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Bauleke hired as new YV football coach
By Ben Enos
Friday, May 7th, 2010 at 3:28 pm in East Bay Football.
Todd Bauleke has been named the new head football coach at Ygnacio Valley High. Here’s what will be in tomorrow’s paper.
Todd Bauleke, defensive coordinator on last year’s Ygnacio Valley High football team that won a co-Diablo Valley Athletic League championship, has been hired as the school’s new head coach.
Bauleke takes over for Chris Turner, who resigned last month after not getting an on-campus job. Bauleke is a science teacher at Ygnacio Valley and has coached at the school for the last five years.
The Warriors switched to a pro-style offense last year after several years of using the double-wing, double-tight ground attack and went 9-3. But, even with the switch in coaches and his defensive background, Bauleke said he will maintain the multiple-formation approach that Turner installed.
“My formula is you win with good defense, a ball control offense and a good kicking game,” Bauleke said.
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May 7th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Outstanding hire of Bauleke, he bring sound defensive fundamentals to YV as he did last year.
This is great for the Warriors after losing Turner.
Good move YV
May 7th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
defense wasnt to good last year!
May 7th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
He’s okay I guess.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
KillerD you need to go to Calpreps and do your homework before you open your mouth. You have no clue as to what you’re talking about.
The defense has been so sound that they have given up on avg. 25 ppg the past four seasons Bauleke has been the defensive coordinator and their defense has not improved one bit in that time span.
YV’s defense gave up on average 15 points per game when their new head coach was coaching the JV team and YV won their last championship in 2005.
Since his jump up to varsity in 2006, YV’s defense has on average, gone from giving up 15 ppg to now giving up 25 ppg. They have been bounced in the second round of the playoffs every year they made the playoffs since that 2005 season.
They make the playoffs but the defense can’t hold water against a quality opponent in the playoffs once they squeak by their first round opponent. YV barely beat Alameda this past season 48-41. If Patrone Wood had not scored 6 TDs by himself they would have been bounced by a scrappy Hornet team who came to YV and almost handed them a second straight loss.
The defense is so sound that College Park ran all over it in the final regular season game heading into the playoffs and Concord was an onside kick recovery away from winning the game in the final minutes in their loss to YV who had a two TD lead at the end. His defense is so sound that the year before that it let Concord march 90 yards down the field in 46 seconds to win the game and ruin Patrone Woods amazing 6 TD performance that should have sealed the victory.
If my math is right this means the defense under a different coach was only allowing 15 points per game and won a championship and when this coach brought in his sound defensive fundamentals to the table they started giving up 10 more points per game in a four year span and have been dismissed from the playoffs in the second round every year when the opponent gets tougher than the first round opponent is.
I love how everyone has their head in the sand can’t see the forest for the trees. We live in a feel good zone where telling the truth about something is a bad thing.
GOOD MOVE YV?
We’ll see how great this move was at the end of November won’t we. I guess I’ll be labeled bitter because I’m not drinking the kool-aid like some others have and believing this was a great hire.
May 7th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
In fact to add more on this. YV’s defense was so sound under him that they let Oakland Tech beat them on a trick HB pass play twice in the same game on successive series.
May 7th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
YV Defense wasn’t too good last year… Gave up a lot of points and yards this year. Especially in the two playoff games. Good hire? We’ll see when VY takes the field this year. I hope they made the right choice.
May 7th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Too bad YVTV website was taken down so you all could simply go online and watch the games yourself and see that I know what I’m talking about.
But you can go to Calpreps.com website and look at each years seasons and do the math for yourself if you dare.
May 7th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
Bauleke is such a great coach that he even gets mad at a player for changing his calls on the field and being right about making the change.
So much for trusting your players to be smart and think about what the whole purpose of defense is… STOPPING THE OTHER TEAM FROM SCORING OR ADVANCING THE BALL DOWN FIELD!!!
Way to go, Bauleke, bitch a player out for being right when you were wrong and making the play. Very good hire YV, You’re teaching the kids a very valuable lesson in life on how to sink your ship quick fast and in a hurry.
May 7th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Todd Bauleke, defensive coordinator on last year’s Ygnacio Valley High football team that won a co-Diablo Valley Athletic League championship, has been hired as the school’s new head coach.
The Warriors switched to a pro-style offense last year after several years of using the double-wing, double-tight ground attack and went 9-3.
These two sentences tell the whole story.
YV went 9-3 only because the offense was more balanced, the coach on offense knew what he was doing and they had a player (Patrone Wood) that could break the game open by taking it to the house every time he touched the football on any given play. He did it the whole time he played there. We’ll see how good they are now that he is gone.
The fact that they were co-champs and not outright DVAL champs speaks directly to the fact that the defense was the reason they had share the DVAL title with the team they just beat when they got their heads handed to them on a silver platter the following week in giving up 53 points in their loss to College Park. In fact they gave up 30 points to Concord (win), 53 to College Park (loss), 41 to Alameda (win) and 54 to Eureka (loss).
May 8th, 2010 at 8:43 am
Bauleke has been there at YV for 5 years.
YV had a great season in large part due to Turner.
With Turner departing voluntarily after not getting hired full-time.
At this late point of the off season, Bauleke is a very good hire.
Nobody, coaches included are perfect, but he will have YV ready to play each week, even if they lose.
May 8th, 2010 at 9:35 am
KillerD,
That’s the biggest load of BS I’ve ever read. So what he’s been there 5 years, doesn’t make him the right man for the job. In fact because he has been there 5 years and the defense has gotten worse and not better since he took it over after winning a championship the year prior speaks otherwise. If you read my first post and took those rose colored glasses off that you’re wearing you would see the truth.
At this point in the season he is the ONLY choice they really had because most of the good coaches who are more qualified than him already have a job somewhere else.
He in fact won’t have them ready to play as you suggest. Players don’t need coaches to get them ready to play moron they will be ready to play because that’s why they come out for the sport.
They certainly won’t be ready to win because a coaches job is to put the players in the best possible position to be successful on the field and he has already proven over the past 5 years he’s been there that he can’t get it done. If they make the playoffs they will be lucky but they most certainly won’t get past the first round and certainly not the second where you face teams that are well coached and have athletes who can play the game.
That no coach is perfect stuff is just a false attempt by you to not face the fact that a coach who bitches a player out after changing his play on the field and happens to be right is a classic case of denying the truth that this guy is clueless when it comes to being a coach.
Most good coaches would love to have a player on the field smart enough to recognize that the play called by the coach isn’t the right play and change it and in fact make the play himself. I would congratulate the player for covering my ass instead of bitching him out for changing the call. Part of being a good coach is teaching the players your strategy so well that they can make adjustments on the field based on what they see in the game since they are actually on the field playing.
You probably know nothing about the team or the school and just come on here with this false positive stuff to say because you can’t dispute what’s plain to see. You obviously have never coached football either based on my perception of your limited knowledge of what goes on in the locker room as well.
You are entitled to your opinion however and I respect that. I just don’t agree with you in this case and feel you are way out in left field. We will see at the end of November how this all plays out though.
May 8th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
KillerD Says:
May 7th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Outstanding hire of Bauleke, he bring sound defensive fundamentals to YV as he did last year.
This is great for the Warriors after losing Turner.
Good move YV
For those on this forum that want to see the truth about how fundamentally sound YV’s defense really isn’t can go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ5fF68T7bQ
you can see for yourself how great they were against Oakland Tech.
You can also go to: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ygnacio+valley+football+09&aq=1
and see how they almost lost to Alameda as well. this link gets you to the whole game and not just highlights of the game like the Oakland Tech video is.
When you see how #19 Patrone Wood saves the team with 6 TDs then tell me how sound Bauleke’s defense is and how this is such a great hire for YV.
May 8th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Glad to see another job filled. It is always great when someone takes a coaching job because our young people today need good coaches, people who will sacrifice their own agenda to help motivate kids to be great individuals. I don’t know much about him but I hope he does well and that he is able to build a solid program there. Anyone know where Patrone Woods is going?
May 8th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
brandonbeard..patrone woods is going to play for a division 2 shchool in pennsylvania..
May 8th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Brandonbeard,
Patrone Wood would be going to a D1 school if the coaches he played for did sacrifice their own agendas and helped him be D1 eligible instead of neglect him as a student but exploit him as an athlete. If he had been advised under the type of coach you’re talking about he would be a UCLA Bruin right now or maybe even at Cal but because he failed some key classes which is his own fault of course, he could not get into any D1 school.
He was even approached at the last minute by Colorado but after they got his transcripts they had to pass on him to. So D2 was his only option. Under a coach that would have stayed on top of him and gave him the right advice because they recognized his talent and that he can play on the next level he would be in a big time program right now.
If he had gone to Concord or Clayton Valley or even Las Lomas it would have been a whole different story. Those coaches know what it takes to get their kids to the next level. Ask Diante Jackson (Los Lomas grad at Oregon). Ask Hightower, Galindo and others from Concord. Ask Buhagiar from Clayton Valley.
YV lacks in this area big time. Their current and new head coach was part of that whole era and did nothing to help him. But now everyone wants to ignore the fact that one of the best backs they have ever had come through that school didn’t get all the possible help he could have gotten while he carried them to many victories the whole four years he played there. He did everything except park the cars and sell popcorn for YV and what does he get for all his efforts?
His dad had to do a song and dance just to get them to help him go on his official visit to the school he is going to. Most other programs would have thrown a plane ticket at a kid like that. Longero from Los Lomas came out of pocket for Diante Jackson to make sure his best player got to the next level.
The new coach that everyone is praising wouldn’t buy a kid there a stick of gum but he is a great hire and will lead them to glory despite the fact that he has been in charge of a defense that has not improved in four seasons under his leadership.
And watch all the negative responses I get Brandonbeard for telling the truth.
Just wait for them because I guarantee they are coming. It can predict them just as sure as I am the sun will rise in the east in the morning. This after all is the feel good zone where the truth is not allowed to be told and anyone with any inside info that knows it is just bitter and biased when they actually want to see these kids get them same thing their opponents who go to schools with higher standards get because they are just as deserving but just don’t have people with the knowledge and resources and experience to make it happen there.
Those people can come around and they would never know it because that’s how far down their heads are in the sand.
May 8th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Brandonbeard,
YV wouldn’t recognize a quality coach if he or she jumped up and slapped them in the face. That’s why they don’t win in basketball or baseball either or any other sport for that matter. Football is now the next sport where they go backwards too. All you hear over there is how tough this is and that is and blah blah blah. One excuse after another instead of what do we need to do to get it done and change the culture and reputation of this school?
May 9th, 2010 at 8:09 am
What2Do . . . it sounds like you have a personal grudge against Bauleke. I could care less about your personal experiences, but do not start throwing coaches under the bus when a player cannot qualify for DI academically. All the coaches stress this and work with their players. Every school has DI caliber athletes that cannot qualify. All these schools work hard for these kids. Deer Valley was loaded this last year, but only one (Kristoff Williams) is going straight to DI, and they do team study halls regularly. When Roman Runner blew up the region, he couldn’t qualify either, but the coaches and counselors work hard together at that school for the kids. Same with Heritage’s two stud linemen last season, and they even start practice late during the week to run study tables after school. Dont start a dangerous precedent blaming coaches. Diante Jackson worked hard at Las Lomas, that’s also the reason he was a multi-sport stud; Longero did not do his homework for him. He also went to a school with a slightly better overall academic scene than any school east of Walnut Creek. But ultimately, he did it himself, just like Patrone likely did not fulfill one of his core course requirements for DI. DII has slightly lower core course requirements, but this is ultimately on the athlete. Support systems are in place at every school, if the athlete has the initiative to use them properly.
May 9th, 2010 at 8:41 am
NorCalFBFollower,
Shut your pie whole. You haven’t said anything that I don’t already know. Don’t come on here acting like you’re enlightening me on the process. I have inside info of what goes on at YV and therefore have reason for everything I’ve said. And since you don’t, you’re not qualified to say squat to me.
I know ultimately it’s up to every player to do their homework and yada, yada, yada. Been there, done that.
I’ve heard this song played over and over and over again. But when you are a person of INFLUENCE in a kids life, someone THEY RESPECT they tend to be more receptive and will listen to and take advice from a person THEY TRUST. Ask coach Cater at CCC and some of the other coaches who are able to be a POSITIVE INFLUENCES in a young persons life and are able to develop a rapport with their players to a point where this does not happen.
DLS’s head coach is a master at this so it can be done. Most if not all of his kids graduate and they don’t have eligibility issues because of the process he has instilled in their minds the minute they hit the program as freshmen.
You could care less about my personal experiences? As if you know me personally. You can’t tell me squat.
And what do you care who I throw under what bus? Who are you the blog police or something?
Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak without censorship and/or limitation. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to indicate not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.
You see I also know my First Amendment Rights as well. I can say what I want, when I want and you can’t do anything about it. Just like you have the right to think you can tell me what to do, I have the right to tell you to go F yourself.
May 9th, 2010 at 8:47 am
NorCalFBFollower you’re just another of those people in the let me make an excuse line.
May 9th, 2010 at 8:51 am
NorCalFBFollower,
It’s funny how coaches don’t accept excuses from these very same players on the field when they don’t make a play for them but make every excuse under the sun when the player fails as a student.
May 9th, 2010 at 8:54 am
I believe the term for any young person playing sports in a school is – student athlete?
The word student being first and athlete second. If they can’t be a student first then they should never be allowed the privilege of being an athlete at all in an organized setting.
May 9th, 2010 at 9:01 am
NorCalFBFollower,
My experience has taught me not to make excuses because no one wants to hear them anyway. Obviously we went to different schools.
May 9th, 2010 at 9:07 am
NorCalFBFollower,
For the record. I don’t hold grudges against anyone. I just don’t believe he is the right person for the job. I’m entitled to my opinion and it’s based on inside knowledge that I have. You see, I’m not like everyone else on the blog.
I’m not drinking the kool-aid. I hope you don’t choke on your glass of it.
May 9th, 2010 at 9:13 am
See Brandonbeard, I told you the negative comments directed at me would be coming. I expect a whole lot more to come in defense of NorCalFBFollwer now because I’m just a big ole bully who won’t just follow the crowd and say what a great hire this was.
May 9th, 2010 at 9:18 am
Wait, for it, here it comes, the personal assaults on my character and how I’m just a bitter person and this and that and yada yada yada. I’m biased, I have an axe to grind, I’m what’s wrong with this feel good zone blog because I come and rock the boat instead of going for the magic carpet ride and take a puff of the wonder drug everyone else is on that numbs them from having a thought or opinion outside of every one else’s. I’m a bad guy because I don’t want to be a sheep… etc… etc…etc.
