- East Bay Prep Corner
McClymonds wins second straight Silver Bowl
By Jimmy Durkin
Friday, November 25th, 2011 at 4:28 pm in East Bay Football.
McClymonds High beat Skyline 33-19 today to win its second straight Silver Bowl and seventh overall. Harold Halcomb III rushed for 161 yards and two touchdowns and the Warriors had two fumbles returned for touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull away later. More to come later at www.insidebayarea.com/high-school-sports and I’ll also be posting a video later.
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November 25th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Wolfman
Where you at? I guess coach Mack can coach. No where to run no where to hide. Bring to ass. 22-2 on the down low remember ? Go pirates!!
November 25th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Wolfman
You tell anyone and Everyman on the 680 corridor to bring their ass. Coach Gallie droped me for Jefferson and endedup playing Caslemontt who was the 4th place team in our conference who we beat 46-0 in two games with 90 percent underclassmen!!!
Go Pirates!!
November 25th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Remember Its about the kids and not you and this Wolfman! Go enjoy your victory/championship and stop making that wolfman person important!
November 25th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Brandonbeard
This is a bulldog conversation. Puppydogs are not allowed. Let that shit talking mf speak up for his own. This ain’t just about kids and players it’s about what he has said about me and my program. Go pirates!!
November 25th, 2011 at 11:17 pm
wow looks like coach mac has taken lots of the comments about him and mack personal, it has been lots of talk from the end of last season til now, coach u been quiet for a while thought u exhiled urself, congrats to mack on the silver bowl win
November 25th, 2011 at 11:19 pm
kinda funny that the 2 fumble returns in the 4th quarter was by to ex b high jackets
November 25th, 2011 at 11:42 pm
Pirate Football
This is a bulldog conversation. Puppy’s are not allowed. Let that punk mf wolfman fight his own battles. It us personal. Read the blogs dated back to last spring. If you want your ass chewed I will chew it.
November 26th, 2011 at 12:15 am
curtis calm yo ass down, im 1 of the bloggers that wasnt talkin all that smack on here, im not blaming u for having 2 ex bhigh players, they chose to leave im glad they are gettin a chance to play. dont b an angry black man. u should b having a party. thats 2 in a row for mackhouse
November 26th, 2011 at 12:20 am
are u mad bcuz u think im wit wolfman lmao naw im a SL pirate
November 26th, 2011 at 1:07 am
Oh okay I feel ya on that. I hadnt kept up with the stuff he was saying about you, but whatevas cleva homie!
November 26th, 2011 at 1:10 am
Pirate football
Your name sounds nothing like wolfman. As I said, this is a bulldog conversation. I want wolfmans punk ass. Where are you. Come out and play.
November 26th, 2011 at 1:42 am
C’MON MAN
b happy yall won u should go after more than just wolfman u had hella haters congrats to mack 10-2 only losing to the top 2 seeds in the ncs div 4, cant b mad at what mack has done this season after losing lots of players from the 12-0 team. big ups to coach pooh, lovell samuels jason brooks
November 26th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Can somebody explain to me why The OAL Champ isn’t allowed to participate in The NCS Playoffs? Hell…same w/The SF AAA Turkey Day Champ….why aren’t they allowed to participate in The CCS Playoffs?
Why is it ok for Oakland & SF teams to participate in The Basketball Playoffs….but not football?
Until this ever happens….The Silver Bowl Champ should ALWAYS play The Turkey Day Champ. I know they tried it (after all these years) a few years back when McClymonds BLASTED Lincoln…but this should be an ongoing thing to offset not being able to participate in the NCS or CCS Playoffs.
November 26th, 2011 at 3:43 pm
They can’t compete in the NCS or CCS playoffs because they aren’t members of those sections. You have to be in the NCS to compete in those playoffs. It’s basically the equivalent of asking why an AFC football team can’t compete in the NFC playoffs.
The OAL basketball teams don’t compete in the NCS basketball playoffs. They complete in the Oakland Section playoffs and then advance on to the CIF NorCal playoffs, which has teams from the Oakland Section (OAL), San Francisco Section (AAA), NCS, CCS, SJS and Northern Section.
