Well said "Thanks Roddy".

Roddy Layton....YOU THE MAN !!!!!

Best of luck DIamond Ranch...and Diamond Bar...give it a rest.
You're begining to sound a bit envious...and it shows.

The sad thing is people from out of the area wrote positive comments about coach Layton and the people from the city where Layton grew up and serves are waging war. I had the priviledge of having my daughter coached by Roddy and am very thankful to know him. He was never caught up in the politics of the league simply coached the girls to best of his and their abilities. He was coaching football at Mt. Sac and spent the late evenings and weekends coaching girls softball. He represented the league with class and took our girls the furthest any one team has ever gone in League history. He always stayed true to his Diamond Bar routes and proudly wore Diamond Bar across his chest. The city and parents recognized him as one fo the cities Finest. He coached Little League and was a board Memeber with Coach Sam Slay for the Diamomd Bar Walnut Youth Basketball league. He continues to stay in our area and turns out tremendous talent with his teams. Regardless where he goes people are attracted to him and he always has a smile and is willing to sit and talk. He goes out of his way to help players from other schools because he believes strongly in helping others. He takes on the best and does what he can to prepare his teams for a championship. He lost to a great CO team and immediately turned around and did a classy interview. He still has a strong bond with is softball girls (many who are DBHS girls) and is comfortable with families on both sides. If he is complimented so much by people outside of our city, shouldn't we, the people he serves, also show him some love. I see Layton more as a uniter than a divider. People who have posted making it sound like their is a clash in the city of Diamond Bar has not had thier children in Diamond Bar Pop Warner, Diamond Bar Little League, Diamond Bar Girls Softball or Diamond Bar Youth Basket ball. Because if you have, you would know that Roddy has served them all under the name of our city Diamond Bar.

D.R. parent = Wayne Goodwin lol..lol...lol....Didn't your kid go to D.B. didn't make the cut so you took him to D.R.?

Just a comment to those Diamond Bar parents from the previous articles "Talking to Layton is always interesting." Both Erica Miller and Brittany LaRosa live in the DR area. Actually the Millers are from Pomona. Uh oh are they Ghetto? Is Diamond Bar Ghetto. Don't talk about players coming to DR when you don't know your facts. We put up where our players came from. Don't pretend that you don't have players in all sports who live out of your area. I believe Robbie Torres also resided on the Northside. And I know you are going to say that those parents took their kids out of the Pomona schools to better their education. Don't you think the few Pomona kids who use addresses to get into DR are doing the same. DR is Diamond Bar. Even the City recognized them! We are DR!

All I have been reading on this blog when it comes to LA is about the mass exit. At the banquet last night most of the parents were talking about if they were staying or transferring out, not about next year. The future of LA doesn’t look very good.

I talked to a friend over at Wilson; the talk over there is they are bringing back the freshmen coaches in attempt to pull the local talent. These are the coaches that are well like in the community and turned around the program a couple of years ago. This is something that the AD and the parents all have been working toward. If this happens I think a lot of the LA parents maybe looking at our cross-town rivals as a option.

The thing that bugs me most is that people are always trying to make DR sound like it is in the heart of Pomona. It is on the top of the hill in the corner of Phillips Ranch, Chino Hills and Diamond Bar. The students are diverse with equal share of ethnicities. We have one feeder school and I am sure there are students from local schools who find their way into our great school. People do the same to get into DB, Walnut, Chino Hills, etc. The school is sound with their academics and sports programs. The people in Diamond Bar , on both sides, need to realize that both schools are great academic institutions who each year produce students who attend major colleges. The article was an insight on a good coach who believes in his players, school, and his abilities and this has turned into a Civil War of Diamond Bar residence. The city we all love and live in deserves much better than both sides are showing. We are much classier than that no matter which side of Grand you live on.

My housekeepers three children attend Diamond Ranch High School, they live in Pomona by the D.M.V., I REALLY doubt 70% are from Diamond Bar really guys.

I agree with Engage and Conquer, LA Administration needs to make an offer to Coach Roddy Layton if they want this program to make a turn around. Rumor is that Felipe knows his X" 7 O's but is way to soft and the kids don't respect him. Also been hearing that some core players will be transferring out to various SGV schools cause they know they have nothing left at LA. LA needs to bring in a coach with credentials, pleae look at Coach Layton he will bring back LA back to wining. Felipe you need to coach Frosh or JV's or assist someone like Layton. Gano set you up cause he knew he was not going to be there.