May 9th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Can the site administrator please block this idiot… no one is reading your rants. You clearly need a life.
May 9th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Obviously you are GoGrizz since you’re calling me an idiot. Guess you need a life too since you responded. Funny how you try to control and influence what I say as well. Must be nice to live in a world where you think you can censor any and everyone who doesn’t think the same things you do.
But as I already wrote once before:
Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak without censorship and/or limitation. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to indicate not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.
You see I also know my First Amendment Rights as well. I can say what I want, when I want and you can’t do anything about it. Just like you have the right to think you can tell me the site administrator to block me, just because you don’t like what you are obviously reading but claiming not to… I have the right to tell you to go F yourself when you call me an idiot only because I don’t agree with you or believe what you believe.
Last time I checked GoGrizz this still is America and not some place where jackasses like you get their way and cry because they don’t hear what they want to hear.
I’m not going anywhere GoGrizz so you better get used to it or simply stay off the blog because you don’t get to decide anything except what you eat, drink and wear on your body.
Smooches GoGrizz
May 9th, 2010 at 11:23 am
GoGrizz,
I also want to thank you for proving how predictable the mentality is on these blogs as well. It sure didn’t take long for someone like you to do exactly what I said would happen and that was to attack me personally and call me names as if I’m going to just shrivel up and go in a corner and cry because GoGrizz doesn’t like me.
May 9th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Yo GO Grizz!!! Love you man!!!
May 9th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
To Mr. What2do –
It is amusing (one time) that you demand for people to shut up or close their pie holes, but then later on in your posts you ask them to speak up and defend their positions…..????
Therefore, it provides the curious task for the unfortunate people that must suffer, endure and perpetually squirm through your typed-up, agitated tirades against the MEN who accept the challenge of being a head coach in football – a difficult endeavor at any level of the game, and the higher ranks a head coach ascends to, the tougher and less forgiving it is.
You also say to visit CalPreps to do homework, which I and other well meaning actives on this chat room have quoted in previous posts and researched often.
You also throw out that the YV defense gave up 25 ppg in 2009, as One of the reasons Bauleke should Not be YV’s new head coach.
But YV finishing with such a good record in 2009 was definitely a factor in the hiring of Bauleke.
He probably did get all over a player for changing a call on Defense without authority – and those thing occur in football – good, bad or the ugly.
One hopes that your ferocious laments begin maturing and evolve into readable and enlightening essays on the insights of football coaching.
Happy Mother’s Day to the Mom’s out there, and to every Mother, may each day be happier than the next.
May 9th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
To Mr. KillerD,
Again you talk in circles and add words to something I wrote that I didn’t actually write to deflect and confuse the point and thus you end up not even making a valid one of your own.
I never once DEMANDED anyone shut their pie hole. I simply said to a person who started his response to me with a personal attack to shut his pie hole leaving out the words I demand that YOU added and are now leading others (falsely) to believe I said and thus taking away their ability to discern for themselves what I meant in what I wrote all because you come on this blog on a regular basis to write stuff and spout your opinions on things football related and be dead wrong a good portion of the time.
You are very good at writing dribble that makes no point whatsoever. I also never ever ask anyone to defend their positions on anything either. Another false statement and assumption you make with no basis, merit or more importantly PROOF! I don’t need to ASK anyone to defend their position, most people do that on their own without me having to ask them to.
The problem most of the time however is that most people’s position on something in these blogs are usually baseless and just a follow the leader position. Then someone like me comes in with a different one that is backed up by facts and things that can easily be proved and all of a sudden I’m the bad guy because I went against the grain and didn’t follow the leader like a good little boy.
My agitation comes from people like you who make statements with no basis whatsoever and then have everyone else believing false information based on something you and others write that is mere opinion.
And then to add on top of all this you respond back with something meaningless and completely avoid the subject all together after I poke huge holes in what you and others contribute with facts and respond with personal attacks and character assassinations because you have nothing new of significance to add that is of use or intelligence.
Again, no one has come back to dispute any point I made or opinions I form based with facts.
And again I stand on MY position that a coach who has been in the same position for 5 years in charge of a unit that has shown NO IMPROVEMENT over the course of those 5 years does not necessarily deserve to run the team now.
There are many people who would in fact agree with me but unfortunately for me won’t back up the fact that in most businesses and especially in sports on higher levels a person that was in this particular position who has shown over time to not have what it takes to get it done in the one area of responsibility he or she oversees certainly won’t get a chance to oversee the whole team and gain more responsibility. In college football and in the NFL he would have been fired and everyone reading this knows this is true. He most certainly would not be handed the head coach position on those levels. But I know this is not the case and it’s just high school football.
The point then becomes one where maybe a change in that particular area is needed when it has been shown and proven STATISTICALLY and not just with opinion that this person can’t get the job done because he has already shown that he can’t over a significant amount of time that shows a clear pattern of ability.
YV’s record last season had absolutely nothing to do with the unit the new head coach was responsible for and anyone that knows anything about YV will also agree as well that it was the offense and one player in particular that was mainly responsible for that teams success not only last year but for four years.
In fact it is the defenses fault as to why they have never won another championship since 2005 and have fallen short each year in the same round every single year because they get to a point where they can’t stop a better team than the one they faced the week before. And this area of the team has not improved at all.
How am I wrong for pointing this out and then coming to a logical opinion that maybe the guy responsible for this area of the team for the past four or five years may not be the right man to run the team?
This is the same mentality the Detroit Lions had when Matt Millen was the GM and was responsible for putting a competitive team on the field but continued to fail every year instead of improve. He even got extensions and votes of confidence only to show that he just was not the guy to get the job done. Now look at them. It will take them years to dig themselves out of the hole this guy put them in.
YV’s 2009 record should not be a factor at all as to why this guy got the job. His track record over the course of the 5 years and not the one year he has overseen it and the one area of the team that is really responsible for winning championships should be the defining factor as to why he shouldn’t have gotten the job.
There is nothing you can write that will convince me otherwise. It’s my opinion and I have a right to it without being tarred and feather for giving it even though it’s not the popular one in this blog.
Again all that other stuff you said about:
MEN who accept the challenge of being a head coach in football – a difficult endeavor at any level of the game, and the higher ranks a head coach ascends to, the tougher and less forgiving it is
is part of the point in this except not in the context of proving your point but actually mine.
And the part about him probably getting all over players for being able to think for themselves and cover his butt is not a probably it is fact. There is a distinct difference. And it’s not a one time thing with him either which further proves my point. With him you make one mistake and you are either on the bench or in his dog house. This is not the type of coach I would play for nor would I want my son to play for either.
May 9th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
what2do you said “will also agree as well that it was the offense and one player in particular that was mainly responsible for that teams success not only last year but for four years”..that is such a lie,and if your reffering to patrone doing all the work for 4 years your heka wrong ill tell you that right know..it was all a team effort,thats why they had a succesfull season last year.and im pretty sure he would have said the same exact thing..
May 9th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
you also stated that there were some players who aint playing because coach bauleke is the new head coach?? aha thats actually pretty funny cause me knowing the whole team i did not hear that from one single player who is know playing for him..aye we actually got people who wanna play know just because he’s the head coach.so i dont know where you got that info from….duces douch.
May 9th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Unknown,
My point will be proven once this season starts for sure. But please tell me where the team effort was if it took him scoring 6 TDs for you to beat Alameda in the playoff game last year? I know what you’re trying to say but he has single handedly won MANY games for you guys with huge runs coming with very little to no blocking at all. In fact if there was this total team effort you say was always present then there should have been no reason whatsoever that you guys lost to Concord two years ago at their place.
Dude, I’ve seen the film of many YV games over the past four years so you can’t convince me otherwise. After I watched that Concord game from two years ago I was actually sick to my stomach because you guys lost it at the end because your great defense let them march 90 yards down field in only 46 seconds.
I’ve seen games where he has scored TDs while his teammates stood by and watched the other team try and bring him down. If there was truly a total team effort going on at YV then you guys would have won at least two championships by now.
Patrone is an amazing player and also a humble one as well so of course he is not going to say what I’m saying. He doesn’t need to. That’s also what is so special about him too. He is a true team player and I had hoped that I could watch him play at a D1 school next year.
As I also stated to you before, (which you completely ignored) I said YV was a team that underachieves but has a great deal of potential.
But all you have done is see one or two things I have said and gone off on me dude. Including my attempts to challenge you to go for the gusto and take your 3.8 gpa to a four year college and skip DVC altogether.
Whoever you are I wish you success in whatever you do with your life despite all the crap you gave me.
May 9th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Well you obviously don’t talk to or haven’t talked to the same people I have. I have no reason to lie about what I said dude. I actually bought these players lunch and had a conversation about this subject. That shows how much you really know.
And keep this in mind, maybe they just don’t want to tell you or anyone else how they really feel since they have to play on the team and don’t want to be singled out. Did you ever consider that to be possible? Of course not.
May 9th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
i know for got damn sure that,that 08 team when patrone was a sohpomore,wasnt all patrone,that team was filled with studs on defense and offense..but i can say that patrone did have his team on his back his junior year,for example that concord game your talking about,thats one thing we can both agree on,that was all patrone no doubt..i just dont get how you think yv’s season is gonna go down in the gutter,just cause of the new head coach..this past season he actually did pretty good as defensive coordinator.they had 4 games where the opponent scored 30 or more..but you cant forget about the 2 shutouts they had against a good mt.diablo team and northgate..he also did come up with a very good defensive of gameplan to shut down clayton valley,and if im not correct didnt the defense come up with 4 picks that game?? and also the concord game,yv was shutting there passing game down no doubt thanks to coach bauleke who was the defensive cordinator at the time..so come on know,why so much hate on the new head coach at yv??
May 9th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Unknown,
I’m glad you like him and all that but I’ve been around football a long time and I see some things you don’t.
1st of all, defense wins championships and you help make my points. You are absolutely right about the 08 team being filled with studs on both sides of the ball. Again, I’ve seen film of that team and you guys should have won a championship that year for certain. You guys were still in the old league playing against Deer Valley, Pitt and the likes. That team was underachievers given the talent you talk about. The defense gave up an average of 25 points per game that year though. You made the playoffs and got bounced in the second round because why? The defense could not stop a better team you played the week before from scoring more points than you guys did.
Giving up that many points per game on defense is not going to get it done bruh and you in your heart of hearts know this no matter how much you like this coach.
DLS”s defense gives up no more than 10 to 15 points per game every year! This is a 10 to 15 point difference. They win state almost every year because of this. THIS IS PROVEN FACT BRUH!!! DLS is and should be the standard that every HS team in this area should strive to be like.
No matter how much you like this coach dude, you have to admit that giving up that many points per game every year and not show improvement of bringing that number down to 15 or less is not a good thing if you are trying to win a championship. At some pint this number has to come down because it is a clear indication that you are actually stopping people from scoring on you.
A great game here and there is not going to get it done either. A team with a great defense even in a loss should not loose by 10 points or more if they loose the game. That number is an indication that you are at least in the game.
In the losses YV has on average over that 5 year period of time the average margin of defeat is 40 or more points which means when you guys do loose you get your asses handed to you on a silver platter by the other team. last year’s College Park game is a prime example of my point. a shut out her and there against mediocre teams is not something I would call being an indication of a great team. What about the Oakland Tech game where your defense got fooled on the same play twice or Eureka where the defense was no where to be seen. And don’t blame it on the field dude.
The Clayton Valley win was a result of their coaches changing what was working for them and playing right into your hands more than it was what you were actually doing to them. You guys could never stop the run or the screen passes to Buhagiar and they simply stopped running the plays because they didn’t think your small corners could play and thus two mistakes changed the outcome of a game you were losing up to that point.
And Concord was an onside kick recovery away from winning after they erased a two TD lead YV had in the final minutes of the game.
Moral victories here and there don’t win championships, consistency does and there was and has been no consistency on the defense except for losing in the second round when the competition gets a little better than it was the week before in the playoffs. And this has been the pattern for 5 years dude.
Is this something I’m making up or is this in fact the truth? I’m not hating. I just know how to see things for the way they are and not what I want to see.
May 9th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Unknown,
Go to Calpreps.com and look at the ratings of each team on your schedule the past 6 or 7 years and it will give you a clearer and more truthful picture. For example DLS is always rated up in the 60s and 70s. in 2007 they were rated a 76.5 as a team and De Anza High who you also played in 2007 was rated at -7.2.
You beat DA 56-0 and lost to DLS 48-13.
DLS gave up an average of 12 points per game that year went 13-0 and won a state title. YV gave up an average of 22 ponts per game that year and lost in the second round of the playoffs to Las Lomas 35-20 who was rated at 34.1.
The week before that YV barely beat Bishop O’Dowd 21-14 in the first round. They were rated 12.8 that season. YV was rated 19.1 meaning you guys beat the poor and mediocre but could not beat a big time team or a team with a higher rating than yours. This has been the pattern every year since 2005. The last year YV won a championship.
That year YV’s defense gave up on average 15 pints per game. That team had a 35.1 rating and went 10-3 lost to a 17.5 rated Clayton Valley team 27-23 and a 29.9 rated Pittsburg team 20-14 and a 46.5 rated DLS team 41-21.
They lost two games to teams rated lower than them by less than 10 points and one rated higher by 20.
They won the championship game by 3 points on a last second field goal 20-17
Dude, the numbers don’t lie.
May 9th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Unknown,
Speaking on the ’08 team that was rated 15.1 you lost to Antioch on the field 47-20. They were rated 13.9. But you got that as a win because they forfeited the game due to having played ineligible players.
YV also lost to Redwood 48-14. They were rated 14.8 and lost to Concord 42-41 and they were rated 13.2 as well as Clayton Valley who was rated 32.8 and in the second round to Campolindo 21-14 who was rated 25.3 and the week before you barely beat Ukiah 34-33 who was rated 14.7.
This talented team was underachievers because you barely beat Mt. Diablo 24-20 who was rated 0.4 and Hayward 14-7 who was rated 9.2.
I think I’ve made my point as clear as abell now.
May 9th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Unknown,
let’s take DLS out this and go to this year and compare YV to Eureka.
ratings… YV 19.4, Eureka 38.8
avg. ppg defense gave up in 2009… YV 23 ppg, Eureka 12.1
head to head match up Eureka 54- YV 0
Eureka NCS DII champs, YV bounced in the second round a fourth straight year
May 9th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Unknow,
I know you know how to do math. There is one common denominator in this picture and I don’t even need to say what it is either.
