Scouting Guru's 2008 football review

Guru is right on so many levels: he did say somethings could not be discussed at this time case in point would be Seals. Also Darion Johnson does not have an offer or committment to Oregon but we all believe he will have offers. The one thing he is truly right is about the all star game, if you want to see the most successful kids play it needs to be done in December or January before these kids leave in June to their respective colleges. Coaches have sat in our living room and we have asked about Guru and they all take stock and says he gets the SGV kids names out there who otherwise may have not have had a chance. If that is what he does for these kids then keep doing it.

the only real problem(s) stinking up in the city of Rosemead is the stench of Rosemead HS Varsity Football choke in the championship game AND the Detroit Lions coach - what great things to be proud of Rosemead!

!!FEAR THE STENCH!!

Before you talk smack about Mater Dei's Matt Barkley you really should consider who his competition has been this season...

Mater Dei faced Carson, Corona Centennial, and Servite before the Trinity League.

You speak of Matt Barkley like he had a poor season playing the same teams that Charter Oak or South Hills played this year! LOL!

As much as you hate to admit it, Mr. Guru, there is a huge difference between a player's stats that come against the best programs in the state and/or nation and the typical San Gabriel Valley program that typically considers ONE visit from a Pac-5 powerhouse (like Mater Dei) comparable to a Super Bowl.

Statistics are not just statistics. You must always consider the level of competition. Those boys over at Bishop played against more than one team that had 3 or 4 or more Division 1 recruits!!!!!!

Bishop's players did not rack up stats against Nogales, Wilson, or Pioneer! LMFAO! I know this, the scouts know this, everyone with a half a brain knows this...

Mater Dei's Matt Barkley is getting a full ride to a DIV 1 school, Mr. Guru, regardless of his "statistics"

You can't measure Matt Barkley the way you measure Chris Allen. They did not even come close to having similar levels of competition.

Basically, stats are crap unless the stats of the opponents are taken into consideration...

Otherwise, all you will have is a bunch of hyped up JC kids wondering why in the world they did not get a scholarship...

LEVEL OF COMPETITION IS EVERYTHING! WHY IS IT THAT ONLY BISHOP PEOPLE KNOW THIS???

soo its after christmas?
wheres is it at FRED?!

you guys are brutally tough on the guru. i'm inclined to believe that anyone working on behalf of the kids in the sgv should get a pat on the back. the only thing i'd wonder is if the guru is uncovering any "diamonds in the rough" that many aren't talking about. that would be great. i also have to agree with dan in that the ify kid is constantly talked about but when i saw him play, i wasn't terribly impressed either. i can't remember the smaller receiver's name or number, but he was more electric. don't know if the young man ify was great in other games, but just watching him play made me wonder about his "big time" abilities. i didn't really see it.

If there is money to be made writing the "scouting" gibberish that this "GURU" puts down on paper - then I am going to be a millionaire! Seriously: if this James guys is making one dollar for his football observations, then I am starting my own scouting service immediately.

Get lost James and quit jocking South Hills so hard - they simply were not that good this year - period!

Hey James,
Could you please you spell check when writing on the blog. "Embarrassing" that you can't spell. I am sure that you are aware of the current state budget crisis that is impacting school districts state wide. Then again, probably not James. Putting turf down at the Covina District Field is not a priority for the school district when they are looking to cut 3-4 million dollars for this year when the state revises their budget in January. By the way, James was eating with Bogan trying to get his job back because the "scouting service" was an absolute joke. There was no "we" in the service. It was James and only James.

"GURU"
You can't seem to shake that South Hills bias, it will probably take a few years being away from South Hills to get rid of it, but then again I saw
you eating last week with coach Bogan as I was driving away from the drive thru at Carl's jr. that tells me there will alway's be a South Hills tilt in your reports.
Goss is a good LB but isn't close to Lengel, as
for Iffy, I only saw S.Hills twice[vs Los Altos & West Covina], but in those games he was not even the best reciever on his team, Vaughns was more impressive in both games, maybe Umodu excelled in other games.