When DBHS first opened they played varsity football with just sophmores and took their lumps as teams showed no mercy on them. Their junior year they played Ganesha in the cifss championship using juniors and sophs and had no seniors. By the time the teams with Kraig Washington,Rich Gonzales,Larry Vladic were seniors they beat Baldwin Park for the cifss title and the brahmas first. BP was led by qb Michael Johnson. The first game I even attended was Ganesha vs DB and saw the brahmas win a wild game which they showed no mercy as payback. Their was a big fight during he game and the sheriff cars were lining the north end zone. This was the best DBHS team I have seen with a solid running game/pass/defense. My son is a 97 grad of Diamond Bar and due to the great education was able to get into Princeton.

You said DB went to the CIF Championship before they had seniors? They had a senior class and they lost to Ganesha at Citrus college. Our team was made up of mostly Diamond Bar players. Yes Diamond Bar has more titles than DR. They have been around longer, but if we want to look at ancient history tally up the glory days of Ganesha with the Diamond Bar residence. Add some of the Amat victories as well because many parents sent their children there too. No one is going to do that because Ganesha is not the same team as the past. With that said Ganesha is willing to play DR and wants to schedule them. I think the frusterating part is the fact that our children grow up together and when they hit high school age you swear our children arre suddenly "ghetto kids." When did Diamond Bar become the Ghetto?

#2 Henley Lorbeer

They are saying on another thread "Just Tribbing" that Rick Alcantar is the imfamous King Stud. Is that true Dranch clan? Anyone involved in youth sports knows he is a bozo Lombardi wanna-be, and that stuff about him and his strained relationship with the kid is no surprise. I think the whole thing is hilarious. Fess up now Ranch rowdies, is he the mouth hiding behind the King Stud byline?

I was a student at Diamond Bar high School in 1985. Diamond Bar High School did routine checks of valid address's. They would come to your address that you had on your paperwork at 4;30 a.m. on a school morning if you were not at the address you couldn't go to Diamond Bar that's a fact Don they were so strict about it that's why there was such a HUGE price difference from the cost of a north end house compared to the south end.I was on the football team, me and my buddies all lived around Evergreen school and the high school. Gonzo,Washington, Ledesma, Vladic,etc...So, Don get your facts straight maybe you were hit by one to many golf balls, I know the facts I played there!Before open enrollment it was NOT easy. Open enrollment hasn't been around that long.

hey "what a joke"...tell the truth...would your sissified a$$ have been on that field?

I didn't think so.

I thought we established "you never played one down of any sport"

at least your screen name is correct and appropriate...

"what a joke"....I'm sure I'm not the first person you call you by that name.now go get a warm hot chocolate and go mimi willya?

Hey sports fan
Like Roddy said we'll meet you at the local park if you want.
Posted by: DRanch

???? DRanch,

Ok this sound like you talk the talk but o wait. right before that game you will call and say you cant come play. am i right? thats what you did 3 years ago. or do you not remember in your lil pretend world.

Don,

There no need to try and convince these people, In fact do not respond. They have made it clear on several occasions that they are flat out living in the past. And I am guessing that Race is now the issue. Your fighting a civil war because all they can do is think about the past. Post Closed, lets move forward.

Diamond Bar didn't have Seniors the first year they opened....We went to C.I.F. that year suck it Don!

Man, I knew those little brahma mamas were sitting on this. Touchy, huh?

You can cram the “feeder” thing, if a kid lives in Diamond Bar and wants to attend Diamond Bar High School it can be done. Clearly, there are kids who live in the City and want to attend school in, (HORRORS!), Pomona. Get over it. I lived on Golden Prados for 3 years in the mid 80's before the hooting drunks in golf carts and Top Flites off the windows got old.

I wasn't a Dad when I lived in D B, but I at that time Lorbeer was a “feeder” for Ganesha HS although we had plenty of kids on my street who were students at Diamond Bar, at least two of whom were prominent athletes. Now Diamond Ranch was built in 1997 and had it's first graduating class in 2001 so to suggest they should have been playing a 3000 student school five years before they had seniors is a little disingenuous, don't you think?