The TransBowl Bowl was scrapped because the CIF brought in the state bowls and said there couldn’t be any other postseason bowl games beyond section playoffs. I agree that game should resume. But to do so, the OAL and AAA would probably have to forfeit any rights to play in the state title games. At the least, they would probably have to accept that only the winner of the TransBay would be eligible for the state title or actually the new regional title games that start next year.
As of now though, the OAL has zero interest (at least at the influential level) or joining the NCS. The NCS would welcome them if they wanted to join, but there are too many benefits they enjoy as a separate section for them to want to make a move. Among the major concerns to joining NCS is the added cost, since the NCS charges schools a membership fee and travel for playoff games could involve 5-8 hour trips, rather than the cross town trips they have now.
November 26th, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Coach MAC.
Who did you really beat? Play some real teams next year.
November 27th, 2011 at 12:02 am
@Jimmy: I’m confused on the part where you mention The OAL & AAA having to forfeit the rights to play in State Title Games. I can understand that for basketball….but for football their season’s end in their individual City championships (Silver Bowl & Turkey Day). I’m especially in the dark on how Los Angeles can have their City Championship like Oakland & SF…but then they can still end up playing in The SoCal Playoffs & possible State Championship (for football). Please correct me if I’m wrong…(?)
I’m not sure what the fees are for participating in The NCS or CCS…but those kids would get some much needed exposure…& will get better by playing better talent. Even if it’s something biased as ONLY the SF/Oakland City Champ gets a playoff seed (no at-large berths)…that would be fine too. Historically…SF & Oakland athletics have been neglected (exposure wise) in the grand scheme of things. Yeah every now & then…you’ll have a Jason Kidd…Gary Payton from Oakland…or a O.J. Simpson & Mike Holmgren from San Francisco…that will emerge from the talent pool. But for the most part…there are some cats w/some SERIOUS skills (sports-wise) who have been historically overlooked/passed over for some of their suburban counterparts & competition…
November 27th, 2011 at 12:16 am
There are no SoCal playoffs that the LA City Section plays in. It’s just that they play in a city section that is larger and so the playoffs last longer. They are also stronger playoffs, so the winners have a better shot at earning a state title berth. But those teams are still in the same boat as every other section. They are playing to win their section and then hope to be selected for the state championships. There are no state football playoffs. It’s all a selection process and the only way to be selected is to be a section champion. So the OAL and AAA championship (Silver Bowl and Turkey Bowl winners) are eligible to be selected for the state championships. Strength of schedule is always going to make it tough to be selected. But Mack was in the running last year and it’s possible if an OAL team had a good enough year that they could get picked. If they had that TransBay Bowl, it would complicate things because the CIF doesn’t want any games after the section championships other than the state title games.
As for exposure, it’s actually one of the biggest fallacies I hear to say that the OAL needs to be in NCS to get more exposure. The only league in the East Bay that can compare to the OAL in terms of athletes who receive scholarships is the EBAL and that’s only because of the addition of De La Salle. The OAL produces about as many college scholarship athletes as several of the other local leagues combined. In football, it’s true they might get better by playing better talent. And maybe they’d get more exposure from fans. But they aren’t getting overlooked by colleges, if you compare the numbers that move on compared to other leagues.
November 27th, 2011 at 12:42 am
Question. Who is the dunbest poster on this blog, hands down.
Answer: The boring moron that has to use the word “raped” in the context of a high school football blog.
Yeah, you #16, and #159 on the post in question.
Please do not continue to post. Your ignorance is beyond comprehension. Change your handle or get lost…
November 27th, 2011 at 1:36 am
LMAO…wow….are you actually *stalking* me?