May 9th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Unknown,
One question… Am I a hater now or just keepin it real?
May 9th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
but if you really wanna compare yv and eureka,look at the route eureka took to get to the ship..playing each team in their league twice,the teams in eurekas league are like de anza..guarantee you yv’s league is much tougher then eureka’s league no doubt.thats why damn near eureka had always a shoutout win..2 teams in eureka’s league had winning records,5 out of the 6 teams in yv’s league had winning records..
May 9th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Unknown,
One last tidbit for you and the rest of the people on here hating on me and calling me names for pointing out the obvious…
Here it is starting with YV’s last championship before the head coach became the D-coordinator…
2005 Champ… YV (team 35.1 rating) 15 ppg on defense
2006 Champ… Novato (35.3) 3 ppg on defense, 9 shutout wins 12-1
2007 Champ… Novato (41.3) 13 ppg on defense 13-1 lost State Champ game
2008 Champ… Cardinal Newman (43.7) 15 ppg on defense 13-1 lost state game
2009 Champ… Eureka (38.8) 12.1 ppg on defense
2006… YV (11.3) 32ppg on defense, second round playoff loss
2007… YV (19.1) 22 ppg on defense, second round playoff loss
2008… YV (15.1) 26 ppg on defense, second round playoff loss
2009… YV (19.4) 23 ppg on defense, second round playoff loss
May 9th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Unknown,
What about the other years I just posted?
May 9th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Is that Eureka’s fault that the other teams suck? They played the schedule they were given and took care of business. The put the beat down on teams like they were supposed to. It’s up to the other teams to do what they have to to beat the team they are playing each and every week.
You are now making excuses. If you want to be the best you have to beat the best, period. If the De Anza’s and other teams of the area want to compete they better find a solution to their problems. But first you have to acknowledge the problem before you can fix it right?
May 9th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
As the famous saying goes… “Houston, we have a problem”…
May 9th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Novato was able to repeat, which is unheard of if you’re not DLS in this area. What excuse you gonna come up with for them?
May 9th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
All I know is this… winners say let’s get ur done. The rest make excuses for not getting it done.
May 9th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
It was the field, the refs, the sun, my eye hurt, my ass is tight, yada, yada, f’in yada.
As Al Davis said and the Raiders used to do… JUST WIN BABY!
What is Nike’s slogan… JUST DO IT!
Meaning shut up, Man up, Strap it up and let’s get ready to f’n rumble.
May 9th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Let’s go in, handle our business, put the women and children to bed and call it a night.
Don’t have time for excuses and cry babies, there is work to be done.
May 9th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Unknown,
Those numbers are a direct reflection of not just how well the players on the team played that year but also the skill of the coaches who coach them as well.
May 9th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
It is f’n quiet in here now…
May 9th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
GoGrizz,
You still want to censor me now? Block me for spitting out facts?
Still want to hate on me for backing up my stance with actual facts and not just render a baseless opinion like most people on these blogs do?
May 9th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
One thing is really clear… film does not lie. I have seen enough video footage of YV football the past five years to know what type of defense they have been playing year in and year out over that time frame.
People go to jail and get convicted on slam dunk cases where they were caught on camera committing the crime they were accused of and there is no doubt whatsoever who the perp is.
Your honor the defense rests…
May 9th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
And that pun was intentional too!!!
May 9th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Yes, as a matter of fact I do want to keep hating on you. You are entirely predictable. I knew that the next time I checked there would be about 28 posts from you. Didn’t read a one. Could care less what you have to say; as a matter of fact pretty sure the only one who is reading is Unknown who continues to egg you on, and you continue to fall for it. Trust me, no one reads 8 paragraph posts; but hey if it fills some void in your life to write essays on a high school football blog go right ahead, it’s your first amendment right! Ha!
May 9th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out my hat…
AGAIN?
Nothing up my sleeve, PRESTO!
May 9th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
GoGrizz,
But you certainly read the one addressed to you didn’t you, you loser. So what does that make you? I egged you on and you fell for it.
Why did you check back then if you’re not interested. You can lie about this all you want but you know I’m your father LUKE!!!
Denial is a river in Eygpt also.
GoGrizz I love you so much man. Thanks for hating me and making my day.
You love to hate me and hate to love me but I know deep down you really do love me.
May 9th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
After all it was your love to hate me which brought you back GoGrizz. You are just as predictable to me as you say I am to you. We need each other man. My life is empty without you and yours with me. If I were to leave surely you would miss having someone to hate on because then you would be stuck with everyone who thinks just like you and you would be bored to tears.
May 9th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
GoGrizz,
The one thing I’ve noticed that is most predictable about you is your level of hypocrisy. You are very skilled at labeling me and judging me. You point one finger at me but continue to ignore the three fingers pointing right back at you.
May 9th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
do you ever go out,get some sun or something?? cause damn you stay on this blog..you have probly been sitting at the computer since the morning havent you?? and refresh the page every what? 10,15 minutes?? haha.
damn i feel sorry if you did,you missed out on the a’s no hitter aha..
May 9th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
… oh what the heck, I’ll reengage. What 3 fingers are pointing at me? I could care less about YV, my only point EVER was that it’s absurd to be calling out high school players, especially by number, and then degrading them. You can’t deny you’ve been doing that, now can you? As for whatever the heck else you are rambling on about, it seems clear to me that you have been burned by bauleke in the past, so as far as that is concerned you are entitled your opinion, though it seems a bit weak to be trash talking him on a blog. I know nothing about YV. My allegiance lies in the EBAL and MVAL.
May 9th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
can we get something interasting going on this blog other than a soap opera…
so who are the surprise teams out there this year that are due for a big year?
May 9th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
gogrizz said “it seems clear to me that you have been burned by bauleke in the past”.wait a minute i remember coach bauleke telling me my freshmen year when he coached me as a freshmen when we were gonna play clayton valley,,that him and clayton’s freshmen coach didnt like each other or something like dat,and he told us wen we played dem to beat bad,and wen we played them we did beat em,bad too 30-6 i remember..so this can posssibly be that cv freshmen coach haha.
May 9th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
No I didn’t unknown. I watched the A’s as I played with myself in between responding to you on this blog. I then had a sandwich and yes I did go out and get some sun too. thanks for your concern.
GoGrizz, I still love you man…
NO PRIDE, how the hell are ya dude? Welcome to the party. who’s got the brew?
Would you fellas like some chips since we seem to change the subject when the truth is pointed out.
Too early to tell who is going to surprise who NO Pride. GoGrizz why you in here then if you don’t give a rats ass about YV?
You really must be as bored as you accuse me of being and since there is really nothing to talk about in the EBAL since DLS owns your school and everyone else’s for that matter.
May 9th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
i think pittsburgh high is gonna be raw again,got there starting qb coming back and couple other players..i say pitt and de la salle in the d.1 championship but yet again,dls takes it..
May 9th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Yeah Unknown, who scored all your points that year? Who saved your coaches ass and made his job easy on offense huh?
It was Patrone left, right up the middle, sideways and from the ceiling. Funny hwo you don’t want to acknowledge the other stuff about him though.
You’re avoiding that like it’s a disease.
May 9th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
And for the record GoGrizz. I’m a man. There aint shit I can’t say to him or anyone else to their face for that matter. If I see him I’ll have no problem telling him I don’t think he was the right choice for the job based on all the reasons I pointed out to you whether he burned me or not.
he got the job because he was the only choice they had given the fact that Turner quit at an inopportune time for them to find someone else.
If he was all that as a coach why didn’t they simply hire him last year after Josh Davis left and save us all the trouble?
May 9th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
I’m sure unknown would have been happy about that right? You guys would have still been running the wing and nothing would have changed including your second round exit from the playoffs.
May 9th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Mr. Woods, I’m glad to hear that Patrone is going to school in Penn. He will get a shot at a good education, and be far away from you. Patrone is a good kid, and it sucks that people reading this may think differently of him because of the things you have written.
Anyways, comparing DLS and YV is unfair. As someone mentioned to me, you might as well throw in the ’72 Dolphins or the Niners in the 80′s. Knowing the student athletes they have at that school, the coaching staff has done an excellent job getting the most out of their players. Their teams aren’t the biggest, fastest, or most-skilled. But they are competitive, and have had more success than a lot of teams in the area. I believe they have won 2 ncs championships in the past 10 years.
Congrats to Coach Bauleke. He is dedicated and will hopefully have success with the Warriors. There are some great kids at that school, and I wish them the best of luck.
May 9th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
there have been so many coaching changes it hard to even begin to say who might surprise out there, but i def think this is gonna be an interesting season
May 9th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Mr. Woods, I’m glad to hear that Patrone is going to school in Penn. He will get a shot at a good education, and be far away from you. Patrone is a good kid, and it sucks that people reading this may think differently of him because of the things you have written.
Anyways, comparing DLS and YV is unfair. As someone mentioned to me, you might as well throw in the ‘72 Dolphins or the Niners in the 80’s. Knowing the student athletes they have at that school, the coaching staff has done an excellent job getting the most out of their players. Their teams aren’t the biggest, fastest, or most-skilled. But they are competitive, and have had more success than a lot of teams in the area. I believe they have won 2 ncs championships in the past 10 years.
Congrats to Coach Bauleke. He is dedicated and will hopefully have success with the Warriors. There are some great kids at that school, and I wish them the best of luck.
May 9th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Wow guys I see u have alot to say on this subject. I appreciate all the info on this, so we will just have to see what happens. Anyway back to Patrone Woods… I thought he was a very good player but it is cool for him to go to a D2, cuz if he wants to be a RB he has to drop some weight and get in better shape. Becasue as you guys kk now as you move up levels the game gets faster. So In my opinion a D2 school is not bad at all. Probably better for him in many ways. Anyone know the name of the school?
May 10th, 2010 at 12:23 am
Brandonbeard,
He’s going to Seton Hill in Greensburg, PA just east of Pittsburgh. His head coach is a former assistant of the Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and Patrone at some point will meet former Steelers RB Jerome Bettis since he owns a restaurant nearby.
They rolled out the red carpet for Patrone and he is getting a full ride at that school. The only problem is that there won’t be much access to video of his games unless you know his parents or they find a way to stream their games on the net. He’s leaving for PA in a few weeks after graduation to go to work a job they have set up for he before he starts school too. So yes, in some ways he got a better deal than going to a D1 school because he is also in a position to put them on the map like he did at YV.
May 10th, 2010 at 11:54 am
I do not have a football player but I have student athlete’s at YVHS. I volunteer and work hard for the school and have been part of the school’s Athletic Booster Board for many years. A request was made by Patrone’s family for the plane ticket back east, we as the board voted and passed unanimously to pay this expense. This was not made in person, I have never met Patrone’s parents. I am not sure there was ever a written thank you or acknowledgment this was done for them. Our Booster Board works hard to raise funds for ALL YVHS student athlete’s. In my 8 years at YVHS this was the first time a family asked that their students expenses for College recruitment were paid, and we did. I do hope it is not Patrone’s father who is posting, if so,sir, where were you? I have never met you nor have you volunteered to help YVHS Athletic Boosters, which supports ALL student athlete’s at YVHS. Money is very limited at YVHS and we work very hard for every penny, therefore we have to be fair to all student athlete’s at YVHS.
YVHS has Gary Graffort on the CAL football team, Kyle Havens who is starting Quarterback for University of Mass. There are others who have succeeded and kept high academic standards on their own. It is up to the student to keep and pass classes and up to the parents to see that they do it. This is not a coaches job as their job is to oversee all their athlete’s, mine included. Parents need to take responsibility as the student athlete needs to take responsibility for their academics. It saddens me to read this stuff.
On my own I have spoken to several football parents and all are positive on the new coach and they said their players were too. Coaching is tough, the pay lousy, the hours long. But they get the reward of helping our student athlete’s. In a perfect world our teachers and coaches would be paid living wages and tutors could be on hand to help those struggling academically and parents would say “what can I do to help” versus gripping.
Congrats to Bauleke, you can do it! Go Warriors!
May 10th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
What2DO,
“Patrone Wood would be going to a D1 school if the coaches he played for did sacrifice their own agendas and helped him be D1 eligible instead of neglect him as a student but exploit him as an athlete. If he had been advised under the type of coach you’re talking about he would be a UCLA Bruin right now or maybe even at Cal but because he failed some key classes which is his own fault of course, he could not get into any D1 school.”
How about the fact that the coaches had study hall for the players? How about that the coaches were on Patrone’s ass about getting his grades up? How about the fact that the coaches were even talking to his parents to get his grades up? Patrone’s eligibility, or lack of, was due to his lack of effort in the class room. Patrone could barely get a 2.0 since his freshman year, and that is due to his laziness in the class room. You are absolutely correct that he could be a UCLA Bruin or Cal Bear, but the reason that he is not is due to his fault not the coaches. This is something that I have seen first hand, so this is not coming from a source.
May 10th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
patrone wood was a great high school player…but what position is he playing at a pac-10 school. in today’s spread offenses i don’t see how patrone fits as a RB in today’s college game. it sounds as if he wants to be a RB, so then going to a D2 school sounds like the better place to go.
in fact outside of Stanford i am not sure i can name another team he fits the RB role at, and of course grades are huge there.
he is a FB at the college level but the problem is most teams just use an H back in that role now, which doesn’t play to his strengths as you got to be able to get vertically down the field catching passes.
so again great player grades unfortunately derailed it…but maybe he is in the best situation for him regardless unless he was going to change positions. good for him i think this has been a great year for the east bay in terms of recruiting and patrone should not be upset. he is gettting a full scholarship where he will get a free education because of his football skills. NFL was most likely not in his future so a free education should be his focused in this he succeeded. good for patrone wood.
coaches can only do so much in the recruiting process. players and parents must take on some of the burden as well. if a coach doesn’t win he is terrible and blamed for losses, then if he isn’t spending every waking moment magically working for a scholarship he is blamed for this…is a high school coach supposed to help young men grown and win games then give the guidance to get to the next level? i believe so, but it is amazing to me how many kids think or parents believe there son or daughter is a D1 athlete because they are a pretty good player on there high school team.
D1 is reserved for the elite on the field and in the classroom and if you don’t take care of both then you end up with less….but again a free education, how can you complain?
May 10th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
It is not the coaches job to get players grades up. All they can really do is encourage kids to do there best in and out the classroom. Its really up to the student athlete and his family to get his grades in check. Coaches jobs are to install discipline, motivate, and win games while getting the best out of all players on the team. Don’t blame coaches because his grades are messed up. Him and his family are the ones that should be embarrassed because he didn’t want it bad enough and that he didn’t work hard.
