News keeps getting weirder. Bosco qb gone

Nah. Personally I think what happened is this

I think the kid didn’t tell the school dad was looking for a new job. I think the kid felt his job was in danger. I think the kid knew by next year the freshman would replace him. So I think the kid dropped Bosco like a hot saucepan on bare hands. Or like a football aimed at Zechariah branch’s hands

There is no way Bosco would ride him all the way to now and then be dropped cold turkey if they knew

Yep, I believe as a Jr (hold onto his QB1 position) but going into his Sr season Matai must have felt, Koa Malau would have won the QB1 spot. But, why go all the way to Hawaii mid season? C Negro would not have demoted him. He was undefeated as QB1 for SJB.

Plus, there are many top SS CIF teams that he could have transfer to and be the QB1. Heck what ever. In the end SJB is better off with Koa at QB. Everything worked out just fine for all parties...

I think you hit on it. The starter was a junior? I dunno. Either way it’s weird. If you are looking to move to Hawaii for a job you know it. In advance. Seems strange if that’s the case the team would choose to go with him this long

Hey, you missed three names! What the hell is the matter with you?

Damn, you know the local high school scene like nobody's business, don't you? You should write a book about the history of H.S. football in the region, if you haven't already. Seriously.

Thanks Waldorf for the compliment. You and I did not have a friendly start when I came back to WW board 2 months ago. We went on each other pretty good. Afterwards, I felt embarrass about the whole thing. Kinda silly that we said stupid stuff. I apologize for calling you names. Let's chalk it up as water under the bridge and acknowledge that we had a bad day at WW.

Not sure about writing a book though, English and writing were not my favorite subjects. I know a little bit about Calif. HS sports in general. At 84 yrs old (my 85th birthday is coming up in December) my mind is fair.  I have good and bad days.. When it comes to sports, my memory is pretty good actually.

Hoping UCLA and USC can salvage the remaining 2024 season. I've said this many times, as a USC fan, I really respect UCLA FB and all their sports. No hatred for me. I got very excited when we played each other. Hell, back in the 60's, 70's, 80's both our schools got the very best Calif. talent, loads of 5* and 4*.  Both schools produced sheet load of All Americans, All PAC players. UDub and Stanford got quiet few and the rest scraps.

I'm am very sad that the PAC 12 got pretty much dissolved. The PAC was truly the Conference of Champions.  Don’t know about you, but it feels weird being in the BIG 10, just does not feel right.

I'm a big tennis fan, FYI USC, UCLA and Stanford men's tennis have won about 85% of all the NCAA team championships in history. Talk about dominance. The PAC 12 ruled tennis like no other conference.

Anyway  nice talking to you. Cheers...

Yep, it’s absolutely ridiculous. This is high school ball folks!

We’ve seen entire families move across the pacific, or one side of the country to the other just to place their son in a specific HS 3,000 miles away from home. Who would do that to their son?. Basically telling him the family’s entire future is on his shoulders. No shame in these fathers. They failed to put in the work when they were young, so now they lean on their sons. 🤦‍♂️

Maybe I am a bad dad, maybe a genius. My two youngest were 4 time All league, 2-3 time All Cif. One was small school all state. 56 straight steals his Senior year. P too. So. Great prospects right? Not much call for kids who were like 5'9 145 or whatever they were (little bigger but you get the idea). One of them went to a USC camp where he graded a "C" which meant "average D1 prospect" and Average meant no big top D1 teams really are looking to give you a scholarship. Just meant he could probably start as a Junior for a .500 D1 team.

I had told them since they were little that if they played HS, cool. Wow wouldn't that be neat. As to college? I might be wrong but didn't think they'd have the size or power nor did I have all the contacts to get them into pro ball. And I didn't think they wanted to live like that.

We had many friends who did cartwheels because Coe College or Providence Pasadena offered them a "scholarship" for $30K a year! Wow! $120,000! Man, lucky them! Except these are private schools where you still have to borrow $30,000 to get by. So these kids got their scholarships. Parents bragged. Kids played D2 or whatever ball at Redlands or Indiana Wesleyan (true school, look it up). Graduated with degrees in History or study of CInema and wound up as Whole Foods employees with student loans. But oh they played college ball.

I told my sons that they could do that. But I thought college was for career prep and they should get into the best school they could. So they both pursued Accounting (had a 3rd who had quit baseball by then and graduated CS at Irvine) and wound up at TCU and Northeastern. Good schools. Neither one wanted to walk on to baseball and launder anyone else's shirts or jocks. Both wound up with no debt, full time work etc.

So their I am smart for steering my kids into a prosperous career or I am a bad dad for killing their dream. I bet they'd tell you both depending on what mood they were in lol

Thanks for the perspective. We have a plan, but it all depends on how he continues to progress. He way ahead of schedule so far. As a Hs freshman, he’s a backup varsity QB, 99% starter on the varsity baseball team, and a decent chance he’ll make a bench spot on varsity hoops. He needs to have a strong transition from FB to hoops in about two weeks. I have some private lessons with a 2 year nba PG for the next few sundays, so we’ll see. I never push him. He actually wants to do more. I wouldn’t mind him playing on the JV hoops team since it seems to be his #3 sport right now. He’s very quick which is why I think they could move him up. 50/50

Sports is what he wants, but he won’t play anything without academics. He won student/athlete of the month in Sept for Frosh class with 4 As and 1B (+ as he likes to remind me).

I really want him do do 2 sports, but I know it’ll be a huge battle with him. He wants to play something 7 days a week.

No doubt. Sad to see. And it's all driven by the "promise" of money.