I only wish you had the gonads (or are you a female?) to sign off of the CPU in your Mom’s basement…& come stalk me in person. I would welcome that in open arms…lol
Seriously…you’re a BUM…& need to get a life. Anyone who (literally) harasses someone over their interpretation of how another person uses a word has SERIOUS issues. The way you’re acting…one would believe that YOU have been raped before….smh
You need counseling….lol
November 27th, 2011 at 2:20 am
“Please do not continue to post. Your ignorance is beyond comprehension. Change your handle or get lost”
This coming from some random buffoon who spells dumbest “dunbest”….LMAO…WTF is that??
So now…you lack reading comprehension &/or have dyslexia…along w/the fact that you can’t spell…(?)
Those who live in glass houses shall not throw stones…..lol
How about you learn how to read, write, & spell…mixed in w/mastering how to formulate a COMPLETE sentence….lol
November 27th, 2011 at 2:24 am
good info jimmy he needed to b schooled
November 27th, 2011 at 9:03 am
@Pirate Football:
Ummm…”schooled on what”…?
He shed some light in regards to how the athletic municipalities are set up behind the scenes. I would say that he educated me on that…which I truly appreciated. Myself who actually originally comes from The SF AAA Section…I always wondered why everything was set up the way that it was.
In regards to his comment about The OAL & whether it makes sense for them join the NCS for their players to “get a better look”….his take is more subjective & speculative that it is objective or the plain truth. In a sense…that’s HIS opinion…which I respect. While he says what he says….I know 2 coaches who actually (not saying that Jimmy hasn’t) coached in The OAL…who would say otherwise. So depending on who you talk to….will determine what answer you get.
November 27th, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Coach Mac, congratulations on your league championship. You should be really proud of yourself for going 7-0 in that league. The whole league has a negative rating. Good thing those SL transfers cameover or you may not have gotten it done. Too Bad the only teams you played with a positive rating handled you pretty good or I’m sure we would have heard you yapping about how good you are all year. Mack House all day BABY!
November 27th, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Sorry Coach Mac for taking so long to respond I was to busy watching a real football program win real games against real competition (Pittsburg High School)… Go Pirates and by the way I’m sure Coach Galli has room on his schedule for you to play some real competition. Also wasn’t that Holcomb from (San Leandro) & Samuels from (Berkeley High School)?? That’s what I thought, Go Pirates
November 27th, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Coach Mac is back! I guess after winning the silver bowl he feeling himself and now he wants to talk. Where you been hiding Curtis?
November 27th, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Coach Mac answer ManDown #25 question or respond to Pitt Pride #23? Where have you been?? I forgot all about you and the OAL because like I said I’ve been to busy watching some real football in the NCS. How can you brag about winning the Silver Bowl against an average Sklyine team twice! I stop following Mack after yaw got blew out against Div IV Salesian. I don’t even know Mack’s record but if you have time come check out some real football this week when Pittsburg plays DeLaSalle Friday Night in the NCS Div 1 Playoffs.
November 27th, 2011 at 11:49 pm
this is going to get good, ding ding ding, lets get ready to rumble, im going to enjoy this.
November 28th, 2011 at 12:40 am
Coach mac your a joke just like your section playoff. Plus i hear your dry snitchn on fremont. Theres a reason yall aint ranked u aint beat no 1. Where would u be without your transfers? Y dont u bring ur show 2 ncs u c how successful jb is doin at arroyo! He cant beat a crap tennyson team that got skinned 35-0 n da 1st half of da playoffs. If da oal has all these athletes y r the teams so crap?
November 28th, 2011 at 5:59 am
Mack is the “section” champ and they have negative Calprep SOS rating…..LOL….i wouldnt brag about being OAL champs when you lose both your games against decent competition, and they werent even close
November 28th, 2011 at 6:19 am
It’s inaccurate to say the Salesian game wasn’t close. Mack had a lead to start the fourth quarter, Salesian just dominated that final period. But it was a close for the majority of the game. The final score was a little deceiving. Just my quick chiming in.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:36 am
Billjohnson
Let me remind you. You said that we were done because we graduated 14 and had no JV. You said that we would not have a team. Well with 14 freshman and sophomores and a total of 20 players we went 10-2. The two losses came from teams with a combined record of 21-1. thanks Jimmy for the clarification of the Salesian game. Ferndale we had six turnovers. We played our age that day. So Billjohnson….SHUT UP!!
