As many of you should know, I absolutely love getting Diamond Ranch coach Roddy Layton’s takes on all things football. He never holds back and that’s that.

Anyway, quite a few people have remarked to me that they haven’t heard much about D-Ranch on the blog so far this spring/summer. And I got to thinking that D-Ranch didn’t have any players who made the top 10 in my QB, RB or WR rankings and for some reason I hadn’t heard from Coach Layton when I usually would under such circumstances.

Does that mean D-Ranch is in trouble or just laying low … Coach Layton provided the answer …

“We lost in the first round last year. It’s time to be quiet.”

… On just how good last year’s West Covina team was compared to previous Charter Oak teams …

“That West Covina team was good. The Charter Oak team we played our first year in the finals was the best team we played. That team was better than the two Amat teams we played (in ’08 and ’09). West Covina was good (last year). They got their rings. But they weren’t better than those two teams.”