May 10th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
trust me, we have never once depended on a coach to make sure our kid was in the right courses to be eligible. We did our own homework prior to him entering high school. alot of parents are under the impression that the coaches take care of that, and every time I hear a parent say”his coach has that part taken care of”, I make sure to let them know they have to make sure themselves. Some kids don’t even realize there is a difference in required courses to be uc eligible, that you not only have to have decent grades, but in the right classes. Another thing, I agree that a free education is great, besides, we are supposed to use the sport, not let the sport use us. Good luck Patrone
May 10th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Patrone Woods going to Seton Hill is a great accomplishment It’s obvious this young man can play football, I saw it up front when he scored 6 td’s against us. The fact that he isn getting a higher education is what is important here, whether it’s at Cal, UCLA, Northern Arizona, or Seton Hill. Like someone said he is a student- athlete and he has been blessed to continue being both. what2do, man you need a woman or something, for real!!!! LOL ! Nah you’re right you have a right to voice your opinion, it’s obvious you just have alot to say on this subject….
May 10th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
I had a typo in my last coment… it should read…..the fact that he is getting a higher …..
May 10th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
After watching video highlight of YV vs. Eureka, I would say that YV has a lot of work ahead of them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBQADJV1ldg
May 10th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
i would say that eureka has a lot of work ahead of them too,know that there 1 man team is gone.
May 10th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
YVfan08,
I’ll come straight out and say it like it is… you don’t know what you’re talking about as far as the coaches going to Patrone’s parents about his grades. I know his parents personally and they are the ones who told me that no coach has ever come to them about his grades.
You think I just make up these things out of thin air before I write them? His father in fact has a very hard time getting a teacher or administrator at YV to return his calls or emails about his son to check on him after getting his report card to find out why his son is getting bad grades so please miss me with that crap about all this help he got from all the people you claim he got it from.
If everything you say was the case then why is it that he is not the only student at YV struggling to get good grades? It’s a systemic problem as well as a personal one. If you have a number of athletes on one team struggling to maintain their grades or in fact become ineligible to play at some point during the season then it has more to do with the system or lack there of in place in addition to the personal problem of the kid taking responsibility for his education.
It’s nice to have study hall and all but if you have a study hall where the kids in it are allowed to do whatever they want but study then there is a supervision problem as well as a personal problem on the part of the kid to do what he’s there to do and what high school kid is not going to screw off if left to their own devices because there is no REAL supervision in place?
How come this is not the problem at a school like DLS? I’ll tell you why… they have a system in place to prevent this. They have a team code and mentality in place where you are accountable to each other because you are committed to each other and therefore each individual player knows they have to stay eligible in order not to let their team or themselves down by failing. That kind of mentality is lacking at many schools. Most schools think having study hall is the solution to the problem when you really haven’t addressed the problem itself, the mentality problem.
The most simple solution to the problem is this… take away what some one wants the most to get what you want from them and you’ll be surprised at the results you get.
If I was the coach there or at any school where this is a problem team wide then it’s as easy as telling the kid from day one… If you ever at some point become ineligible or let your grades slip to a certain level, you will never play football here for me as long as I’m coaching here. You’ll be surprised at the results you get for taking such a hard stance.
But since we live in the feel good zone where we don’t want to truly place a person in a position to take responsibility for their actions we create an environment and a system where there’s wiggle room to place blame in different areas and then point fingers in different directions all because no one wants to make tough decisions or hard line stances for fear of looking like the bad guy.
My job as a coach is to teach you about life first, football second. And the life lesson is this… you have to earn your place on my team just like you will in the real world and if you can’t or don’t want to you made a conscience choice to suffer the consequences of your actions.
May 10th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Well Eureka had 5,800 yds of total offense last year. Vainuku had 2,200 of that total. That’s 3,600 yds of offense other that Vainuku. Sure doesn’t look like a one man team to me. Every skilled position starter other than Vainuku is returning next year. I like the Loggers chances.
May 10th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
This world is full of people who make excuses instead of finding solutions to problems.
May 10th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Island02 Says:
May 10th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Patrone Woods going to Seton Hill is a great accomplishment It’s obvious this young man can play football, I saw it up front when he scored 6 td’s against us. The fact that he isn getting a higher education is what is important here, whether it’s at Cal, UCLA, Northern Arizona, or Seton Hill. Like someone said he is a student- athlete and he has been blessed to continue being both. what2do, man you need a woman or something, for real!!!! LOL ! Nah you’re right you have a right to voice your opinion, it’s obvious you just have alot to say on this subject….
Island02,
The only reason I have a lot to say is this… This world is full of people who make excuses instead of finding solutions to problems and this blog is full of people with excuses most of the time or people who just follow along with what everyone else says or believes and then get mad at those who think otherwise even when they have facts to back up what they say in opposition of the person or persons he is going in opposition against.
I’m tired of reading stuff from some of the folks in here like this and just have to chime in even though most of the time it is a complete waste of time. Every now and then there is a person who does come here with some real insight based on facts and not just pure speculation and baseless opinions.
May 10th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Eureka Fan,
Having seen the Loggers play even though I’m not a fan I would have to agree that it would appear they have a good chance to be just as successful this coming season as they were last season. It is very hard to repeat however. The last team to do so in this Division was Novato High when the won in 2006 and 2007. It will be interesting to see if they can do the same without their go to guy.
Your providing those stats is nice in all and anyone looking at them on the surface would agree with you without question. I on the other hand have seen the Loggers play a few times and know they have their work cut out for them in replacing the production they got from Soma. He provided at least half of that total and was the go to guy when they really needed the yards. Not having this one guy will make a huge difference in the outcome of many more games than it did last year. They most certainly will fall back to the pack without him and will have to work even harder to replace him and the numbers they got from this one guy.
May 10th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
This is dad and I’m gonna enlighten a lot of you very soon. Even and especially you Eureka fan. Hold tight.
May 10th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Eureka Fan Says:
May 10th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
After watching video highlight of YV vs. Eureka, I would say that YV has a lot of work ahead of them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBQADJV1ldg
Eureka fan you are 100% right about this. They first have to figure out a way to get past the second round when they get to the playoffs. That’s if they even make it to the playoffs this season.
They lost a lot more key skilled position players (most notably Patrone Wood, as well as WR Willie Owens, the TE Thomas Patolo and the other HB Steven Porchet, the players who touched the ball the most) than Eureka did as well as the coach who installed an offense they just learned.
Their new coach is the same guy who ran and will continue to run no doubt the same defense that has been proven by me in earlier stats provided to not be good enough to beat any real good teams thus why they have establish a clear pattern of leaving the playoff picture in the second round for years. Those same key players they lost on offense were also their key players on defense as well.
It is very safe to say that they may not get in the playoffs this year. Their schedule consists of 7 teams that made the playoffs last year, one of them includes the number one seed in their division (Casa Grande) as well as two D1 teams (Alhambra and College Park, who rolled them for 53 points last year) and since they are the defending co-champs of the DVAL they have a target on their back within their own league which consists of that same College Park team, a Concord team they barely beat last year but ended up sharing the league title with, Clayton Valley who are very well coached and won’t make the mistake of changing what was working for them in last years loss to YV. Clayton Valley got the crap beat out of them in their first game against Concord last year and returned the favor by blowing out Concord in their playoff rematch so I have reason to think that they will be ready to avenge their lost to YV from a year ago.
And with their losses at the key positions I mentioned on both sides of the ball even Northgate and Mt. Diablo have a better chance of beating them.
Things do not look very good for them.
May 10th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
many of you are soooo off base it’s laughable. since most of you either have not dealt with or worked with or worked for a university (with notable exceptions)you can hardly be expected to know what you’re saying. so i’m gonna school ya. hang on.
i’m sure you’ll find this enlightening.
May 10th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
keep doubting us what2do.you just keep doing that..
May 10th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
what2do, Where did Willie Owens end up going ? He is a big physical reciever with nice hops and speed. Any offers come his way. I haven’t heard of any YV players except Patrone going to the next level.
May 10th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Island02,
Willie Owens isn’t going anywhere to my knowledge. He might be going to DVC but he didn’t have and never had any offers come his way his entire HS career due to the trouble he has been in off the field. As far as speed goes, I don’t think we are looking at the same player since he wasn’t faster than Patrone who ran a 4.8 40.
Patrone is the only player from YV going to a school that is not a JC.
May 10th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Unknown,
Talk is cheap, I’m from the show me state of Missouri.
May 10th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Unknown,
YV has already shown me that they can’t advance past the second round every year since 2005. This is now 2010. There is good reason to doubt YV can get it done.
You’re a student there and I’m not so I expect you to be loyal to your school and have faith every year that this is the year you will win it all.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Unknown,
A lot of people reading this probably agree with me but won’t come on here to say so because they don’t want to be demonized for not sharing your faith in your school so they will let me take the heat from you for being bold enough to be honest about how I see things.
But you know what, that’s okay with me.
May 10th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Here’s the skinny…
Patrone received a FULL scholarship to the tune of about $150k. A “STARTING” (repeat “STARTING”) position as RB. 2 Mac laptops (13″-15″). An IPAD and an opportunity to earn 2 degrees. A probable introduction to Jerome Bettis and an opportunity to be a part of a budding young football program. Not a Red or Gray shirt (which if you don’t know, typically, indicates some form of grade issue).
In relation to his grades…they were not stellar and he does bare some responsibility but he did attend summer school and lacked credits in foreign language. Something that could have been resolved as a red shirt. We/he decided that a bird in the hand….
Truth is, due to lack of school involvement in the sports program we were late and many/most schools (including Colo) had already given out their quota. We were asked to walk on but chose otherwise. Cal and other schools had already invested in several big backs (in recent years) only to be greatly disappointed. So they were somewhat jaded. Light and fast seems the be what’s in vogue. However, the Allstar game in Sacramento proved that light and fast doesn’t mean victory as the game ended in a low scoring tie after 6 qtrs of lack luster play.
Only one coach throughout the entire YV stint lifted a finger to assist us in the recruit process and that was Coach Phil Rainey. In the 11th hour he took on the task of bringing us up to speed. Coach Rainey pulled out all the stops, including arguing (at all hours) with coaches from D1 Universities to put up or get lost.
Colleges were not kept informed of the updated grades by the school admin as they were clueless on the subject of recruiting and processes involved. The athletic program failed us on many levels as did the school and teachers who “don’t grade homework”. Believe it! So it is clear many of you don’t know what you are talking about. The school has even tried unsuccessfully to derail Patrone’s schollie with recent allegations that “proved” false.
Not one coach (except Coach Rainey) made 1 phone call or visited any universities on our behalf. In fact, letters from interested schools were given to us (in some cases) up to 6 mos after delivered to the school.
We were given bad advice all along and Coach Rainey (who I find to be the most knowledgeable coach I had the pleasure of meeting) made it a personal crusade to help. Baleki did nothing!
I was saddened to hear that even after a glowing recc. from us he (Coach Rainey) was passed over for head coach. I personally expressed to our AD that this is a man that should not be overlooked. But in typical YV fashion, as the Base/Bskball program will attest, I feel the wrong choice was made.
The YV defense (under Baleki), in my opinion (verified by tape), has suffered greatly. He, like many coaches at YV, do not understand basic fundamental principles of this game nor baseball or basketball. Examples can be seen in the many games we barely won and loss as a result in all sports. I feel that the players are severely handicapped by his style of play and should not be held responsible as they are only as good (in most cases) as they are coached. I hope he can pull it together but fear not as I have seen no evidence that he has the ability to be an effective head coach. Though you may feel otherwise, this is not personal. Just the BUSINESS of winning games! Which contrary to what you all may think is what H.S. Football is ALL ABOUT! Nothing less!
Coaches simply don’t understand that they have a fiduciary responsibility to do everything in their power to help young athletes and anything less is dereliction of their duties. Period!
BTW. Chris Turner is a JOKE! How do you take the #1 RB out of the starting position? I had many reporters and coaches (ours and theirs) make the same comment. One reporter from the CCTimes flat out said (when we were struggling against Concord) “they need to give the ball to your son the ball”. What could I say? Do?
If these are the guys you folks want to lead you into battle, you’re going to DIE!
I LOVE all the players at YV! Which is why I poured everything I had into YVTV. To give them something no other team in the world had, but the truth is, as I’m sure you know, Patrone MADE that team and took them places they would not have gone otherwise.
No doubt he will continue.
Again, I want to thank Coach Phil Rainey for all his hard work in assisting us in obtaining Patrone’s higher education through his sleepless nights and the determined efforts. No one else!
Thanks Coach!
Patrone
May 10th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
One more shout out to the YV Boosters for affording a plane ticket to PA for Patrone. Thanks guys!
May 10th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
i think it’s more that people don’t really care this much about it as you two seem to.
May 10th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
Oh, and BTW. Coach Rainey put together one of the best presentations (for Patrone) I have ever seen and stands in our highest regards.
Thanks Again Coach!
May 11th, 2010 at 6:32 am
renegades10
That is indicative of the apathy that has brought this program, school, district and country to its knees
May 11th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Wow, straight from the horses mouth!
May 11th, 2010 at 11:04 am
Patrone I thank you for that, as a father and a coach I empathize with your situation and wish Patrone II THE BEST at the next level. After watching him against us(Alameda)in the playoffs he should be very successful in Pa.
May 11th, 2010 at 11:17 am
Mr. Woods,
Patrone should be congratulated on receiving a full scholarship, something hundreds of thousands of young men every year try for but only some tens of thousands get. It’s something to take pride in, no matter what the level. He is going to receive a FREE education at a good institution. A high school teammate of mine (younger) played there and had a great experience so I wish him best of luck.
I will be entirely straight-forward with you. I’ve had the pleasure of coaching on a team which played against your son twice from his freshman through senior year. I’ve also had the pleasure of seeing him play at least six or seven other times during different years.
I don’t know about his academics or the schools involvement in the recruiting process, but I did play BCS Division I football and know how difficult it is to reach that level. A player must be ready athletically, academically, and character-wise. Failure in any of those three results in moving down the rungs.
Now, I don’t know about his character(he was always respectful after games and on the field) outside the field. Similarly, I don’t know about his academic record. However, watching him, I think he peaked, athletically, during his sophomore year. As he got older, and bigger, he slowed down, which for some positions if fine, but for a RB is death. I think your son might have suffered from his weight gain as opposed to staying at 230/240lbs and transitioning his fat to muscle. Instead, he gained both and it appeared his weight climbed into the 270/280 range.
At that point, had he changed positions, I’m sure he would have shined, but would have been faced with the prospect of being too short to play college O/D line. I feel for his predicament, but as far as I can tell, a DI team would have a hard time taking a shot at a 270lb RB who runs a 4.8/4.9 40.