"guru, do you really think Matt Barkley did not tear it up this year?"

I'll answer for the guru... no MaTT Barkley "didn't tear it up" 23 td passes and 18 interceptions. He slid down the evaluation charts as well.

do u know of any offers to players in the MVL

bill miller, thanks for the info. I saw the sh/rowland game and said at the time that bj was teh best athlete on the field. tremendous upside. tremendous ability to get open and run after balls in the air. yes i know balls are in the air but if anyone doesn't know what that means then you've never played. some wrs catch what's thrown to them, some catch balls when they are behind the defense and some catch balls that shouldn't be caught, Bj does all that PLUS catches deep balls in the air when others would give up on the pattern. bj's tough, tough, tough. best of luck to him

maybe you need to check the stats for recievers in the san antonio league. b.j. oyefeso of rowland was #1 over both south hills players. b.j. is 6"3+., 215lbs, runs a 4.5 40 and has a 35' VERTICAL LEAP.

sgv scouting

James, you're becoming very old news..

Get some credentials in some field of work, learn somethng about the business, then try again.

Your a sorry excuse for a Scout..

Thanks for the questions and "friendly" comments. I will have a column next week answers to your questions.

One thing, Diamond Ranch does an excellent job of sending film out and would no tbe surprised if a D-2 or D-3 took a flyer on Bonilla and Spirlin.

See you next week.

James, jaime or whatever your name is can you please stop making South Hills the center of OUR universe?

Lengyl is a monster at MLB. Case clased. He's eaner everyone's respect an ids going to one of the military acadamies to eventually serve our country. He's doing this in a time of war.

Your stupid throw away comment is just worthless. Thanks for nothing.

Of course the D1AA coach rates Goss better than Lengyl.
1) He doesn't have a shot at Lengyl
2) He's talking to a SH Homer like you

I talked to you a couple of times on the sideline of games and to mock that parent is just stupid again. Why?Why do you think his comment was anything more than parental pride. Have kids Jaime? No. Didn't think so.

One question I do have for you is this.

You mention "we" alot. as in "we wre minding our business" and "we" believe this or that...who is "WE"?

Maybe if your asssestments of players was based on a group rather than just you it might hold more water.

Either way James I've tried to be supportive of your role here but when all you do is lather every comment with a SH reference ...well it just doesn't have merit anymore for me.

You've been on the sidelines of a couple of DR games. Most from what I saw ...at the end of games. DR was a better team than SH. Better players across the board except QB.

DR had a better line, better TE, Better DBs, Better RB and yet the litmus test is always SH.

James...who played in the Championship Game?

I am LMAO reading this guys crap. Amazing how the tribune assoicates themselves with this loser.

CO better than Amat. James, play some football then get back to us.

slaker, I think Chris Allen is great too, but DI's don't just give people looks. That kid has to fit a need or have what the school is looking for. "Just give them a good look"? C'mon, you're naivety is killing me and shows that you don't really understand how this stuff works. Hopefully Allen gets some looks but I agree with the Guru in his assessment of the kid. He should look into conferences like the SWAC. He'd probably still be allowed to play qb and would kill in one of those schools.

I guess the Guru missed Teague from Pomona..

I am sure he'll be off the mark with others too!

Some just won't talk about it on this blog. Its not a very positive marketing tool for any player. Especially because this A##hole James keeps trying to profit off kids..

I know James, you don't take money from parents, just use their names. LOL

Guru, you didn't mention anything about Seals from Amat. You also didn't mention Cid from West Covina. If you uncovered anything about those two, that would probably give you a bit more credibility with some. By the way, you keep pumping the Ify kid. He's awkward and average at best. Yes, he has good size, but I'd like to see the list of schools (DI) who plan to offer him early. As for Ricky Johnson, the kid runs hard and I hope a team takes a flyer on him. I only saw him against Amat and he didn't light the world on fire that day, but I think he was nicked up and still showed explosiveness at times. Darian Johnson is small, but most likely a Pac-10 player and easily the best corner in this area (not just Amat homing there). Didn't the Guru say as much in an early blog this season? Geoffrey Vaughns is very athletic, but I wonder about the level of competition he plays and I've heard somewhere that he doesn't have the best attitude or work ethic. I could be wrong, but I would think he's a DIAA or DII kid.