Wolfman
Here is your answer to #25. I told you and everyone else that I was done talking about the 12-0 season. I coach and that is where my time was spent. Now that the season is over we can talk about 22-2. As far as Pittburg, if you are such a man, put you money where your mouth is. $500 that the green machine beats Pittsburg 67-0 and I will give you 25 points. Oh yea, I will be there at the 50 yd line to collect.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:54 am
Pittpride and others
Remember that we are a d-4 school with the enrollment of 263 students. We weren’t ranked this year because of the strength of schedule. What other d-4 school was? We finished #4 last year as at d-4.
Wolfman.
You sound foolish talking about transfers. Isn’t Mister Corton your best RB/DB? Didn’t he transfer from DeLaSalle. Aren’t there about six other transfers as well. Doesnt Pittsburg have a 3,000 enrollment? I don’t talk about the kids that I lose from transferring. I’m just saying.
November 28th, 2011 at 9:05 am
Nobody cares that Mack barley has 300 kids in the school. When you talk trash about how great you are and gloat all the time people want your head. Everyone knows Mack recruited half the team and that you are a snitch Coach Mac. Don’t try to front
November 28th, 2011 at 9:12 am
First off i never said anything bout a jv team please second lay off the fried chicken youve lost ur neck! Where would u b without ur free agents? Y u snitchn on fremont? Y is ur league shitty? I got $500 too that no oal coach can win a ncs title!
November 28th, 2011 at 9:33 am
Mandown
Snitch? We beat Fremont week 1 of the OAL 33-15. What would I gain by snitching on
Fremont,. A forfeit?
Billjohnson
SHUT UP!!
November 28th, 2011 at 9:36 am
Coach mac wats ur non league lookn like? Ur section is d2 so if u have any plans of goin 2 state play sum d2 schools. Wats the salary cap lookn like any free agents comin n 4 next year? Coach mac put down the chicken n stop snitchn!
November 28th, 2011 at 10:02 am
I was at the game can’t keep JB out your mouth “lol” (Billjohnson)
And it wasn’t 35-0 this year it was 0-0 with 5 min left in the half vs the #1 seed three fumbles hurt Arroyo that game. Arroyo had more yards but like I said the fumbles didn’t help. There are a lot of coaches out there without NCS title what’s ur point!! It took Concord and others to get to the top. It takes time!! no one has won D-1 in 22 years “lol
Fremont rules are not made to be broken:
1) Camps with out comm approval or school admin
2) Playing with other high school kids players at camps YV, Jeff, NW I can go on.
3) Playing Pop Warner games while playing high school football
4) Playing inel player
5) No address change on transfers
6) Parent that steals money from the Pop Warner team (and he is ur Oakland Raider Pirate on ESPN)
7) Not paying camp fees leaving school out to dry
8) No phy in the summer
9) Player only taking three classes at the school and the other ones at a adult school.
10) Changing names of player b/c they no admin can’t id there players.
11) Tiger parent informed Oal of all these infractions
12) in gear in june, july !!
13) Playing kids that are not on course to grad from high school
I can go on if u want?
November 28th, 2011 at 11:42 am
Billjohnson
As a d-4 team, I am scheduling a game from the HAAL, the BVAL as well as the EBAL. We have one more year in the Salesian contract. I have one opening. Amy suggestions? I don’t have to play d-2 schools. We are d-4. But I will play d-1 because our kids need to be challenged just like we beat a d-1 power BVAL champion Pittsburg last year.