If he can get his weight down and under control, your son will have a long/fruitful college career, and most importantly, will graduate with a degree paid for by the institution. Because, in the end, that’s what matters.
As they told us our freshman year, the average NFL career is 3 years. It takes 4 years to make pension. 60% of NFL players are broke 7 years after leaving the league. Finally, as they said that initial day, when most of us were dreaming of the NFL, there are 1-2 million high school football players, 10000 DI football players, and about 1400 NFL players, so you better get that degree.
Good Luck.
May 11th, 2010 at 11:28 am
patrone (dad)- what i said came out differently then how i meant it. what i mean is that the two posters what2do and unknown were talking about this coaching change ad nauseum. most posters on here do like to talk about the topics, however this topic had moved past a discussion on into more personal issues and most posters will say away from that.
May 11th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Renegades10 ,
Well if our two way discussion was a problem for you it’s just like TV… change the channel. The topic of discussion became personal because you had one person (Unknown, a YV student and former football player) make it personal because he could not face the truths I (a person close to the inner workings of what goes on at YV as well) tell him the truth and back it up with factual information and disagree with the hiring of this coach because I know him as well and what he is all about first hand. Unlike most people in this area, I don’t believe in blowing sunshine up people’s behinds and tell them everything is hunky dory when the facts indicate otherwise.
But as it is typical fashion in these blogs, people like you come in on something you really know nothing about and make the comments you make.
May 11th, 2010 at 11:47 am
patrone dad, your comments are actually something that can assist other parents and players in their quest to get to the next level and achieve what should be the ultimate goal which is receiving a higher education. Some people are under the impression that going to a D1 is the only avenue to go and it’s nice, but sometimes you gotta do what’s best for your kid, ex. starting, full scholarship, perks, etc. I hate that your son didn’t have the best experience when it came to his getting recruited, but is sounds like it all worked out in the end and he’s gonna have a great experience and a free education to boot! Congratulations!
May 11th, 2010 at 11:51 am
Renegades10,
Patrone had it right the first time in what he wrote in response to your comment as well. The fact that you and others don’t care means you assume it can’t and doesn’t and won’t happen at other schools too. This is how it became and is a problem at YV.
An apathetic mentality and attitude that is showing it’s effects on our society in many areas. It all starts in our education system at the lowest levels and works it’s way up to the white house.
And the people responsible for teaching these people as well as the parents of these kids are the main culprits.
May 11th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Bbfan2,
You are absolutely right in everything you said… but one of Patrone Sr.’s main points is this happened for his son despite YV not because of the school he did so much for as a player. And guess what, this same school will want to ride his coat tails and latch on to his success later on down the road by putting their hand out for money if he makes it to the NFL or list him as one of their own success stories of famous YV alum and yada, yada, yada.
All this despite the fact that they almost screwed him by accusing him of an on-campus crime he didn’t even commit and they had no real credible evidence to prove he did. He was still arrested anyway and taken to the police station and booked for it. And to this day, him and his family have not gotten an apology from anyone associated with that school but the rumors continue to spread like hot cakes.
May 11th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
To add more onto this… only 3% of the graduating class each year goes on to college.
May 11th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
The hiring of a football coach, or any coach for that matter is just as if not more important as the hiring of teachers and administrators in an educational setting. The coach has influences and the ability to build relationships with players that even parents and teachers can’t sometimes.
We see movies and read books and stories all the time about the success stories of people who had a coach in their life that made a difference or sometimes the difference in their life that helped them get to where they are and thus why we even read about them or see their story on TV or in a movie.
This hiring won’t be one of those cases however.
May 11th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I am pleased that despite all the obstacles against him, patrone had a strong family base and at least one coach”Rainey” that had his best interests at heart. I get what you are saying what2do, and believe me, I am the biggest advocate for education first. Now I can see where you are coming from with encouraging unknown to strive for something other than DVC, but we don’t know his circumstances. What2do, you seem like you are very knowledgeble and passionate about sports/education. Are there any avenues you could take to get involved at YV?
May 11th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Bbfan2,
Knowing what I know about YV first hand, they don’t want people like me. Why do you think they have the problems they have there in the first place? Hiring knowledgeable passionate people about educating students through sports is a foreign concept to them. The administration and policy makers there have no clue how to get things done there. The right hand doesn’t even know what the left is doing most of the time. They have a world class marching band that does not even come to their games and the director of the band is allowed to get away with this for some odd unexplainable reason.
They had the chance to hire coach Rainey as the new head coach and passed to hire the person they did all because he is an on-campus teacher who “paid his dues”.
This is the crap coach Rainey was fed when they told him he didn’t get the job he so passionately fought to get since he spent a year there under Turner.
He has a better rapport than the current coach does with many of the players on the team as well as some of the students who did not play last year because they didn’t want to play for the current head coach (who is a teacher there and has been for the past 5 years).
Why would I or any reasonably sane person want to get involved with them when there are other schools who get it? I’m not interested in beating my head against what is obviously a brick wall.
May 11th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
The real losers in this situation are the players and students at YV.
May 11th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
3% of the students graduating and going to college is all you need to know about YV
May 11th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Bbfan2,
I’ll give you some more insight on this topic having a ring side seat in all of this… The admin at YV is so out of touch that when you compare these two particular candidates you just might scratch your head in disbelief.
Bauleke is a career earth science teacher and high school football coach with no connections anywhere it matters regarding getting his students let alone the players on the team into a college. He has been in charge of a defense the past 5 years that has not improved one bit since he has been the coordinator of it.
Rainey was in the military and was a DI for three years who would instill discipline and a tough mentality that they are lacking on that team His standards are much higher than their current coach and results is what he is all about. This guy has worked in the athletic department at Cal for six years where he still has a number of connections and experienced the college football recruiting process first hand. The man knows recruiting coordinators and coaches at other colleges in the Pac-10 as well and was there during a time where he was on the ground floor of the rebuilding process of a program that is now consistently in the top 25 in football. He has access to and has been mentored by professional coaches (NFL) like Steve Mariucci and Donnie Henderson who he met and spent a great deal of time with when he was at Cal.
He also worked for the 49ers for 4 years during their glory days and was around hall of fame players like Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott and the likes and has some connections there still as well.
He also worked for the Atlanta Braves during their hay day and was on their staff during the time they won their one and only World Championship so football is not the only sport this go knows something about. He as spent time with people like Hank Aaron, who was directly responsible for this guy getting his job with them, Hall of Famer Willie Stargell and one of the best managers in the game who is about to retire (Bobby Cox).
And after leaving that team he spent another 3 years with the San Francisco Giants where he also still has connections to people in that organization.
He coached football before at De Anza High in Richmond for one season and came back into the coaching fold at Northgate before going over to YV where he applied for the job the same time Turner did but could not even get an interview with them. He still joined the staff at YV under Turner but was overlooked by both Turner and Bauleke who were the coordinators on each side of the ball and still managed to contribute in ways they didn’t think of or initiate themselves.
In fact he tried to assist Bauleke on the defensive side during games but Bauleke can’t even talk on a head set and call defensive plays at the same time without being too distracted so he made a student communicate with him from the press box during games.
And Island02 you will find this very interesting. Caoch Rainey was solely responsible for Patrone scoring 6 TDs against you in that game. He noticed that YV is not reall good at film study so he took Patrone aside the whole week before that game and brought him to his house to break down your defense and find the spots to exploit your weaknesses so Patrone could be a factor in that game sense he know there would be no way they would win if he didn’t have a big game. Something even Turner didn’t do with his best back.
When he found out before it was too late from Patrone Sr the situation regarding his recruitment he jumped on that right away and got results.
This is the guy YV passed up and hired Bauleke instead. If Bauleke was such a great hire why didn’t they do it when Josh Davis left the year prior and save everybody a whole lot of trouble including Turner who basically told them to go jump in a lake when he was probably promised that job by someone who had no power to make happen.
They hire coaches based some real odd formula that makes no sense at all. For example the baseball coaches experience goes as far as operating the scoreboard at A’s games and the basketball coach is a friend of the AD there.
That’s what you have going on there.
May 11th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
BTW. the computers etc. are a standard issue for All INCOMING freshmen at the institution Patrone will be attending. Not a lure. The School is keeping up with technology by connecting its students to the university. So don’t read anything into that.
May 11th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
This response started this whole thread…
KillerD Says:
May 7th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Outstanding hire of Bauleke, he bring sound defensive fundamentals to YV as he did last year.
This is great for the Warriors after losing Turner.
Good move YV
May 11th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
This is what happens when you say things without knowing what the hell you’re talking about.
May 11th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Yes, the tragic incident did happen and though the school has yet to officially apologize we’ve put it behind us and are looking forward to putting the YV experience (all of it) far behind us. Alumni support from Patrone is doubtful as he feels VERY, VERY mistreated and so do we. It was disturbing to see the admin drink the cool-aide so quickly! Be careful of people at your feet because at a moments notice they’ll be at your neck (Mya Angelo).
I won’t go into details but I will say that often a lot of good can easily be washed away with one bad.
I had great affection and much respect for many at YV and I fear that this one impulsive and irreversible act along with the aforementioned systematic problems have shed a dim light on our overall favor for this school.
Those who responded with kind words, we appreciate your sentiment.
In regards to Patrone’s size. I might say that there are rare and exceptional cases that defy conventional wisdom and, perhaps, Patrone may be one of those exceptions. Perhaps not? But consider this….
We have encouraged Patrone to take this opportunity and embrace it for all it’s worth. In such, we have stressed this (in these words). This school will attempt to get everything out of you it can. In return you do the same. So, though a double major may be hard, it’s doable and you can do it.
We don’t care if Patrone ever steps onto a pro field or team. Getting those papers will be his GREATEST reward! You, like us, probably won’t see him for the 2 years as we expect him to immerse himself into this program (summers as well) to potentially graduate early.
If he fails at this well…. Our position is….you can’t come home, so find somewhere else to go. The harshest punishment is reserved for those who squander good fortune.
We, unlike many, have raised Patrone to be prepared to go out into the world and explore becoming a man. I only wished that , at his age, I was as ready as he is. He can hardly wait for his future.
I love this guy!
May 11th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Oh and I forgot the part where YV turns down free money from people all the time like Patrone who was willing to use YVTV (something he created as a result of his son’s athletic endeavors since the age of 7) as a fundraising tool to offset the costs associated with these kids playing sports there.
He was willing to do all the work of raising the money and just hand over checks to them minus his expenses of course. Their boosters turned him down twice. Once when he approached them on his own and then a second time when Coach Rainey went to bat for him and presented a full proposal on paper after seeing the obvious popularity it had and the attention it got within the YV community.
Even My. Diablo High was too dumb to take him up on this when he offered it to them. But this man gets request to give his stuff away for free from any and everyone around him that knows what he does.
May 11th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Correction… We love this guy!
May 11th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Patrone,
What’s not to love about your son? The most humble, unassuming athlete I’ve ever had the pleasure of coming across. The ultimate team player who was taken for granted by a lot of people around him with exception to you and your wife.
I can’t wait to see what kind of man he turns out to be!!!
May 11th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
what2do == patrone (dad)
Mystery solved.
May 11th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
I don’t know how I missed this…
YVHS Mom Says:
May 10th, 2010 at 11:54 am
I do not have a football player but I have student athlete’s at YVHS. I volunteer and work hard for the school and have been part of the school’s Athletic Booster Board for many years. A request was made by Patrone’s family for the plane ticket back east, we as the board voted and passed unanimously to pay this expense. This was not made in person, I have never met Patrone’s parents. I am not sure there was ever a written thank you or acknowledgment this was done for them. Our Booster Board works hard to raise funds for ALL YVHS student athlete’s. In my 8 years at YVHS this was the first time a family asked that their students expenses for College recruitment were paid, and we did. I do hope it is not Patrone’s father who is posting, if so,sir, where were you? I have never met you nor have you volunteered to help YVHS Athletic Boosters, which supports ALL student athlete’s at YVHS. Money is very limited at YVHS and we work very hard for every penny, therefore we have to be fair to all student athlete’s at YVHS.
YVHS has Gary Graffort on the CAL football team, Kyle Havens who is starting Quarterback for University of Mass. There are others who have succeeded and kept high academic standards on their own. It is up to the student to keep and pass classes and up to the parents to see that they do it. This is not a coaches job as their job is to oversee all their athlete’s, mine included. Parents need to take responsibility as the student athlete needs to take responsibility for their academics. It saddens me to read this stuff.
On my own I have spoken to several football parents and all are positive on the new coach and they said their players were too. Coaching is tough, the pay lousy, the hours long. But they get the reward of helping our student athlete’s. In a perfect world our teachers and coaches would be paid living wages and tutors could be on hand to help those struggling academically and parents would say “what can I do to help” versus gripping.
Congrats to Bauleke, you can do it! Go Warriors!
YVHS Mom since money is so tight, why do you guys turn down people that want to just hand you money? You want to know where Patrone Sr and his mom were? In the stands filming the games and promoting YVHS on the internet and doing something no other school in this are is doing.
He even came to you all and told you he had a way of turning the popularity of this site into a way to raise funds for the ENTIRE school, not just football and you guys turned a deaf ear on his ideas and ways to bring you guys free money that he himself was more than willing to do all the work for.
He had sponsors lined up and ready to give significant amounts of money but you small mind group of people basically scoffed at him and sent him on his way not once, but twice. The second time you all were given a written proposal that broke the whole process down and you still shot him down all because he asked that he at least make some money back to cover the expenses of doing all this work that you all have no clue on how to do yourselves.
Instead of being in a position to have a surplus of money to get everyone, and I mean everyone including UMDAF off your backs because you still can’t squeeze blood from a turnip out of the parents of these kids because they are pretty much taped out financially by taking money Patrone would have no doubt brought to the school he was loyal to up until now because of his son for just your blessing and approval with no additional work required from any of you you turn him down flat and would rather do it the hard way like everyone else and chase after the same dollars with the bake sales and car washes and crab feeds and the list goes on. Then have a lot of nerve to come on here and call him out and ask him where was he and say in your 8 years this is the first time a family has asked for money to go on an official visit to a college as if he has nerve to ask?
Honey, at places other than YV the parent wouldn’t have to ask, the boosters would have the check ready before they had to because they raise money for that very purpose as well. It’s understandable why you find this odd though since YV is not used to sending minority kids to college anyway. The 3% rate of grads to college number speaks for itself at a school that is 60 plus percent minority.