BTW, you might consider spacing your posts over different screen names a little further apart bonehead, it'll improve what little credibility you have.

Hope your kid makes the team bozo.

Don, you a dumba**, there not leaving D.B. high Lorbeer is the feeder school to Diamond Ranch DUH! Pomona Unified School District, the North end of Diamond Bar has ALWAYS been Pomona Unified. Dumb comment Donny-boy!

Don,Why didn't Diamond Ranch want to play Diamond Bar, say 12 years ago? or even 8 years ago? 4 years ago? they have been aound for 14 years....hmmm they would have gotten their a** kicked that's why! Yes, D.B. has changed to the majority of Asians it's the truth it's not raciest it's the truth. I find it funny that Roddy spouts off his mouth now.I have driven by D.R. also when they get out of school....I feel like I'm in other country as well....South of the border.....Just the truth people! One last thing Don CHOKE on a purple sock buddy!

Curious list this. I knew of the connection some, (only about 6 or 7), of the D R H S kids have to D B and posted a couple weeks ago: “Diamond Bar – Local youth ball organizations keep pumping out talent, they keep going elsewhere. Could it be the purple socks?”, in a Baseball blog.

This enraged a couple of baby brahma daddies who took me to task over it for a couple days. If the list is correct, I can see why they were defensive.

That is some talent right there at the corner of Golden Springs and Diamond Bar Blvd, and although Lorbeer is closer, (in more ways than one), to Diamond Ranch High than it is to Diamond Bar High, it's still Diamond Bar.

Heres the cold hard truth,

Neither will you or any of your "Good ole Boys"!!!

That's a long list of guys who won't ever represent the city of DB as Champions of anything other than intramural lunch time sports. And that, is a fact!

#1 Curiel Lorbeer
#3 Sprilin Lorbeer
#4 Sermons Lorbeer
#5 Staten Lorbeer
#7 Layton Lorbeer
#8 Viramontes Lorbeer
#9 Sawyer Lorbeer
#12 Bonilla Lorbeer
#17 Marley Lorbeer
#21 White Lorbeer
#22 Price Lorbeer
#41 Cornejo Lorbeer
#42 Bonilla Lorbeer
#46 Stam Lorbeer
#54 Lengyel Lorbeer
#55 Escobedo Lorbeer
#56 Tinnin Lorbeer
#57 Wells Lorbeer
#76 Vickers Lorbeer
#84 Williams Lorbeer
#88 Wilson Lorbeer

Did I miss any key players? Lorbeer is in Diamond Bar for Diamond Bar and Phillips Ranch Students. One feeder School. Enough talk about other cities. We are Diamond Bar. You should know our sons played Pop Warner and Little League together. These are players who has been in Layton's program for the last few years. He challenges them physically and mentally. He puts them through rigorous workout routines to increase speed, explosion, balance and strength. Layton himself is a Diamond Bar native and understands the significance of a DR vs. DB game. The people in Diamond Bar on both sides like Layton and when he coached Little League and softball was successful and liked by both sides. He knows as many DB players as the DB coaches.

Crybaby,

Scoreboard? Where are the flags? Where are your banners? Up your a$$ maybe, but certainly not flying high. Embrace your failure to wave anything other than your limp wrist!

Roddy Layton is an amazing individual. I usually go on for days but what more can be said about a man than I am proud to say he's my friend. Best of luck next year Roddy.

When the season was over Roddy texted me something I want to share with the blog. (Hope you don't mind Roddy)

"Never stop loving the game."

What more needs to be said. The man is magic !

"A man is never judged by the times he is knocked down but by the times he gets up and refuses to quit."

To the 'little man" that believes diamond Ranch has done nothing...LOOK IN THE MIRROR.

Diamond Bar is the weak sister of the Sierra League. I saw both teams THIS year and DR would have destroyed DB. Ohysically, mentally and yes emotionally.

How is it that DB talks trash to ANYONE when they are so WEAK in their own division.

Keep bragging about the past. NO ONE WHO IS ON HERE ON THE BLOG PLAYED FOR THOSE GREAT TEAMS.

So STFU !

DR is a great school which tremendous pride. And here's a lesson in cultural dynamics...DR embraces it's diversity unlike DBAR who points fingers at their Asian brothers and make CRYBABY EXCUSES.