Comments on Chris Allen are dubious to say the least. Having watched Chris since he was 8 ys old. The freshmen team at CO was a powerhouse Allen in his younger years was a MLB and destroyed runnig backs. Any look at him should think about this . Taking him out of this roll worked for Big Lou as Chris adapted. Chris like Evan Williams a MLB as freshman and Tyler Perri can play many positions.
What I am saying is these young men can adapt and play well for any coach. Can they play Div 1 ball ? Maybe, just give them a good look.

Remember Guru comments about Slam earlier in the year...

We'll I guess he was wrong AGAIN!!!!

JAMES E

YOU HAVE TO BE A COMPLETE MORON TO COMPARE DEEN TO BARKLEY.

HAVE DEEN COMPETE AT BARKLEY LEVEL AND LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU GET WORSE EVERY TIME YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH. I THINK YOU SHOULD BE PUT BACK IN THE STANDS OR CARRYING THE WATER FOR BOGAN.

I GUESS FRED IS TRYING TO SELL MORE SPACE BECAUSE THE HITS ARE REALLY LOW LATELY.

GET A NEW JOB JAMES, THE BOYS AT THE TRACK STILL LAUGH AT YOU LIKE MANY ON HERE..

As long as you guys respond to the guru's thread Fred will continue to give him gray space. If you want the guru to go away just don't post Period!

Guru,

You are right about the SD parent opening their mouth. That was stupid! However, you can get the hell off the sidelines as well. People don't want you there, they just don't want to hurt your feelings. Enough of trying to make yourself feel important, people that know you understand you're a joke. We all laugh at you man!! Go away.

guru, do you really think Matt Barkley did not tear it up this year? he played 3 times as well as Deen, his arm strength alone is off the charts,at least the equal of Elways at Granada Hills, if not better.Of course Mater Dei, plays at a level 10 times as high as SH, factor that in, then to not have the facts as far as pertaing to Mustain and Corp, another faux pas, as far as Sanchez coming back next year(he will) Deen would not be the scout team QB for at least 3 years,with those guys all in front of him, making the "possibility"scholarship nearly zilch, at least McDonald was recruited and had Ivy League possibilities out of Newport Harbor and his dad has a little pull at SC,so he had a lot more to offer there, you're so far far from reality on this "situation" it's pathetic, hopefully the Deans put nothing into your "opinion"

Merry Christmas To ALL !!

RHS Congrats on a GREAT SEASON.

FIGHT ON
TM

Guru thanks for showing Rosemead some love. I think that Fred should show some love as well, but he has us at number eight.

The Foothill-Citrus unit really does officiate well. I'm going to have to agree that the OC units are awful. They'll give a playoff game to just about anyone. I didn't see the South Hills-Schurr game, but they I saw a few playoff games last year, and their mechanics were horrible.
Whitey, in the playoffs, officiating crews from any unit can do any game in Southern California. The CO-Rowland game was a San Gabriel Valley unit. The DR-West Covina game was a Coachella Valley unit. The CO-DR final was a Long Beach unit. Also, they take individuals from various units and compile an all-star crew for some of the finals and the CIF Bowl Games.

Mitch Mustain is a redshirt sophomore-has two years left, Aaron Corp is a redshirt freshman-has three years left. Guru needs to get accurate info to make accurate 2008 review.

I realize that Rosemead had a good season. But to dismiss Rowland by just saying--- "In our opinion, Rosemead beats Rowland. We'll just leave it at that."---is disrespectful to the Rowland team and the season they worked hard for.

