{"id":74295,"date":"2021-11-03T16:08:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=74295"},"modified":"2021-11-03T18:22:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T01:22:58","slug":"the-peterson-principle-11-3-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=74295","title":{"rendered":"The Peterson Principle: 11\/3\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Tim Peterson <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten years ago West Covina dropped 84 points on La Serna in the CIF Southeast Division championship game. 84! Just smashed the Lancers. Obliterated them. Yet when interviewed after the game then La Serna head coach Margarito Beltran said in part \u201cThey took it to us. There\u2019s not much else to say. They did a heck of a job preparing, and they beat us. Plain and simple.” <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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No anger, no whining no complaining. Just that he knew that he got beat by a better team and wasn’t able to stop them. Last Friday night Inglewood beat Morningside 106-0 in the final regular season game of the year. And there has been an outrage. Is it justified? Absolutely! Where do I start? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Covina threw the ball three times in the game. They were running off tackle the entire night. Inglewood quarterback Justyn Martin, a UCLA commit, threw 13 touchdown passes in the game. He was still throwing up 90 and never stopped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Covina did all of that with its twos and threes as head coach Mike Maggiore went to his bench. Inglewood HC Mil’Von James declined to play his back ups despite being up 59-0 after the first quarter. His starters played until the bitter end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the West Covina game Beltran initially refused a running clock in the third quarter but it was running the entire fourth. James was reticent to use a running clock before it was finally mandatory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And maybe the last nail in the coffin was Inglewood going for two after scoring the touchdown that made it 104-0 for the final points of the game. Going for two? Up 104? What point or points was James possibly trying to make? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maggiore’s reputation precedes him. He is arguably one of the most, if not the most, respected head coaches in the area. He has always respected his opponent. He always does things the right way – with class and dignity – as he did in the 84-21 victory. He emptied his bench, he ran the ball, he coached the game and had his players play the game the way it’s supposed to be played. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

James’ reputation, unfortunately, precedes him as well. He was fired from another Los Angeles area school, Hawkins, after the school had to forfeit all of its games in 2016 as a result of rules violations that included the use of multiple ineligible players. The school was also placed on a two-year probationary period by the CIF City Section. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CIF condemned Inglewood for this game for lack of sportsmanship and even Inglewood High School issued a written apology for its actions in the game. James. of course, never responded to e mails from reporters inquiring about the situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given his history one would wonder why Inglewood hired James in the first place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You wonder what was going through James’ mind as the score continued to climb. His worst nightmare would have been realized if a Morningside lineman took exception to Martin still dropping back to pass up 92-0 and delivered a hit to the quarterback that caused serious injury. Bye bye scholarship. That would have been all on James. Thank God it didn’t happen because it wasn’t Martin’s fault. It was on James. This whole thing is on James. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m all for the statement “If you don’t want them to run it up then stop them”. But this goes beyond that. Morningside couldn’t stop them. That was clear. Yet Mil’Von James never pulled his starters, continued to throw the ball and went for two up 104. Nothing good can come of that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At some point Karma will catch up with James. If there are “Football Gods” they will take action at some point…at some time. You can count on that. 106 percent! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s my principle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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