That's a coward's way...to play teh blame game.

Besides be thankful someone is cretaing a schlarly environment where your high school diploma actually has a greater standing with college recruiters...ummmmm...the academic kind.

Weak a$$ crybaby db bloggers !

As a long time fan of DBHS since the early 80's here are the teams the brahmas should schedule for preseason games.
1. Walnut a natural long time rival and a competive game.
2. Brea a neighbor city with nice easy drive and nice stadium.
3. Troy an academic school with good athletics. A lot of the D-Bar scholars try to enroll at Troy.
4. West Covina a former rival in the sierra league and good stadium for football.
5. Rowland or D-Ranch Rowland another former sierra league rival has a decent stadium and easy drive. D-Ranch unfortunately does not have an on campus stadium and I do not like to venture into Pomona.
D-Bar need to get Charter Oak off the schedule as they cannot not compete with CO anymore.

Your kids have done NOTHING as a TEAM. Swallow that load!! Choker Kids, Choker Dads? Gulp!!!!!!!!!

my turn...

some very awesome comments, really like joe amat about the player recd to colleges, very insightful....

i agree bonita is very well coached and they get a lot out of their players and they have d ranch number...

this year they caught them at their low in confidence 1-6 and lost..

lets remember 2007 and the forfeited games.... does any one really believe the head coach did not know about the transfer issue and now the player is going D1.. come on.. ad left over that deal... coach stayed.

Oh my, how sensitive the db high folks are, dranch high school is over 70% d bar residents 4 feeder elementary schools all in diamond bar, 1 middle school in diamond bar, ranch gets 1 elementary from philips ranch and thats it folks., and ok not sure what the d bar resident factor is for the football team. But it sure seems like an intracity possible rivalry to me . I bet if you check, dbar dad that many of the students of d bar high do not live in d bar period. Why would a school of over 3,400 students not want to play a school with only 1,900 students, hmmm makes one wonder....

It would be a great event and even more so than a walnut game since more kids have played together growing up. I do agree with the tone that roddy is a little to bold in his statements and sometimes beware of what you wish for. The dirty part are you kidding, how do you think dbar won all those cifs,,,,,,,, with only dbar kids hah, no way, many of the skilled kids came from , you guessed it our ranch district or ganesha or garey. No one complained then. Martin did a great job this year with what he had. Now he needs to figure out how to get more kids out to play football………… maybe hire a more diverse coaching staff to cater to the majority of kids at that school…. and start getting them out to play football... What an idea…..

Finally, comments about ghetto kids or any type of kids without knowing them is horrible and cowardly. Many of those making those comments are the same ones that refinanced their house 3 times , pulled money out, and now are upside down. Welcome to the ghetto. middle income lower income the majority believe in family and faith and do not appreciate your horrible comments !!!!! i like my 1200 sq foot home with the $800 mortgage.

This is what passes for journalism today Fred. You ask a very nice person to say a few words and then the lynch party comes out and tar and feathers him.

What a joke. If people knew the real story none of these comments would be made.

Unfortunately for Diamond Bar they suck. Deep ...all the way down pass the tonsils. And they SWALLOW!

Yes they do! Don't try and deny it!

I 'm not sure why they hate DR so much but it might be a condition called "Nuts Up Your Butt Syndrome". They are the laughing stock of teh Sierra League and worst of all and more humiliating of all is they are the fathers of the weakest breed of Diamond Bar players in their history.

That's gotta hurt.

So let's take the DB jabs with a grain of salt. Weak Daddies...weak sons.

Hate all you want DB Dads you guys are still losers and whiners and I heard it from every former DB player who's memories you've stained.

They, the winners, were the Purple and you, the losers, represent the Yellas...as in Yellow bellied cowards

DBAR-DAD...you need to transfer your kid to dranch. Ghetto kids? What the hell does that mean? If you don't live in Diamond Bar you're ghetto? Is your brother DRanchhhh?