November 28th, 2011 at 11:55 am
at the coach mac haters
lovell samuels left b high last season in the middle of a game in fact he quit in the 2nd half of the pitt, he and his mom immediately transfered him to mack, where he actually lives in west oakland i lives within walikng distance, so u wasnt recruited, as far as halcomb word i got from other SL pirate people was he was kick out of SL due to he didnt live in the district, word on the street he lives in west oakland dont know that for sure but samuels i know for sure do live in west oakland. not sure what other SL players he has. just wanted to give some actual facts and as far as the salesian game somebody else that was at that game same just about the same thing that jimmy said and that was also what he reported in his article, i for 1 didnt think mack would b this good thought they was finished also when they lost all those seniors, but coach mac and coach pooh did a good job
November 28th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
JB is what he is a .500 coach. No need to dog the guy. I think bloggers have set high expectations for him he really only had 1 good year & thats when he had another Head Coach McCauley on his staff running his D. McCauley is obviously very capable. Other then that 2008 year he is a very consistent 4-6,5-5, 6-4 guy.
Enough of the BS talking about fumbles & why he made it close win some games. I saw Arroyo play a couple games they have a few good looking athletes & decent size. Get it done Barnes. HAAL this year was not that good. You should not be getting zeroed by teams. Its your 2nd year in the program how could your record be worse. All that yelling & screaming on your sidelines doesn’t help your cause to why you’re a good coach. Get your guys lined up correctly & running their plays. The guys are there & you obviously have them in shape I saw no out of shape guys.
November 28th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
perkin
how did this become a hate on coach barnes thing, if coaching is so easy, if u think u can win how bout u go and coach
November 28th, 2011 at 12:54 pm
See…Jimmy….this is kinda what I was referring to; folks seem to not respect The O.A.L. like they once did before. Is it me…or will Top O.A.L. programs like Mack always get shunned respect-wise unless they play/compete w/some of the schools in The NCS?
You may think that this laughable….but if The O.A.L. won’t commit to joining The NCS…why not consider a merger w/The SF A.A.A.? They could call it The T.B.A.L. (TransBay Athletic League). Teams from both leagues sometime play each other in the pre-season; why not take it a step further & just merge the leagues? I’m seriously tempted to write in to both leagues to see what their response would be; I know it would be a LONGSHOT….but seems worth a shot.
Otherwise….to me at least…both leagues will be in demise…& will continue to get shunned in the greater scheme of things. Especially w/The SF A.A.A. Section….they’re holding on to the great tradition that has built up over the years; but the product just isn’t what it used to be. It seems like The O.A.L. may be on the same downward trajectory. Both leagues either need The NCS/CCS….or they need each other. Just my 02….
November 28th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Perkins ur right it was my fault and at the end of the day it’s on the HC. But with a team GPA of 3.1 and 17 out of 28 with 3.0 higher and back to back all-acad players in the HAAL so I won in the classroom so my season in my eyes wasn’t that bad. But you are talking about W/L so yes its on me. But it will not happen in 2012…..
Thanks for the breakdown !!
This will be my last post b/c this has beome out of control with all the hating from non-coaches …
Dons Pride 2012
November 28th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
jb u keep coaching, these haters couldnt do the ob, they have no idea the time a coach puts in keep building ur program
November 28th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Coach mac marin catholic is d4 give dem a call. Aint da oal d2 4 state? U beat the top d2 teams u go state. I would luv 2 c if oaklands best could hang wit grant. Wat ebal team granada? Haal stinks if u aint playn bod u aint sayn much. Samuels must have been a carter recruit then if he lives n da west how did he get n at bhigh? Barnes is more of an example how it aint easy n ncs like the oal were all u have 2 gameplan 4 is blast toss n fade! Arroyo lost 2 tennyson who sucked miramonte/tennyson game was over before da half. Da. SEC has the best athletes n college thats y there da best well if da oal has da best athletes how come there league sucks!?
November 28th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
bill
i know lots of kids that go to school out of the district they live in, some kids go to school in the area of where they parents work, but samuels has been in berkeley school dist for a good long while, he went to willard middle school, here u go hating on carter, u talk alot i think u should go and coach somewhere and see if u even get hired and see how good u can coach. comparing the oal is like comparing apples and oranges. whole diff level.
