Sunday Morning Quarterback: The offseason is here and the fun is just beginning …

I thought Big Bob was gonna come out of his chair when I got near the Monrovia victory bell BEFORE the Mid-Valley championship game. Aram and the M-Town bell was such a compelling photo, Chris Rix felt the need to retweet the stunning image to his minions last night. Speaking of Rix, he may have something coming for us all to enjoy this week. Stay tuned on this blog for that … Congrats obviously go out to the Valley’s two CIF championship programs: West Covina and Monrovia. OK enough, let’s get to some buzz. It seems I can’t go anywhere these days without hearing the Kurt Scoby-to-Monrovia rumors. I guess some people are unfazed by all the eligibility denials under the current CIF guidelines these days. It’s an interesting thought: Scoby was a Duarte Hawk, he’s got ties to M-Town, M-Town needs a RB for next season … but he’d still have to get eligible with CIF. Speaking of which, I’m not alone in hoping the current transfer rules are abolished this spring. It makes for fun reporting when dudes are moving all over the place. The rich might get richer at West Covina this offseason. Two of Antonio “Noodles” Hull’s Snoop Youth League teammates are reportedly considering the Mike Maggiore’s empire among a couple of private schools for their high school destinations. Although they’d be frosh next year, they’re reportedly old enough and good enough to be varsity players. Speaking of the Noodler, word was that he gave West Covina’s first-team defense more trouble last week in practice than La Serna QB Frankie Palmer did in the actual game. One West Covina coach said “we couldn’t tackle him, he just kept getting away”. Let’s see how the offseason goes, but my money says that’s your West Covina next year. Speaking of Coach Maggiore (muh-jor-ee), I made the mistake of playing catch with him during warmups for the Southeast Division championship. I had no clue that cold night + cold pigskin + under-thrown ball = sprained middle finger for Aram. I showed Maggiore the damage on the sideline at the Monrovia game on Saturday night … over and over again. Tip Sanders’ firing … yes, I said firing … and Todd Quinsey’s resignation are just the tip of the iceberg in what should be an amazing offseason of coaching changes/moves. Speaking of which, I spoke to former Duarte coach Wardell Crutchfield Jr. at the Mid-Valley championship and he said he might be making a return to the sideline. It won’t be as a head coach, but it will be as a defensive coordinator. I asked where, and Crutch said “Somewhere from Pomona to Pasadena“. That tells me little other than Crutch will be in the coverage area, which is a good thing. New Duarte coach Jason Martin is related to former Muir standout Demetrice Martin, who is currently an assistant coach at his alma mater Washington. Back to Charter Oak, in addition to Amat the Chargers might be playing Tesoro next season. That sounds good and that may be, but where you callin from, what city? I guess that would certainly get the Chargers ready for the Sierra and the Inland, but hopefully Big Lou and staff realize that depth is an issue when you’re in the 626 and competing against the 909 (or 951) in Noviembre. Like a lot of people, I’m wondering what will show up on CO’s doorstep this offseason in the form of a QB. If Monrovia was able to land a Blake Heyworth from St. Francis, then you gotta think prospects might be coming from as far away as the OC to throw the ball Aaren Vaughns and Bryce Bobo next season. OK, maybe the OC is a stretch, but you just know somebody is coming from somewhere. Looking back to the summer passing circuit, which feels like just yesterday, I’m wondering if it showed us anything at all. For every Charter Oak that flashed what great things were coming once the season started, there was a West Covina, which lost its first two games of the SGV Shootout and made a short afternoon of things. The Bulldogs were literally eating tacos while the rest of the tourney carried on. Diamond Bar won it … Azusa was runner up. See what I mean? One result that meant something and one result that meant nothing. But it does make for good blog fodder. Back to West Covina and Monrovia. It’s gonna be hard to see them get bumped up in division when league changes won’t be taking place this year. Remember, it’s not just the team that gets bumped up, but the entire league. I could go on and on, but I won’t (for now). You’re gonna wanna keep it here, though, because things are funna to get interesting very soon …