Their is no pendulum Roddy. You have always been such a class individual, until now. It's sad to see you sink to this level. Diamond Ranch vs Diamond Bar is not an inter- city rival. You have to be in the same city for that to happen. You should be trying to schedule games against Garey, or Pomona or Ganesha. They are your city rivals. Yes some of the kids in your program live in Diamond Bar but when I look at your roster, the far greater amount do not. Every one of the Brahma kids live in Diamond Bar. No recruiting, no transfers not people talking about Martin being a snake (a lot of people think you're dirty Roddy and just haven't been caught). So Diamond Ranch people, be proud of what you've accomplished and quit trying to start something that isn't there. When another school is built in Diamond Bar we will play them.
As far as all the racist people on this blog, shame on all of you. Wow, 2008 and this race thing is still so strong. DRanchhh is exactly the type of parent I don't want my son to be around. Oh, I'd love to see your post about how dranch is just as good academically as DBar. Someday your son will graduate, get a job at a local fast food eatery and you can move to Montana and build yourself a fort to keep all them dang foreigners away.

Diamond Ranch also gets the Ghetto kids from Pomona that do not want any part of Garey HS. DR has not won thing yet, had a good season made a championship but still came up empty. no one remembers number 2. A loss of their core group of players and DR will not repeat or even come close to what they were in 2008. Also one last note: Their football moms look very dyke-ish

roddy,,roddy, roddy
Always blowin yur own horn. After u have defeated Chargers u kan blow loud, it still comes out RASPBERRIES>
Must be tough not having at least one win against BIG LOU

joe amat,

nicely said. thanks, that makes alot of sense.

DRANCH, your school has been around going on 14 years now, and your kids haven't won jack sh*t. Why? Because they are individuals, not strong teammates. They are all about themselves. They can't bring it together. When Roddy leaves, and your a complete jacka$$ if you think his life long goal was to coach at DRHS, and not go any further, then you will take another giant leap backwards. And when that yellow wave reaches all the way across DB, you too will know what its like to lose the bulk of your players. Your a fool if you think somehow someway the Asians are gonna stop at Grand Ave and not completely take that town over. I'm sure the residents of Hacienda Hts, Rowland Hts, and Walnut all thought the same thing too. I've seen the change. It isn't stopping. You tough guys better find a way to pull off a Championship in a mans sport before you lose the window of opportunity. But from what i've seen, your boys are lacking the balls and heart to see it through. It is, what it is. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO THIS POINT, 14 years later YOU HAVE NOTHING. Wud up Fool?

It is not the responsbility of a coach to get an athlete noticed. It doesn't hurt when they do but the parents need to be involved.

What bothers me at St. Paul is that they promised these kids thing and didn't follow through. With new coaches that won't be an issue anymore.

Good Sources
tell me that two ok players from DB have contacted DR coaching staff to play football at DR next year.Keep it coming.

Hey sports fan
Like Roddy said we'll meet you at the local park if you want.

boomer,

Actually recommending other players is a more common practice than you might think. If the recruiter begins to respect your opinion on not just your players, but others, he's more apt to call and come by every year. Especially when you play a tough schedule and have a variety of quality players to compare against. It's a smart move and the recommended kid usually happens to be a player that is at a different position than the player you're recommending - or a different level.

For example, Roddy may not recommend Allen if he was trying to sell his own QB to the same school, league or level. I'm sure that Bogan does the same thing - but probably wouldn't praise Allen too much if he's looking to get Deen a look.

Classy, OK. Smart... definitely! That's the way the game is palyed.

wow, Layton now has my vote as one of the area coaches with lots of class. Never have i ever heard about a coach recomending a player from another school to colleges, especially one who defeated them twice, one of them being for a cif title. This guy has so much respect from me now. could you imagine a coaching staff that would consist of Layton, Maggiore, Bogan, Farrar, Hagerty, Scherf, and maybe gano? that would be a killer staff. there should be some kind of OC vs. SGV game, with that coaching line up, i think we can see all of our great sgv athletes at a higher level.

RealB,

I didn't know SD was so small, it always seemed so big when I watch it in Bill & Ted's Excelent Adve...nture

ok this guy is stupid. DB has made the effort to play DR but DR's coach dropped out so DB had to find a make up game for two strait years. Dont give me crap its DB's fault... It's DRs

Have you done what Roche did?
The only banners that are going to fly at DB are banners that have the word racket connected to them.Wear is Roche now? Yes that's right he bailed out on you guys and when the make up of the school changed and went to Chino Hills .He wanted to be at a place were they know how to play sports and not just tubas.Man it feels like I'm another country when I drive by DBHS at 3:oo pm. Just Keep sending us your athletes and we'll put them to work!!!!!