November 28th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
Coach Mac stop “LYING” it’s no secret over here at Fremont that you’re a “Big Snitch” you try to act like you didn’t have nothing to do with it but it’s no secret that you and Coach Barnes started all this snithching mess, so stop trying to hide behind the facts you’re a snitch and you affected alot of kids for nothing including my nephew so you should feel ashamed of yourself. Alot of kids, parents and Fremont Alumni were affected by your decision to snitch, so yes Bill Johnson Coach Mac is a Snitch. And so what you won the Silver Bowl this year you were to scared to play Fremont again in a rematch and I was in the stands at the Silver Bowl so I see why Skyline gave you that game. I don’t like them neither, I heard them and Castlemont also was part of the snitching so all of you guys are snitches…
November 29th, 2011 at 6:42 am
Coach Mac you have no class putting up a bet against kids on a blog. Don’t hate on Pittsburg and Galli success because you’re trying to prove your point. I agree with Bill Johnson take that same $500 bet and play any of the teams on this side of the 680 Concord, Pittsburg, Deer Valley, Freedom, Antioch or DeLaSalle? Until then be quiet and be happy with your fake 10-2 record against a bunch of nobodys
November 29th, 2011 at 7:50 am
Wolfman
You’re right. It is about the kids. Coach Galli is a great coach and person who I like and respect. This was in no form directed at him personally. We gave a friendly competitive grudge. I really want him to win this week. This is it for me with this blog. See you guys next year and Happy Holidays!!
November 29th, 2011 at 2:51 pm
coach mac how did u do it? u had a tough draw n da semi-final wit castlemont. wat a section!
November 29th, 2011 at 3:53 pm
tigers den
what would coach barnes have to gain by so called snitchin on fremont, not saying that either coach did or did not “snitch” write up fremont, but fact is most coaches dont write up other coaches its usually the school admin that does it, in some cases coaches have but i really dont think thats the case here, even if they did well guess what, maybe fremont should take care biz the correct way, i hear many diff things that goes on but dont really know if all of the things are true or not, when people keep saying things of many violations then something must b true, if everything was in order with paperwork and grades and etc then there is nothing to snitch on, so even if both of those coaches did so called snitch, then it mustve been some violation to report, lets be real high school sports is about the student athlete, hence student 1st, so we as adults and coaches should b teaching these kids whats right and wrong. bottom line fremont needs to get they stuff right, stop blaming everybody but the coaching staff and admin.
November 29th, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Wow! Post#43 said it all. In a nutshell! Look at the G.P.A overall for his team. Not to many coaches, or parents are even speaking on grades.
November 29th, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Funny how nobody mentions the NL players at all the other shcools. Fremont is no saint for having knowingly or not used players that should have not played, but isn’t it the commissioner’s office responsible for letting the coaches know if a player in the roster submitted is NL? I hear Skyline played multiple players who are “not on track to graduate” as did Mack and Tech. Someone needs to scrap the OAL and have them join the NCS.
November 29th, 2011 at 11:49 pm
parker
thats lots of hearsay, not saying its true or not but its lots of hearsay. was told by tech coaches of how they lost kids due to the rule of being on sched to graduate, so not sure if they had any nl kids but cant say that didnt 100% sure, but tend to believe a staff that hasnt been known to do that, as far as fremont i would tend to believe that they have had violations due to them having to forfiet games, if it wasnt true then they wouldnt have been forfieted, its not the 1st time i heard of violations the season they won the silver bowl a source who is close in the program and a fremont guy/alum told me they had players playing that was either not clear not student of the school or any oal linked school, hell they best player that year his age was in question, and lots of people know what the truth is, so all these fremont parent and supports are so upset, u should direct ur anger toward the people that were in violation, being the kids coaches and admin. if ur cheating u should get caught and punished we should b teach the kids that there are rules and regulation in life.
November 30th, 2011 at 8:00 am
Although I feel for the other kids on Fremont’s team, there is an obvious problem with Fremont’s football program. Since Denard has left the helm as a the head coach, Fremont has had eligilbility problems every year. Even the year they won it with Concrete and Co. the team was crap until fall grades came out. Look, I do not support coaches ratting out other coaches (Hearsay). When I coached with Carter in the 90′s he made it clear that was something he did not do or tolerate his staff doing. We had enough problems with our own team let alone to be involved with someone elses team, but the writing is on the wall, some changes have to be made at Fremont HS. The pattern of ineligilbity, paper work tardiness and blatant disregard of the practice and camp participation rules have to stop.