May 11th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
YVHS Mom,
Also for the record, Gary Graffort had to walk on at Cal and doesn’t play because of the bad advice he got from his coaches at YV (got it straight from the horse mouth before anyone goes there) and Kyle had to go the JC route at DVC first to even get to UMass. You managed to leave those parts out though. Good for that kid Kyle for working hard to get there though but please put things in the proper perspective first as to not give people the wrong impression.
And for those of you who don’t know what a walk on is it means that Gary or his parents are paying for his education at Cal out of pocket or through loans and he is not a scholarship player at Cal. Again, proper perspective.
May 11th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Also, YVHS mom,
Several does not mean ALL as far as speaking to the circle of parents you hang out witch means nothing when once again, put in the proper perspective.
Have you asked the parents of the any minority players who you don’t associate with at all?
My guess is NO!
May 11th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
This is YV’s recent claim to success that YVHS mom bragged about:
Garry Graffort #89
CAL CAREER: Has played in three games but not recorded any stats other than participation.
2008: Played in two games, seeing action both at Washington State and vs. Washington but did not record any other stats.
2007: Saw his only action in the Colorado State game.
Not knocking the guy for being there and continuing to follow what is probably his dream to play football. More importantly he is getting a quality education at a fine University but when put in the, once again, proper perspective we have a clearer picture of reality. Not like he’s lighting up the field.
And last time I checked UMass is known more for basketball than football and Kyle isn’t exactly setting the world on fire out there either.
Career Statistics (Passing)
Year GP/GS Att. Cmp. Yards Pct. TD Int Lg.
2009 10/10 264 146 1908 55.3 9 15 67
He’s thrown more interceptions than TDs. Not knocking the guy either but once again now things are in the proper perspective.
May 11th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
what2do,who cares about the graduation rate,who cares about who carried yv on their backs,who cares about paying for plane tickets and $hit..point is there’s a new head coach at yv,and were gonna work hard no matter what..we had this talk on monday at yv.as far as i know everyone is juiced that bauleke is the head coach at yv..how our coaches told us on monday,”there are alot of people talking shit about us right know a lot of people doubting us even some people who you thought were cool,all you guys need to do is keep your mouth shut,work hard through out the summer,and let your playing do the talking when season comes”..you should have seen the faces of all the kids that were in that weight room,you could see it,everyone was pumped up and juiced..we dont care if you say were gonna be weak,that mt. and northgate might beat us,thats your own f****ng opinion who gives a $***..all were gonna do is work hard,and once season comes around were gonna prove you guys wrong..
May 11th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Unknown,
As a football player, I would expect nothing less from you all in how you’re all pumped up about this that and the other and proving the nay sayers wrong and all.
But with you going there you have now placed a great deal of pressure on your coaches and the rest of the team with all this talk you’re doing. Anything less than an NCS Championship on the heels of a co-DVAL Title means it’s the same old thing at YV and you will have proven me right in fact.
But stay pumped and all that stuff I hope you do prove me wrong.
But what concerns me most as a parent is the fact that you say who cares about graduation rates and stuff when the whole point of you even going to high school is to get an education, graduate and then go to college.
Football is secondary and an activity that is a privilege to participate in. You all seem to care more about proving people wrong about you as athletes instead of as students and this scares the hell out of me.
May 11th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
i didnt mean it like that dummy,i ment to say it in a way as in why are we speaking on it here,when this is a blog about the new head coach at yv,,it went from that,to talkin about the coaches not helping patrone,to graduation and all that..and dont worry we will prove you wrong no doubt about it..
May 11th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
and first of all,i didnt mention about winning a ncs championship either so i dont know where you got that from cause i didnt say nothing about that..i just said were all pumped and ready to work our asses off this summer,and to take care of buisness once season comes..
May 11th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Unkown,
What does this mean?
there are alot of people talking shit about us right know a lot of people doubting us even some people who you thought were cool…
So what if the people who you all thought were cool have doubts based on who you are losing and taking a realistic look at your situation and don’t blindly buy into the fact that you might not be as good this coming year as you were last year after losing most of the players that scored the points and got the yards on offense as well as make the plays on defense. What this means they are no longer cool?
You see this is what I was trying to warn you about Unknown. People in your inner circle that blow sunshine up your ass and tell you what you want to hear and not what you need to hear which is the other stuff. Like hey, we lost some key players in some key positions. We now have to work harder this year than we did last year and those of you who are an unknown have to step up your game.
Having doubts does not mean those people taking a real assessment of the situation and have some doubts aren’t cool anymore, they are just being realistic and not building false hope in you and setting you up for a major let down if things don’t work out as planned because you put your head in the sand and turned a blind eye to what the true situation is.
Those who fail to recognize where they’re weaknesses are and go into a situation with unrealistic and false information are setting themselves up for some major pain and disappointment at some point in the journey.
There is nothing wrong with belief in self but it has to be a realistic belief and not an unrealistic one and once you realize who and what you really are you can then go out and work hard and do your best and expect the best but not be crushed when it doesn’t happen. Does this make any sense to you?
May 11th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
aha like if im gonna read that whole essay,yea right..i’ve told you couple times before,just keep talking,keep running your mouth.keep doubting the new head coach and the team..will do our talking once season comes…later.
May 11th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Unknown Says:
May 11th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
i didnt mean it like that dummy,i ment to say it in a way as in why are we speaking on it here,when this is a blog about the new head coach at yv,,it went from that,to talkin about the coaches not helping patrone,to graduation and all that..and dont worry we will prove you wrong no doubt about it..
Unknown Says:
May 11th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
and first of all,i didnt mention about winning a ncs championship either so i dont know where you got that from cause i didnt say nothing about that..i just said were all pumped and ready to work our asses off this summer,and to take care of buisness once season comes..
Unknown,
Every player on every team in every sport says this… you’re supposed to say this and also do what you say.
Part of the point of the topic is about Bauleke being the new coach and how he was and is not necessarily the better person or even the right person for the job.
And I think I made some pretty valid points throughout this entire process and I would hope that you guys would rally around him and have a positive attitude and all but that still does not mean:
1. Even if you work hard and all that stuff like you are doing now that you doesn’t mean you won’t get beat on the field.
2. That you will make the playoffs this year since you’ve lost some key players.
3. And more to the point that he is the guy to make all this come together when he has a proven track record of only being able to take your defense so far over a 5 year span and is now in charge of the entire team.
4. The other stuff you are talking about that you deem not so important is a very important part of being a head football coach in an educational setting such as high school and college and he has no experience in these areas at all and so they do factor into the topic as well given that there was another choice for the position who does have experience in these areas of the head coaching position that are very important to a parent and should be to the student athlete as well.
Wouldn’t you love to play for a coach who you know for sure had the experience and resources to get you a scholarship (free money for school) in college as opposed to one who has not shown that he can do this and has no connections or resources at all?
May 11th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Unkknown, you don’t want to read what I wrote because I just might change your mind and it’s obvious by your response you have it made up already.
May 11th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
we wont make the playoffs cause we lost some players?? who have we lost? just cause we lost patrone or steven prschet,willie owens,thomas patolo we wont make the playoffs,it wasnt them that made yv have a successful season,it was the whole team,one whole unit,not just some players..i can obviously tell your on patrone’s jock,hop off it for once..were still loaded with talent.
May 11th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Man unknown,
I feel sorry for you.
Unknown Says:
May 11th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
aha like if im gonna read that whole essay,yea right..i’ve told you couple times before,just keep talking,keep running your mouth.keep doubting the new head coach and the team..will do our talking once season comes…later.
Your reaction to people who have doubts about you all is scary. If this is how react now over football, I hate to see how you handle those who doubt you in life in other areas.
You are going to have doubters for the rest of your life. Is this how you are always going to react when this happens because trust me this won’t be the last time? How about when you doubt yourself in what you are doing? How do you react then? Do you call yourself names and stuff?
May 11th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
what you gotta say about the last post i posted?? im really interested in what you gotta say about that..
May 11th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Unknown Says:
May 11th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
we wont make the playoffs cause we lost some players?? who have we lost? just cause we lost patrone or steven prschet,willie owens,thomas patolo we wont make the playoffs,it wasnt them that made yv have a successful season,it was the whole team,one whole unit,not just some players..i can obviously tell your on patrone’s jock,hop off it for once..were still loaded with talent.
Now we are getting somewhere unknown. Just because you say you have talent doesn’t make it so. Who’s assessing the talent you? If that’s the case you guys are already in trouble because you are still a player that needs coaching and not a coach and a coach doesn’t always know how to assess talent either when he has no real system or criteria to go on.
You have now opened the door once again to the whole point of the matter.
And the fact that you deny the very fact that you are losing four and perhaps more key players who made a lot of the plays and were the majority of your offense and big players on defense and that you guys are just going to keep going and not skip a beat without taking a realistic look at the situation is the whole point.
If Bauleke is telling you guys this he is setting himself and you guys up for a major disappointment if this unproven talent you say you have does not produce.
This has nothing to do with Patrone either. As I said, he is not the ONLY key player you are losing. So for you to say that I’m on his jock means you just don’t want to take a realistic look at who you guys are and your assessment of your selves is based on nothing more than a positive attitude and a will to prove the naysayers wrong as opposed to tangible things like being able to do the basic fundamentals and do them well enough to win in a game time situation against people who are looking to beat you too.
Things like can the HB take a proper handoff and find a hole without getting creamed is more of an indication of talent, not hype and talk and saying it’s so just because you say it’s so and because you’re all pumped and stuff.
That’s why coaches coach and players play. Every player I know thinks he’s better than he really is and the truly great players never think like you do and continually loom at their game and see what kind of player they really are.
You have a lot to learn son.
May 11th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Unkown,
This is why I wanted to know who you were so that I could give you an honest assessment of your game since I’ve seen you guys play last year and years before.
Not to call you out like some have accused me of.
May 11th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
You don’t even have to say your name just what number you are or wore last year and I will know exactly who you are.
May 11th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
i for sure have an idea of who you are know,number 72 on the team was right..
May 11th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
#72 was right about what exactly?
May 11th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
#72 is a player with a lot of potential that is not as good as he thinks he is either but has the potential to be a great OL and or DL if he worked on some things. He got his butt kicked against #74 from Oakland Tech last season so I know what I’m talking about.
May 11th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
#72 could be a stud in college. And I’m not talking about DVC either. He is D1 material but not right now.
May 11th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
DVC is more than likely where he’ll end up though. Playing with you no doubt since you’re scared to go to a University.
May 11th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
If #72 played with a nastier temperament he can go places.
May 11th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Since I have no idea who you are I can’t say much about your game. But you could care less what I think anyway since you’re convinced I’m just a hater right?
May 11th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
what2do what’s your take on adam nesheim
May 11th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Even though I’ve done nothing but try and encourage you to shoot for the stars with that 3.8 gpa you worked hard for I’m just a hater right unknown?
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover son.
May 11th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Absolutely love this guy.. I like everything about him. His will to win, and great potential leadership skills stand out most.
He surprised a lot of people last season in learning a brand new offense and in my opinion should have been 1st team all league over the Concord QB because of this since his numbers were right there with Lloyds.
He was my odds on favorite to be the 1st team guy this coming year at the QB position if Turner had stayed but now I don’t know since he won’t get the same coaching and the offense won’t run the same as it did last season.
When I heard rumors that you guys might go back to the wing my heart stopped for him because it would have been a waste of talent at that position to turn him into a blocking QB after what he did last season.
He needs to learn the playbook like the back of his hand now and work on making better reads and decisions this year and his footwork in the pocket. he reminds me a lot of Jeff Garcia but not as fast and his arm isn’t as strong as I would like to see either.
If he had the size of the kids from Monte Vista and Foothill (who are both going to be decent Pac-10 QBs one day) once they get the coaching they will on that level I would say he has a shot at D1 too but his small frame may be a problem for D1, but D2 for sure if he works on those areas I just mentioned.
If YV had hired the other candidate instead this would more than likely be some he could expect but now we’ll never know will we.
May 11th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Neshiem will be a winner in life no matter what though.
May 11th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
What is he like as a student unknown? I heard he stooped playing baseball.
May 11th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Back to #72. Another of his major problems is his blocking technique has very bad habits he needs to break. He gets lazy sometimes during the course of a game and is not consistent with his game all four quarters. Seen film on him nay times where he won’t hustle up field and knock someone on their ass. Has a tendency to take some plays off and you can’t do that in football.
Conditioning is a big issue in this area.
May 11th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Unknown,
This is why I don’t buy that it was a total team effort crap you were trying to sell me. I’ve been to some DLS games and I can say that this is where you see total team effort.
11 men to the ball on defense, nobody takes plays off on either side of the ball. WR block just as well as linemen. This is why every game I went to last season was their over before the 1st quarter ended and for sure at half time and then the second string comes in and they don’t skip a beat.
Did you know their starting QB on varsity was a freshmen?
May 11th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Mr. Woods,
Good luck to your son. It was a pleasure watching a kid that size, with that athleticism, play as hard as he did.
May 11th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Unknown,
back to Neshiem… I like that kid so much I wish I had a son like him.
May 11th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Unknown,
count #72 in that mix too. He is a fighter as well and a good kid too.
May 11th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Unknown,
some other kids I would really love to see succeed in life are #73, if he lost some pounds he could be dangerous, #53, #45, #67, #30, #54, #12, #32, #57 (stud on defense) and #87
May 11th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Unknown Says:
May 11th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
i for sure have an idea of who you are know,number 72 on the team was right..
What2do Says:
May 11th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
#72 was right about what exactly?
So now you’re not going to answer the question unknown?
May 11th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
yea adam aint playing baseball no more,i ran into adam on monday i asked em why aint you going to practice its sad to say that he said coach bauleke wont let him go to practice..57 is a beast,you think he will make it to college? or is he too short??,,and in my opinion,i think adam is better den ricky loyd thats just my opinion though,concord lost a lot of good players too..damn you know all my warrior brothers..
May 11th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
Unknown,
What you just said saddens me and goes to prove my point about this coach you guys seem to like so much even more. Who does baulelke think he is to tell this kid what sport he can and can’t play? And why in the hell is Adam listening to him?
There are many multi-sport guys. If Baulelke was so smart like everyone wants to make him out to be then he would realize that playing baseball is the best thing for a guy that plays QB in football. It’s the one sport that will improve his arm strength. THE VERY THING I SAID HE WAS WEAK AT!!!
This information is un-freaking believable. If I was Adams father I would tell Bauleke where he can go with that crap. Is he his daddy or something? How can he tell this kid he can’t play baseball.
