Comments on: All-East Bay football team

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:03:14 +0000

Sport Med,Before you used Encinal as a example just remember that Marin Catholic and Novato lost to them too. You don’t ask a Coach who’s been there that long to just step down or force him Out that’s like asking Joe Pa to leave. The players have to play,The coaches can only teach,The players have to take it to the next level.

By: CalBear

CalBear — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:03:29 +0000

I think Levine was very deserving of Player of the year, Williams was a great player and might have had better stats but Levine played LB/DE shutting down half of the field taking on 2 and 3 blockers while holding & containing the Edge allowing the middle LB to flow to ball without taking on blockers, he is a big, strong, fast kid with long arms making it very hard to block him, Chronicle All Metro also had Levine 1st team & Williams 2nd team

Both very good players

By: DaGuy

DaGuy — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:41:04 +0000

I think Williams from Pittsburg should have been D-player of the year. Levine is a good player and all and also played on both sides of the ball but defensively Williams was much better. He has the most tackles on the whole list and his defense gave up an average of 10 pts in alot harder league and schedule than levine. Just my thoughts.

By: Sport Med

Sport Med — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:15:17 +0000

Should the Kennedy of Fremont Football coach retire or be asked to retire?

I have seen a couple articles about Coach Mike from Fremont how he has been there for almost 50 or 60 years, but I was amazed to see that this year, 08, was their first NCS playoff win. C’mon 50-60 years before a win and they have only gone 4 times. I hear about talent that comes out of this school but I never see it. They had two backers with speed this year, with good speed and never once showed a spread. Throw the ball. Almost everyone in California does it why don’t they?
The people that have met him say he is a really nice guy. But they do not comment on his football prowess. He was quoted as saying he will be here for the 50th homecoming, isn’t that up to the administration (principle, athletic director) or is that school so used to losing that it doesn’t care about the program. Kennedy doesn’t do well in sports period, maybe because they don’t know how to move on and get good coaching. Maybe Coach Mike is a good guy, probably the best man I will have the honor of meeting, I am not saying he is a bad person. What I am asking, is it time to move forward the school has not had another football coach, ever. They’ve run the same plays well… forever and the only thing they can really hang their hat on is that their football coach knows everyone. I hear they bring back former players to come in and help out and coach, but if those former players can only coach what he has been coaching for years isn’t it time to change things. I have heard new coaches do want to come in but the administration and the AD won’t allow it. I heard they are good friends of Coach Mike’s. I am sorry but I do not who the AD is but whoever they are really needs to set precedence and stop putting you and your friends first. I have never gone to Kennedy nor do my kids, but I have friends who have kids in junior high that will be going there and they do not want to play sports at Kennedy. Not a lot of their sports teams have winning seasons, and no its not only about winning, but it seems when they do win the school doesn’t care because its not football or they get rid of the coaches. Sports aren’t the only thing in high school but it does help in the development of the young. If Coach Mike is there for 6 more years and continues with his losing tradition the kids will learn one thing for sure, how to lose with dignity and grace. Although I heard they couldn’t even do that against Encinal (former players rise up). The school needs new blood, but I guess if they are considered the worst school in Fremont to go to, they won’t try. Well, if Kennedy continues with its own ways at least my kids will beat them in sports just like I did. The Administration needs to change this, if they do not make a change at least let my friends’ kids transfer somewhere else. You know, where the athletic director doesn’t put friendship before the kids.

By: FB Fan

FB Fan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:52:05 +0000

Can’t say anything about Gupton because I don’t understand the process the paper goes through to make their picks.Some of the picks here kind of baffle me.
As far as King, the only thing I would say is Jackson was hurt towards the end of the year so they gave him the benefit of the doubt that he would have put up better numbers. Also he is headed to Colorado and was 1st team last year, so people think he had a better year regardless of what others did.

By: nfl

nfl — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:51:17 +0000

jackson is better than king but king is a good player. at oregon jackson won’t see white corners he’s gonna see some brothers who play bump & run. will see if he’s as good as advetised.

By: BigFro

BigFro — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:21:39 +0000

Yeah FB fan, but where is cameron gupton?

By: Mats4Life

Mats4Life — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:15:08 +0000

james king considerably outplayed diante jackson this year, and jackson gets first team and king gets third? makes no sense

By: FB Fan

FB Fan — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:47:42 +0000

It’s nice to see you guys recognized Deon James and Cody Peebles as the great players they are. Everyone always heard of Freedom’s Big 3 of Rodriugez, Runner, and Gupton, but without these 2 making plays teams would have been able to key on the other 3. Great reward for these 2 players who had great senior seasons

By: vertical leap

vertical leap — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:56:06 +0000

It’s interesting to note that Foothill has only one player on the All-East Bay Football Team, yet Foothill managed to defeat some very talented opponents. Foothill has been largely forgotten since its first loss to DLS. Halfway through that game, Foothill’s QB endured a pretty serious concussion, though nobody realized it at the time, and he continued to play in the game. The 2nd time Foothill faced DLS, the Falcons gained considerably more yards than the first time, but nobody ackonlwedged it. Headline: “No Better Than the First Time.” How about a few kudos for the Falcons, a gritty team representing a fine public school?