November 30th, 2011 at 8:51 am
Everybody keeps making excuses for the OAL, the bottom line the league is weak and for Coach Mac to keep bragging about his record and his Silver Bowl championship is a joke. Also for him to come on a blog and hate against Pittsburg and put up a $500 bet is even more crazy, this man has a ego out of control and to come on a blog and call me MF’s and making bets against kids shows what kind of coach he is and what kind of league he comes from. I don’t know how things are done in the OAL but the coaches in the EBAL or BVAL don’t make bets on kids and insult each other calling them MF’s and puppydogs. We respect each other because we play respectful football on this side of the freeway. Go Pirates
November 30th, 2011 at 9:20 am
Being a former player and coach in the OAL, I am an OAL supporter. The OAL is a special League because of its demographic make up. Many of the issues of crime, homelessness, unstable family households, academic challeges and many other negative influences the coaches and kids have to deal with living in Oakland are what make the success stories of winning the city championship so special. Not only is football the challenge but the outside factors getting to that championship are factors that had to be overcome.
As a native Oaklander I can care less what some people think about the OAL Championship, its our and we own it. The community is extremely proud of it. Oakland teams over the years have proven we can play with the “Big Boys”, Ex.Fardella & Beam’s Skyline teams, Carter’s MACK teams and last years MACK 12-0 team. There have been down years but so what! Our athletes are productive on the next level in spite of the harsh challeges of life. If you don’t like it, don’t watch. We the OAL supporters don’t care either way.
November 30th, 2011 at 9:22 am
I do not support the trivial insults or betting.
November 30th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
I cosign Warrior Jacket 100%. You’re right on with post #57.
If you don’t live in Oakland or appreciate the life challenges and scarce resources some of these athletes, coaches, parents and schools are facing, just keep your mouth shut and go on about your business. That means you WOLFMAN. OAL does not care about your dfal, bval, ebal or mval leagues. It’s not just about football. It’s about the young men showing up everyday, working hard, and staying in school. We’re proud of them win lose or draw and they are proud to compete for silver bowls because of the players and teams that came before them.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
When we played OAL teams in the early seventies there were no problems that are mentioned on this blog. Castlemont, Oakland High and Fremont were large teams, very organized and boasted a wealth of talent. Also, the coaches were long term figureheads who stuck around for more than a few seasons. Many players were also track and baseball stars, interesting the OAL doesn’t represent in track anymore at a high level. I knwo the demographics have changed since back then, but how much of these rumors and allegations about transfers, grades, eligability, etc. are true?
If they are then the CIF needs to step in and correct it immediately. The OAL and the coaches and AD’s need to get together with the CIF for guidance and help. Pointing fingers at one another, forfeiting games and using race and demographics don’t work. I believe an inner city school went all the way to the state finals several years back, however their organization and coaching was recognized whoever say them. This is what the OAL needs, some Southern California organization. The criteria for the players needs to be maintain your GPA. That’s where it starts. I am sure there are parents, teachers and organizations in Oakland that can lend a hand in tutoring, then the coaches need to use the accountability issue. Also, allowing all these school transfers on ultiple occasions for some players is not only not good for them but also the teams and schools. How can anyone maintain any academic consistancy transfering to 3 different schools? I might sound like some suburb homer, but improvement can’t happen unless all factions group together for one common goal, the student first, then the player.