Of course I think #57 can make it to college if that’s what he wants to do. D1 at the position he plays right now? Probably not if I’m being honest but D2 is not as bad as people think and if it’s on a scholarship then who the hell cares he get s a free education right? Yes his size is a factor at D1 but sometimes it’s not even that it’s the size of a guys heart too and this kid has some heart. Speed is another issue for him at the D1 level as well. But he has great technique and just needs to be more consistent over the course of an entire game as well.
I know for a fact Coach Rainey was building a pipeline to the same school Patrone is going to because he established a great relationship with their coaching staff and had he gotten the job at YV would see a lot more players going to college especially that college in Pennsylvania.
I know Bauleke doesn’t know anyone on that level. And yes I do know all your brothers. I can tell you a little bit about almost every player and their game and be honest about it and not blow sunshine up your asses so you can walk around with false confidence and the key word is FALSE. Nothing wrong with being confident but make sure it’s based on reality and not fantasy and made up stuff that people tell you either.
May 11th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
speaking about coach rainy,he was a good coach,he was koo..he would have been a good head coach if he was the head coach at yv..
May 11th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Unknown,
He fought hard to get Patrone into college at the last minute and he would have fought hard for all you guys had he gotten the job. He even fought hard to try and get the job too. And comparing his resume of having worked at Cal, the 49ers, the Braves and the Giants I think he was much better suited to take you guys places then Bauleke is. He’s a career science teacher who has only been at high schools. Who does he know in college or the pros?
Rainey knows a ton of coaches, players administrators and recruiters in both college and the pros. The guy eats sleeps and breathes football and sports in general. He is a stay at home parent who adopted a kid that’s not his own and that’s how he has a heart to fight for other people’s kids.
There is a lot about this guy that people don’t know and took for granted when he was there with you guys last year including Turner and Baulelke. They both pretty much ignored the guy and what he can do and the resources he had to make the football program better.
Bauleke disrespected him in front of the seniors last year in his class last season when he wanted to say something and that’s part of the reason why he told him he didn’t want to come back and be an assistant under him and do all the work to make him look good. Would you do that if you were him after the way he was treated by a guy he is more qualified than but people are too dumb to see?
The guy was a DI in the army though so a lot of you guys might not have been able to deal with his ways and would have quit the team. He wasn’t going to let you guys get away with too much even though he was a cool assistant coach.
May 11th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
He would have been fair though. His standards for you guys would have been much higher than you have for yourselves too.
May 11th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
I know all this because he’s my older brother. And had I listened to him when we were younger I might have had a chance to play college football myself and go pro too.
May 11th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
He talked about you guys all the time to me and we always watched game film of your games together. He has your team picture hanging up on the wall of his office. He said you guys were his boys.
May 11th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
And in the end, Bauleke has the job. You don’t. Rainey doesn’t.
And all you can do is whine and basically usurp this bboard for your own vitriol, which is getting tiresome.
So at this point, you need to stfu and move-on.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:00 am
Yet another person who sits back and comes in thinking they can tell someone they don’t know what to do Allroads it must be nice to think you have so much power.
You don’t, you think you do. People with your mentality is what is tiresome. You need to kiss my behind where the f’n sun don’t shine and when you are ready let me know so I can leave some thing back there for you to taste too.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:04 am
Allroads what do you care anyway? You Bauleke’s woman or something?
This is a free country, free board that I can use anyway I see fit and you hate that you can’t do anything about it. People like you and your mentality are the very reason I stay and do what I do.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:06 am
what2do.dang dude,im like out of words,well that sucks that coach rainy cant even be an assistant.he was a very good coach..i think the hiring process should have something to do with the players also,like look at the coaches and vote as a team which one they think is right and all that..im pretty sure coach iano is gone also,or am i wrong?? cause he also could have gotten the head coaching job.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:06 am
I have no power, but the following is a truth you can’t deny:
**Bauleke has the job. You don’t. Rainey doesn’t.**
And it’s so poignant you are defending your older brother, I wonder if he would appreciate your coarse manner throughout this post. I doubt it.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:07 am
You just gave me even more incentive to keep on just so I can continue to piss you off now Allroads.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:11 am
I am laughing at you now. You didn’t address the truth you can’t deny. Instead you go off on a tangent. Post #176 shows me you’re a little child who needs attention.
Write me back now with another adolescent insult, BOY!!!
That is what you are.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:15 am
You obviously don’t know either of us because if you did you would know that he would be 10 times worse than me since he was the one that got screwed in this.
He would be getting a kick out of this, especially because of people like you who come in here with this superiority complex. You are the kind of guy he hates.
Who cares that Bauleke has the job and he doesn’t he’ll be fine. He’ll get a better one and perhaps one day face him and beat the daylights out of his team. Since he knows his weaknesses as a coach now having worked with him.
You probably have no brothers who would defend you coarse or not and thus makes sense as to why this is a foreign concept to you.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:17 am
“Who cares that Bauleke has the job…”
You sure do.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahah
May 12th, 2010 at 12:20 am
I’m glad you’re getting a good laugh… who cares? Knock yourself out. Laugh until your stomach hurts. You haven’t said anything worth addressing anyway. Anyone with half a brain knows who got what. That ‘s no longer the point moron. But now they also know why too instead of believing things are all rosy and great at YV.
This was a two way dialogue between me and a player in the program and now they will know the truth as to why a coach they like is not there and how the one they have got the job. A reality and truth that you can’t change either.
Now what punk?
May 12th, 2010 at 12:23 am
Duh, of course I do. My brother didn’t get a job he wanted why wouldn’t I care. He’s my brother and I love him. Something you obviously and sadly know nothing about. Please share something that is enlightening Captain obvious.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:25 am
First:
**Bauleke has the job. You don’t. Rainey doesn’t.**
Second:
Are you of the Rainey (Mayor of Walnut Creek) kids?
Brett, Michael, Gina, Rob, Steve, Kathy or Kevin
May 12th, 2010 at 12:25 am
Quit while you can Allroads, you’re no match for me mental midget.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:28 am
Allroads,
First:
You’re repeating yourself and saying what everyone already knows
Second:
None of your damn business
May 12th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Waiting, aren’t you. I know you are.
But I will say it again:
**Bauleke has the job. You don’t. Rainey doesn’t.**
Which one are you? Is it step-mom or step-dad.
I gotta go though. With the utmost sincerity, have a nice evening.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Allroads,
Where are you baby? Daddy wants to play with his little girl.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:35 am
Allroads,
You know which one I am. You know your daddy when you see him.
May 12th, 2010 at 12:37 am
Allroads,
I also have to correct you on something.
Bauleke has the job right now… who’s to say how long this lasts?
May 12th, 2010 at 12:38 am
**Bauleke has the job this season. You don’t. Rainey doesn’t.**
May 12th, 2010 at 12:40 am
**and again your point is?**
What do you have besides the knack for being a moron who can’t do anything but repeat the same thing over and over and think it means something?
May 12th, 2010 at 12:41 am
and saying I don’t when I never applied proves what as well?
May 12th, 2010 at 12:42 am
Talk about needing attention…
May 12th, 2010 at 1:31 am
**Bauleke has the job this season. Your brother doesn’t.**
May 12th, 2010 at 5:48 am
Please, Please Stop this! Its not good for anyone at this point! Please stop!
May 12th, 2010 at 8:12 am
what2do,can you please answer to post 174??
May 12th, 2010 at 10:00 am
What 2 Do…. What am I gonna do with you? You’ve got me hatin on YV now.
I have been watchin YV football for the past 3 years. I’m still smartin on Patrone not getting MVP for league. Been watchin the current players since Pop Warner days. Good group of boys but I’ve got some real serious concerns about Bauleke , the A.D, and Principal Can’t the PARENTS go to the district to have this changed? Since the parents are paying the “contribution ” fee and transportation fee a total of $475.00 do they have more say $$ ??
May 12th, 2010 at 10:42 am
I put MY name on this board because I wanted everyone to know who I was. I don’t know who any of you are but I am Patrone’s dad Period! So you can stop guesing.
If you want to know something from me I will happy to tell you the truth as I know it.
Frankly, I’m a little disturbed. I don’t know who used my name as Partone 1 but that is not me! I am Patrone dad.
May 12th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Can you guys try to be a little more respectful of each others position and not so personal? It’s a good read but scary when it gets so personal. Some good bantor is in here and some enlightening points but guys….. come on…..
And yes mom I thanked the boosters in person and via email. I’m Sorry if you were not informed. I’ll thank you here and now. A Very generous gift!
I actuall hadn’t read much of the post until now and well… WOW!
This is www so remember the world is watching.
May 12th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Mr.Woods, That was probably me and I apologize, I meant no disrespect. For some reason I thought your son was Patrone Woods II. Maybe after those 6 td’s I thought I was seeing double. LOL!
May 12th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Mr. Woods, I would also like to thank you for sharing your stories. Like I said as parent and coach I am going through the recruiting process now. My son is #2 the Rb for Alameda High. We wish Patrone all the best, and I agree some of these posts get a little personal. I know we all can’t wait for football season to start ;but, damn lets try and stop the personal attacks and just talk shop.
May 12th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Mr. Woods,
Thank you and sorry if I missed the results of Patrone’s recruiting trip. If there was an Email or attendance at a Booster meeting, then somehow I missed it. I attend all the Booster Board meetings, I have only missed 1 this year. It is the purpose of YVHS Athletic Boosters to support all of our athlete’s and teams and we are proud of every single one. As you know with the elimination of sports funding by the district a year ago, this past year was an even bigger challenge. We have so few volunteers and many of us wear many hats on many different Boards as well as supporting our own athlete’s and their teams at YVHS. I met your son at the UMDAF 5K run, very nice young man. I wish him the best and what a gift of a College education and being able to play a sport he loves.
May 12th, 2010 at 11:54 am
What2Do,
“I’ll come straight out and say it like it is… you don’t know what you’re talking about as far as the coaches going to Patrone’s parents about his grades. I know his parents personally and they are the ones who told me that no coach has ever come to them about his grades.”
It is actually obvious that you do not know what you are talking about. First of all you said that Bauleke was the def coord for 4 years? Try 2 years. When Davis first took over the def coord was Marco Ramos, he then moved to Sac to finish college and the next year Cesar Ortiz took over the def duties. And there were many times that the coaches spoke to Patrone’s parents. I, myself being a former member of the coaching staff spoke to Patrone’s parent about his grades. Mr Woods, do you not remember a coach coming up to you after the Liberty game his soph year and telling you that already, being the second game of the year, that his grades were starting to slip? And as for coaches not lifting a finger to call recruits to come see Patrone, when the recruiters come into the coaches office and the first thing that they say is “Dont tell me about a kid unless they have a 3.0 gpa” what are you supposed to say to him? “We have a stellar kid who is a phenom, but he can barely get a 2.0,” how does that sound to you if you are a recruit? How many times have their been kids throughout the past that have been D1 locks, but couldnt make grades? Thousands! And as for kids not making grades YV, atleast while Davis, Ivankovich and Murphy were the coaches, averaged almost a 3.0 as a team every year. With rosters of 30 to 40 kids that would mean that most of the kids are getting way above a 3.0. Kids like Michael Callan, Spencer Van Brunt, Michael Pichon were always geting 3.5+. The kids that needed the talking to about their grades received the talks. And Mr. Woods do you also not remember Patrone having to sit the DLS game his sophmore year due to grades? I would say that is probably due to the coaches not giving a rats ass, by the way that was sarcasm! So the fact that What2Do and Mr Woods are stating that the coaches did not do anything to help Patrone get the grades needed is the biggest pile of BS I have ever heard of. But, since it is your son, Mr Woods, and he can never do wrong, you probably forgot all of that!
May 12th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Wait a moment!
I stated that, in fact, Patrone bares some responsibility. However, I’m not going to argue over what has been made very clear me. Yes, Parones had issues. I spoke of the admin not preparing us for what was NEEDED for college regarding scholarship and/or recruitment activity. And as I am aware of the other schools sports admin involvement, which is far more in depth, I fell that the sports admin has done little to nothing in that regards and, in fact gets an “F” in this department.
As a result of the issues with grade (soph), Patrone attended summer school bringing his gpa up to a 3.0. The recovered grades were not properly recorded leaving visiting (not invited) recruiters with misinformation. However, the coarses needed for college was not brought my atteneion until late in the game. It is difficult to monitor gardes when teachers leave YV in mid streem leaving an entire subject (FL) with a P as a grade for which cannot be quantified. Were you aware of this. When teachers are MIA and don’t grade homework. There are factors involved that you obviously are not privy to.
You are correct in regards to the soph DLS game at which time we were shocked! As we were under the impression (as he was allowed to play) that things were fine. Upon those findings summer school began to correct the problem. One year we did not even receive a report card for months until it was too late to adress the problem.
Many are not aware of how disjointed the admin is from sports. SAT scores not being reported, transcripts not being forwarded appropriately and timely, letters of interest held for months and so on… There is a systematic problem that was reported to me directly from graduate parents and current parents suffering in the same manner.
Some of you info you’ve mentioned is correct on the surface but you may not and, seemingly, do not the know the behind the scenes activity which precipitated the results.
Point is, what you think you know is not always what is.
May 12th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Also, as a coach you must then be aware of my tireless efforts to help you, the team and school on many levels that were rebuffed at every turn. The likes of which were never equalled. When the game and, in deed, seasons were over I spent countless and (in many cases) sleepless nights, long after other promotional activities were history, to promote YV as unique and promising institution.
When MANY suggested I “give it up” I continued hoping they’d come to their senses and see the financial potential of my efforts. A potential that would have released the burden on many of our overburdened parents via fees. Sadly this was not the case.
In regards to “Patrone can do no wrong” I (personally) take offense to that as I’ve never once addressed a child as it is beneath me.
All the kids deserve whatever the program (be it the school or the boosters) can and has to offer. I made a request to the boosters and they GENEROUSLY responded to which am grateful.
The attendance at YV has been rott with problems but we made the best of them. Up to even now where a class he is no longer in stills reports him absent. Further creating recorded attendance problems.
If and since you are/were a coach I can only hope that you learn, as we have, from this case and maybe become more involved and, perhaps, less passive (respectfully)if you truly have any kids best interest at heart.
May 12th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Coaches, you are molding young people’s future (unwitting perhaps) and it is incumbant of you to, not only, to WIN but to do ALL in your power to help them achieve higher levels of success in life.
Pardon my mispellings
May 12th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Unknown,
In answer to your question in #174. Both Iano and Coach Rainey had problems with Bauleke and his refusal to take any input into game planning during the coarse of the season. He pretty much always had his mind made up on what he wanted to do.
