gabriel administration: May begins Monday.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

If I walked a mile in the shoes of a Los Altos fan I can see the disappointment in hiring Hector Spathias. I’ve just had\u00a0six years of Ziola\u00a0and company. I’m getting used to\u00a0beating Charter Oak and competing for a CIF championship every year. Now I get a guy that used to coach at Bassett?\u00a0I mean, seriously\u00a0Bassett?\u00a0But let’s\u00a0take a step back and see what he did Bassett.<\/p>\n

He took a moribund program and completely turned it around.\u00a0In 2011, before Spathias\u00a0took over, the Olympians went 1-9 under Aubrey Duncan. In Spathias’ first year\u00a0Basset went\u00a03-7 and finished 5-5 the following year.\u00a0By 2014 Spathias had the\u00a0Olympians in the playoffs\u00a0where they fell to Paraclete in the first round.\u00a0Bassett then went 6-5 in 2015, again made the playoffs\u00a0and lost to San Dimas in round one. Bassett in the playoffs for consecutive years?\u00a0One would have\u00a0thought the apocalypse was upon us.<\/p>\n

Spathias was then dismissed\u00a0before the 2016 campaign for an “incident” which was never fully disclosed\u00a0and last year of course Bassett went…you guessed it…again, 1-9.\u00a0Under Spathias Bassett was a playoff team.\u00a0The Olympians were\u00a0relevant again.\u00a0They\u00a0hadn’t been relevant in more than a decade.\u00a0Hector Spathais can coach. The Los Altos faithful needs to give this guy a shot.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

In the NFL you need a\u00a0quarterback to win, but the Chicago Bears had a quarterback.\u00a0They just signed\u00a0Mike Glennon to a three-year, $45 million deal last\u00a0month. Yet they traded up one spot, from three to two, to draft North Carolina quarterback Mitchell Trubisky.\u00a0The Bears gave up three draft picks,\u00a0two thirds and a fourth to San Francisco, for a quarterback that started all of 13 games in college. So many questions here. Were the 49ers\u00a0even going to pick Trubisky?\u00a0Why not just take a chance that he would still be there at three and if he’s not\u00a0just draft another quarterback.\u00a0Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson were still out there. And If not you still have Glennon. Desperate times call for desperate measures I guess\u00a0but in the Bears case\u00a0it’s turned them delusional.<\/p>\n

While the Bears may have screwed up Watson may have found the perfect landing spot in Houston.<\/p>\n

Takkarist McKinley needs to bring it down a few notches.\u00a0The best part of the draft was seeing\u00a0Deion Sanders tell McKinley that he needs to\u00a0“harness” his emotions.<\/p>\n

The 49ers\u00a0not only\u00a0got Stanford defensive end\u00a0Solomon Thomas with the third pick but also landed\u00a0Rueben Foster, (LB, Alabama)\u00a0at number 31 in the first round\u00a0which may have been the best value pick of the draft.<\/p>\n

USC\u00a0had just one player selected in the first round, CB Adoree Jackson\u00a0by Tennessee 18, as did UCLA, McKinley by Atlanta at 26.<\/p>\n

Have the Rams drafted yet?<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Break up the Clippers! No I mean seriously, break up the Clippers!<\/p>\n

That’s my principle.<\/p>\n

Tim can be reached at tim@midvalleysports.com or on Twitter @tspeterson40.<\/p>\n

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