November 30th, 2011 at 3:40 pm
warriorjacket and oh boy
im behind u all the way, people not from oakland and richmond area dont understand what its like, its really rough these days for the kids. u guys are on point, yeah wj im not with the bet on kids either, not saying its right but when u throw insults dont b some mad when a person send them back, but lets try to keep it civil gents, lets be good examples for these kids
bigjoe
yes the oal schools are way diff now from when u played, i believe some of the schools were even bigger, my parent and almost all of my fam went to castlemont and other oal schools, violence wasnt nowhere near what it is now, coaches were teachers and staff members at the school, even when i was in high school in the 90′s most if not all p.e. teachers were coaches of 1 and sometime more sports, thats has changed for lots of schools, not all oakland residents go to oal schools, some parents put thier kids in private [BOD st liz st joes etc] and some go to out of oakland public, really can kinda understand that, as far as track cant explain how and why recently the big drop off in track when 4 of 6 have an all weather track now, when i was in high school nobody in the oal had a trackk we had league meets at laney, and that wasnt much better b4 they resurfaced the track lol, maybe partly due to losing lots of good coaches to other leagues and coaching at the college level, zo carter, curtis taylor, d hampton, now recently jamal cooks, to name a few. year b4 last skyline had a good team but had some injured kids toward the end of the season 1 being 1 of the states top hurdlers in noah blue inj at the oakland section. but its way too much talent in the section but not lots of interest of GOOD track coaches, and track and baseball is good for football players in the offseason, but i can bet that money is a big issue on some things
November 30th, 2011 at 8:47 pm
The little Jimmies out in Moraga gots to go to Santa Rosa. Don’t tell them about 4th Street. In the day when we traveled to the Santa Rosa Relays we hung out and logged on 4th at the Motel 6. Lots of women walkin’ the street back then, made ya faST FOR THE NEXT MORNIN’ QUALIFYING. All to no avail though, whiteboy Joe DeDora had a FIELD DAY in the sprints and mile relay, took Sammy Burns and lots of East Bay stars. He had a 46.8 relay leg wearing blue pimp socks and gold addias. Sheeeeet!!!!!
November 30th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
The Moragans will be hanging out at the mall or Santa Rosa Ice Ring playing gameboy.
November 30th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Let’s get one thing straight Oh Boy and Pirate football I have no problem with the OAL as a whole it’s just coaches like Coach Mac give your league a bad image with show boating, cursing on blogs, making bets against kids and most of all bragging about his so called accomplishments. I’ve followed the OAL for years when they use to play the big dogs with Beam, Kieffer and Carter. This guy Coach Mac is a clown and o’yeah a Snitch also. So don’t talk bad about the NCS Teams if you haven’t played anybody yourself that’s all I’m saying. Go Pirates
December 1st, 2011 at 2:38 am
wolfman
just like warriorjacket was saying im not with the betting and etc, but it seems like all the pitt fans was upset last year when mack beat u guys and he was talking lots of trash talk, let b real had yall won that game it wouldve been the other way, now if i was a head coach not sure i would b on here or at least would let people know im the head coach at whatever school, i think it really rubbed lots of people that a head coach would b on a blog talk big trash talk, well to each is own, but for people that knows coach mac he is a big trash talker in person thats just him, but lots of coaches are confident and some even take it to trash talking, thats just how some people are and he does have a right to do so. i wont crucify him for being very confident maybe a lil over, and a trash talker cuz im not like that, but the bet i really dont think he was that serious but who knows. maybe ur pitt coach shouldve kept them on the schedule, would been better than what u ended up with castlemont
December 2nd, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Coach Mac won the silver Bowl far&square last year with thats said, This year was a different story, deep down inside he know’s mack won this SilverBowl without playing the only team capable of beating them in the OAL! Coach Mac, Big Llyod of castlemont, Coach JB of arroyo all came together and went to Johnny Loriago, Complaining about Fremonts head coach.. oh yeah, we cant forget about Mack’s other Coach “POO” he’s the biggest Rat of them all.. Anybody who knows anything about this OAL, knows Johnny Loriago’s been dirty for years, always in favor of Mack where he attended & Castlemont where he worked for multiple years.. The OAL is a corrupt league from the top down, in desprite need of new leadership..
December 6th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Yeah I hear they just suspended the boy basketball coach at oakland high, but know opne really knows why! Crazy, these cats are off the hook! The OAL is terrible!
December 17th, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Coach Mack why don’t you try schedule Campolindo next year.