AT LEAST THE GURU SHOWS ROSEMEAD SOME RESPECT!!! UNLIKE FRED, WHAT? RANK 8 RIDICULOUS!!!

Fred,
Must be tamale season, that was some spicy writing above!
And agreed renovate COVINA DISTRICT FIELD!!!!!!!!!
Another idea while we are on the subject, rent it to the COVINA VIKINGS to share cost, then they won't have to play on that crappy field @ Covina HS!!!
Feel's good to lash out once in a while, keep up the good work!

Hey 2 cents,
What's up dude, not good to carry that much anger this time of year!
From what I see Fred works about 9-14 hrs a day 6 days a week! I personally love his sports work, and if you did'nt, why are you here!!!!!
Merry Christmas your therapy angel!

Guru means donkey in Spanish. My son personally plays at Diamond Ranch and I was told personally by Coach Layton he said no one sends more tapes to more schools at every level including Division III colleges than ourselves and Charter Oak. Coach Layton told me matter of fact that both of our schools are working together to advocate for every student athlete regardless of if they played for Charter Oak or Diamond Ranch. I am very impressed with the professionalism amongst schools supporting their players in the best interest of their futures. Last I heard several Division 1-AA schools were looking at four or five Charter Oak players and hopefully a few more of our young men. I was very pleased when Coach Layton told me that our league produces college football players every year and the two C.I.F. Finalists have the creditability and reputation of "getting kids out" sort of speak. Good luck on making dreams come true. Merry Christmas!

wow still doing football topics...this is crazyyyy

WINTER SPORTS PLEASE!

Guru,

I hear you. A lot was said this past year by myself and other Stang supporters and we ate A TON of crow after the first round ouster by DR. Disappointing to say the least, but hey, we'll take it on the chin for now.

BUT, coming from a self-professed South Hills Husky hack like yourself your words ring hollow and simply don't resonate. Had Muir played ANYONE other than DR and CO they would've continued on. Yes, I know, woulda-coulda-shoulda, but your team lost to the same team mine lost to. Had we played Shurr like you guys do you honestly think we wouldn't have won?

My one wish of playing SH was not granted unfortunately, because the way our teams matched up there is no way SH would have been victorioous. With NO run game to speak of the SH offense would have been forced to play to our strength....our DB's. DR realized this and in the rematch threw the rock about 5 times which was a smart move on their behalf. But hey, it didn't happen and we both lost to one of the finalists. And for a team that some on here early on in the season called a possible "state championship" team, wouldn't you say that SH also "underachieved?" I would.

Your a joke!!! You know nothing, never played the game and are a hack. You don't have any connections at any schools. I have mine and I can tell you that your off base on most of these players. You should do what you do best. Which is nothing. If anything your making it worse for the kids you so call represent with game tape that coaches basically put on their desk. How can you live with yourself? Oh thats right, the alleged issue in Kentucky is still hanging over your head. Hey Fred why don't you get someone who knows about football and has a Bachelors degree from a college. Not some two bit hack who can't spot talent if it him.

I am all for CO being number 1 but how in the hell do you put SH at #4. What is the basis for that choice.

I haven't forgot the Montview, but I promised the league coordinator I wouldn't publish it until after Christmas.

A little off topic but you forgot to list the all montview league players. They need their props also fred!!!

Hagerty just might be coach of the year, but for the umpteenth time, spell it right(hagarty) ouch! how is SH ahead of WC, didn't they play in the second round? who has scoreboard? what is up with that? don't complain about OC football officials, Schurr is in Montebello, get a clue willya! I believe Johnson from Amat, has already committed to Oregon, I believe I read it in the trib, will someone read it for coach high-me........... coach waterboy is such a homer, but he has surpassed his usual,smug,condescending self with his seasonbs finale, notice it's 2/3 SH propaganda, husky this husky that, laughable and the tribs usual level of coverage.weak, very weak