Category Archives: The Peterson Principle
The Peterson Principle: 5/30/2016
By Tim Peterson A new coach wasn’t something Monrovia planned on in 2016. Chris Stevens was just coming off of his second year as head coach and had some success. It usually takes about 3-4 years before a coach puts his stamp on the program so Stevens wasn’t going anywhere. And then suddenly he was…
The Peterson Principle: 5/23/2016
By Tim Peterson We’re going to miss Joe Scherf at Azusa. The Azusa football team is going to miss Joe Scherf at Azusa.
The Peterson Principle: 5/16/2016
By Tim Peterson Attention coaches, namely assistant coaches: You aren’t going to win a CIF championship by winning a lineman competition or a passing league. It’s good work for your players and gives them a chance to compete before the real season starts in September. That’s it. So lay off the people that are running […]
The Peterson Principle: 5/9/2016
By Tim Peterson Ted Clarke returns to the SGV at Gladstone, Mike Mooney is back on the sidelines as an assistant at South El Monte, Adrian Medrano moves from Bonita to El Rancho, Margarito Beltran is now at Bell Gardens, James Heggins goes to Duarte…things are going to be very interesting this year on the […]
The Peterson Principle: 5/2/2016
By Tim Peterson I keep getting messages about Gladstone. An announcement is coming soon. I promise. When I’m given the green light, I’ll go with it. You know, board approvals.
The Peterson Principle: 4/25/2016
By Tim Peterson School Board approvals are necessary I guess when a coaching hire is made. But sometimes they take longer than it does to get a bill passed.
The Peterson Principle: 4/18/2016
By Tim Peterson You don’t take a whole lot away from teams out throwing the ball in April. A lot of the kids that you’ll see in the summer are still playing baseball or running track or still deciding if they’re going to play football or not. But it is a good place to touch bases with coaches […]
The Peterson Principle: 4/11/2016
By Tim Peterson Note to high school baseball coaches. Get your rosters up on Max Preps. I got out to a game last week and got a few nice shots, only to go home and find out that there were no rosters and no players listed.
The Peterson Principle: 4/4/2016
By Tim Peterson The Bonita coaching search finally ended last week with the hiring of former South El Monte HC Ibis Aguilar.
The Peterson Principle: 3/28/2016
By Tim Peterson March Madness continues. In high school coaching circles that is. It wasn’t Bill Zernickow or Jim Singiser or Ted Clarke or a host of other names that were thrown out there over the last couple of months.