He in fact only decided to listen to them during one of the games where his plan was going south and the game was getting out of control and YV barely won that game. I think it was the game against Concord in fact. There are a lot of schools where players are part of the process of picking a coach and this should have been the case at YV especially since it involved coaches who were already there.
But some administrators don’t involve the players because they either want to get who they want in and or just don’t trust that players are smart enough to figure out a guy and help in making a decision on who they want to be coached by which makes no sense to me at all. I don’t think he would have been the choice if this was the case because both of those guys came in right away and established good relationships with most of the players on the team.
I’m pretty sure Iano is not coming back either. he has some other things going on in his life too. He already told coach Rainey that he can’t work under Bauleke given what I just explained to you on how these guys related to each other during last season.
Sometimes players don’t know what goes on behind the scenes and that is both good and bad because the coaches do need to be on the same page. After all they are filtering things down to the players and can’t do that if they don’t all agree on what to do and how to do it. There probably was a lot of confusion in some areas of the team last season that had a factor in how far you guys went during the season. The College Park game is a prime example.
May 12th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Coach, since you’re good with dates, name the day we sat down and discussed Patrone’s future? Name the day we discussed required core credits? Name the day we you came to me to schedule a conference? How many times did I request a conference with the staff regarding Patrone that did not happen? Did YOU forget these?
Perhaps you may rember how we were informed NOT to attend combines? I have had more assistance offered from other school coaches which I failed to utilize thinking you guys had it in control. Thanks Ham and Lang.
May 12th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Independent Says:
May 12th, 2010 at 10:00 am
What 2 Do…. What am I gonna do with you? You’ve got me hatin on YV now.
I have been watchin YV football for the past 3 years. I’m still smartin on Patrone not getting MVP for league. Been watchin the current players since Pop Warner days. Good group of boys but I’ve got some real serious concerns about Bauleke , the A.D, and Principal Can’t the PARENTS go to the district to have this changed? Since the parents are paying the “contribution ” fee and transportation fee a total of $475.00 do they have more say $$ ??
In response to this Independent I’ll tell you this. Don’t be a part of the problem but part of the solution. But in order to be a part of the solution you have to acknowledge the problem or problems first before you can fix them and not act like everything is all fine and dandy when it’s not in reality and there is mounds of evidence to support it.
Don’t hate on YV. Some people there just don’t know any better and therefore are flying blindly or in some cases in the dark. But when someone comes in with a flashlight to light the way don’t be so proud and arrogant that you ignore them and turn them away when they are trying to help you in fact find your way out of your problem.
Part of the problem there is in fact parent involvement. If you know the demographic make up of the school you will also be able to figure out where some of the problems in fact lie.
There are a small handful of parents there that have kids playing a sport who get involved by either joining the booster club or helping as a volunteer in other areas and therefore have some influence in what goes on there. They are in fact happy with the choice and therefore have no reason to go the district to change anything. They pretty much also control some if not most of the fundraising aspects as well.
Part of the problem at YV is the majority of parents inability to pay the fees you’re talking about in the first place and why the other outside entities like UMDAF and the school district have a problem with YV as well. They feel they are not pulling their weight in contributions like the other schools in the district are like Clayton Valley, College Park and Northgate who can based on the demographic make up of the majority of their students from an economic stand point pay their fees and contribute their required portion of money being asked of them by UMDAF.
Mt. Diablo is the other school with the same problem as YV in this area and Concord is a bit above them as the three schools taking heat over money and the lack there of.
Again look at the demographics of these schools and you will get the answer you’re looking for in regards to fees and contributions and all.
Mr. Wood went to the YV powers that be and tried to help with this only to be shot down twice by them and have his spot light turned off for good now.
May 12th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
YVFan08,
I guess Mr. Wood doesn’t know what he’s talking about either right?
May 12th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
YVFan08,
First of all you said that Bauleke was the def coord for 4 years? Try 2 years. When Davis first took over the def coord was Marco Ramos, he then moved to Sac to finish college and the next year Cesar Ortiz took over the def duties.
Whether he had his hand on the steering wheel for 2, 4, or 5 years he was still in the car (with you in it as well) that went in the same direction and ended up at the same destination it has ended up in since YV last won in 2005 and has shown that it hasn’t taken or gone down any other roads.
May 12th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
At least, it’s more civil now. Please let’s be more general and not so personal. Pleasssse. I love to discuss not fight.
May 12th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
I agree whole heartedly.
May 12th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
What2Sat,,
listen guy.. You would die to become a yvhs warrior!..to bad your not,,honestly the team would be better if you werent there..you were a joke the whole time you were a warrior! who no one took serious!!!!!
May 12th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
godamn what2says just stop playin it off your coach raieny.n regardless of what anybody gots to say yv is a team not to be messed them i cant wait til the season starts n we shut everybody up cuz im freakin tired of people doubtin us so dval watch out cuz yv is comin to play n=amd believe we gonna lay people out!!! chhheeewhoo!!!! letss gooo!!
May 13th, 2010 at 9:27 am
What2do, Get off the warrior football’s nuts! Also, get off of Coach Bauleke’s NUTS!
May 13th, 2010 at 10:04 am
What 2 Do & Patrone (Dad) and Unknown #174
You guys are rockin on this discussion You obviously know what the heck your talkin about, it’s great to have such real incite When ya get a chance breakdown the teams in the DVAL for football for the up coming season. How do you see this year playing out?
May 13th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Independent, you have DVAL insight but don’t know who Ricky Lloyd is??? What a joke…
and you heard it here first Concord doesn’t lose a game in the DVAL.
May 13th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
chs,really? concord wont loose a game?
ahaha,yv warriors all day baybe..
as far as i know,someone who plays football for concord say they dont even have a o-line,as in matter of fact even he said it himself that they were gonna be wack?? will see concord in pitt camp this year.
May 13th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Man, this is entertainment, but “what2do”, you are Rainey. It is obvious. You should have stopped after your second post, I actually liked you then. I really hope to see you get a HC job to see how good or bad you are. Your resume sounds familiar too; Sounds like you are the type of guy who has one eye on the team and one eye on the want ads looking for your next job. Ill give you a few pointers before I go, First off no AD is going to be impressed when you name drop (i.e. Bobby Cox, know coaches in the Pros and Div 1), because what they will say is “well why are you not still there?” or “Where is your LOR from them?” Second you need to stay off the boards if you’re going to be bad mouthing other coaches. You can pretty much guarantee that anyone who coaches in your area reads these boards and I know no HC is going to hire you as an assistant after reading the way you’re acting on here. Lastly you need to just suck it up, teachers should get the job before off campus coaches do.
I know your response is going to be “Who are you, you think you have some power?” Truth of the matter is, I have some decent experience,
May 13th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Wooow back up BIg Daddy the discussion was about the Army All American Game & the nominations our family has watched Dylan play since Marauders(why I read the article) . You threw in Ricky Lloyd and 37 confirmed interested colleges sorry i did not put two and two together that you were talking about the Concord QB . Sorry, Kind of
May 13th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Yes, What2Do is former assistant YV Coach Rainey. He’s been very quiet in here since it was figured out. Nearly 24 hours after he agrees with Patrones Dad not to make it personal. (hear footsteps coach?)
Sheds some light on him now doesn’t it. Former military drill instructor? Spouts off about integrity? Drops names of all sorts of pro and NCAA contacts yet can’t get a HS job?
At one point he claimed he was his own older brother to try to mislead people! He goes on about being the only one telling the truth and being a man, yet he hides behind a nickname and attempts to tout himself while trying to destroy another coach and a HS football program, and in turn harming the very athletes he says he’s so connected with. The story here isn’t Bauleke, the story here is what a fool and a tool Coach Rainey is. Cat’s out of the bag, now what? You’ve ruined what little reputation you might have had, and like CallUout says, it’s a pretty small head coaching community out here in the Bay area. What fool of a coach or AD would hire you now? What kind of example are you to players? I hear the Stockton peewee league might be hiring, maybe someone that far away hasn’t heard about you already. What went around just came around.
May 13th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Refering to post #208 OK I’m tired of everyone dissin YV and their sports programs!! R you guys coming out and voluntering your time?! I think not, there is hardly any parent paticipation and the AD is stuck with the mess he was left 2 years ago! I have not seen anyone try to help out with him at all!! There is going to be a big change a YV there is some very motivated parents that want a positive outlook on THE WARRIORS!! So don’t complain about anyone until you know what exacly what is going on. I invite you to come and make a difference!!!!
May 13th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
so it was coach rainy all along that was dissing us??
damn,i cant believe it i thought he was actually cool,but i guess not..coach bauleke was right when he said “there are people that you thought were cool with you,but those same people are the ones who are talking mess about us”..damn im actually shocked..o well i told him before,were gonna prove all you guys wrong..2010 yv warriors baby,we ready cheeehhooooooooo..we hungry for the number 1 spot..and how coach finau would say it..HOOORRAAHHH!!!!!! HELL YEAH!!!!
May 13th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
What 2 Say,
and CHSminutemen,
can suck it!!..heyy midget ass rainey!!.. come by yvhs someday..i got a little something for you!
May 13th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
#217: Really now? Over here talking about Ricky Lloyd?! You should be talking about the Ygnacio Valley’s new Qb Ishi Anand. From what I hear he’s been putting up big results for a QB. This warrior team will murder Ricky Lloyd and his whole minutemen team because from what I hear, the running backs are lifting WAY MORE then what their linemen should be lifting.
May 13th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
hahaha ishi??hahhaha good one “coach rainy”..
May 13th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
hahaha.. you big dumbass rainey.. Just like you were last year…on our nuts carrying our equipment and NOTHING BUT A JOKE!!!
May 13th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
What2do
Football is played on a field not in a weightroom. But with all the mess at your schoolo and with your team I bet you wish it was.
May 14th, 2010 at 9:29 am
D-U-M = Dum
May 14th, 2010 at 9:30 am
What2do is very d-u-m dum.
May 14th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Anand the YV QB? Isn’t Neshiem a junior this year?
May 14th, 2010 at 11:33 am
This is the real Coach Rainey and I don’t have a problem speaking for myself. There isn’t a single man, woman or child on this board who scares me nor do I really care what you think of me. It obviously looks like people come in here and speak for me and others or claim to be me or assume people are me and what have you but that does not concern me one bit. All you players on hear talking crap about me means nothing to me. Your bravado and talk is just that. I have a wife and son and family who love me for who I am and at the end of the day that’s all that matters to me.
Bauleke and I had a conversation with each other when he asked me to be a part of his staff and he knows where I stand and how I feel about him and the football program and that’s why I and Coach Iano turned him down to stay on there. I had no problem telling him over the phone or in his face so you all on this board and him can say what you want about me, I could care less.
After talking to a few people who know what is what and what really is going on he pretty much was given the job even before they interviewed me so a lot of what was said was true as far as how the administration at YV handled things and how they operate. They lie to people’s faces and tell them what they think they want to hear all the while they are making plans and manipulating things behind the scenes.
What goes around comes around though so the bad karma going around in here will come back on you all in way way or another.
You all have a great day.
May 14th, 2010 at 11:39 am
To all you YV players. I guess Bauleke told you I wasn’t cool just because I didn’t agree with how he treated me or some of you guys for that matter and that’s why I don’t want to be an assistant under him and make him look good right? Or I guess he left the details out right and just said I’m this no good person now, not that it matters, just food for thought.
May 14th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
ishi’s is a freakin joke.lol cmonn now.
anyways YV is gunna be good next year
May 14th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
prepfan,adam is a junior yes he will be yv’s starting quarterback this season,no worries..and yes he wil; be better then ricky loyd this year.why and how?? because adam gots more weapons,he can scramble very good,and he also has his whole starting o-line back besides one player..
May 14th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
YV DEFENSE IS SOO GOOD
May 14th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
yea, unknown is right. ricky lloyd got nothing on adam. or ishi. ishi is hella raw too
May 14th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
xome on know ishi?? raw?? dont get carried away too much guy hah
May 14th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Unbelievable. Therealcoachrainey expects us to believe that What2do isn’t him? hahahaha. Read his post, it is the same style as What2Do. Also, from what I read from a YV player’s post above, Bauleke just said that there are people talking smack that you think are cool. Doesn’t say he said it was Coach Rainey, but you seem to assume he meant you too, just like everybody else! hahaha.
Rainey, do you deny you’re What2do? (I’m sure you will, since lying comes easy to you)
Please everyone, go read post #169 and let’s talk about who is a liar. If you believe that lie, then Coach Rainey’s older brother knows more about YV football than even Coach Rainey does. YV players, did you ever see someone that looked like or told you he was Coach Rainey’s brother? He even tried to wipe this mess off on his brother! If you’re keeping score at home, ever since What2do was exposed as Coach Rainey, What2do has made ONE POST completely off topic. Since the exposure, NOW “therealcoachrainey” pops up and makes his FIRST post in this whole matter, and is just as belligerent as What2do. We’re expected to believe that the real Rainey has been sitting idly by all this time watching this thread about him and Bauleke and JUST NOW decided to respond!
It’s all on you man, you created this monster. If you have a brain cell left, you’ll quietly slink away from this thread with your lying little tail between your legs. ANYTHING you write just makes your problem worse.
Let’s start a new thread somewhere else to discuss the DVAL for 2010, I get tired of wading through all of the crap to find something worth talking about.
May 14th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Yv will have an outstanding season this year regardless of who their coach is or what anybody thinks.
May 14th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Thank you gimmeabreak…. coach rainey or not, the dude that made 1000 posts (what2do) in the period of a week is a total loser and a total waste. Way to hi-jack the blog loser! Someone needs to see a psychiatrist.
May 15th, 2010 at 11:34 am
i like that idea wonder if admins can set up a link for each east bay league to start a chat on about the upcoming season..
May 15th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Hey fans of HS football, if you hear of your school interviewing Mr. Rainey for a coaching position at your school, please bookmark this thread and forward it to your AD. Let them decide for themselves who Mr. Rainey is.
May 17th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
What happen to Coach Rainey #239 shut him up. Good Job!!! Some coaches take this job to the heart and some coach for the wrong reason. It’s about the players not sure what he is gaining from all this. I think the school district needs to see this blog and make sure this guy does not coach any where even in the youth football league. It’s bad when you have the players talking about him. I love to meet this so called coach since. He talks alot of game. If your that good why waste his time with high school. You should be in the NCAA or NFL??????
May 17th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Refer to post 53 hahahahahahaha Rainey your a JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!
“It is f’n quiet in here now…”
May 17th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Refer to post 53 hahahahahahaha Rainey your a JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!