Basic,

We agree, Podley and his crew are masters at perfecting lemonade. Country Time should watch out :)

As Layton also found out during the regular season.

Hey Basic,
You should ask Coach Zernickow and staff at San Dimas with even a smaller school with no players(1300 students to 1800 students)how it feels to be a torn in Bonita's coaching staff. I think coach Z and staff would love to have a shot at another 250 boys to coach em up!

rrrrr-did i say anything about "integrity"?
guilty conscience?
but of course you're the one who lumped him with realtors, consultants, and lawers. not the most ethical comparisons. why didn't you add in used car salesman and bail bondsmen!

Basic...Yeah I just read what I posted, and it might seem a little negative towards our kids, I did nt mean anything negative towrads our kids and was merely trying to make a joke while agreeing that we do not have the same type of players as they do @ DR....

Wingking,

You're right, we do not have the same type of kids at Bonita as they do at DR, but as the saying goes "if life hands you lemons, you make lemonade" and our coaching staff has been making some good lemonade, now I just hope we get some big, strong, fast, athelitic lemons in our program...

Serious,

Also its called the same kind of EGO and integrity that Realtors, Independent Business Consultants, Lawyers etc. Have.

FRED,

Why all of the Roddy Haters. Geez, lets do an interview with Big Lou, I want to see how many haters come out to that dinner. Cant win um all Fred!!!

Show you the money?? LMAO!!

Show your self something?? How long did it take DB to win at anything, and how long has it been?? Looks like the truth put a bit of alcohol in an open wound that just has not healed. Do something at Diamond Bar besides family politics and maybe with that 4000 student enrollment you guys may be able to win at something in the 21st Century besides Chess Club and Ping Pong!!!!!!!!!! O and Btw way dont try to counter with the quote that your Academic standards are higher, Bull shyt, dont make me post the stats.

Seriously though-what kind of ego does a guy have to have to put his photo on his business card?

YOUR NO ROCHE RODDY, AND YOUR PLAYERS DON"T HAVE THE HEART THAT THOSE DB KIDS HAD.NO BANNERS FOR DR?

That's just a cold hard fact. DR don't finish. They can't seal the deal. They couldn't get past the best OC team in two years ago, and now they can't get past a team in their own friggin league. Show me the money cuz!!!! Oh, WAIT, you can't!!!!!

Football Fan,Wing King

You St.Paul people can post what you want, Haines is at DR 2 years after the fact looking for opportunity he didnt get at St.Paul. Btw, his mother made him go there. You can ask him, he has a myspace page that you all are familiar with. He told us how you guys were recruiting him. We have no reason to lie. Btw way, Roddy is past it. He made that clear. But let me ask you, is it Roddy Layton job or responsibiltiy to get Aubrey a look from major colleges? Even if it is a D2-AA school?? It's not, however he cares just that much about his athletes. Former and current. There is a reason why the Charles Browns, Titus Jacksons, Brian Hollys and several others come back to DR and offer to help and do things to better our program as a whole. It takes selfish man to recruit and put kids on a field but it takes a Man/Teacher/Coach/Mentor to do what Roddy Layton and his staff are doing.

As far as Bonita is concerned, I have to agree with the coaching and the athletes. They flat out wanted it more. And to be honest, any team that wants it more will always take it. (Period)

fred your next interview should be with that rowland coach it was great hearing that guy cry after the co game

Hey Roddy,
Aubrey Haynes Chose to go to St. Paul on his own accord. He felt the competion and academic level was a notch above and it was. Tell the truth when he was at St. Paul he was recieving letters from various Colleges at Diamond Ranch and because you were bitter you chose not to tell these Colleges he was at St. Paul. Overall, Aubrey was a great High School tailback, but because he was gaining to much weight he ate himself out of a Scholarship. He was not a D1 tailback running 4.7 forty. At best he could have played in the WAC, but he wanted to play in the PAC10, no chance. I agree he is a great youngman and hope he does go play in College some where as long as gets his body in top shape. Aubrey should be mad at you for your bitterness. Hopefully you have learned from this and treat other lost players differently, and you will lose more in the near future thats just the way it is. But I know you are still a good young coach who hopefully will learn from your ways.

sgv fan
Many injuries in the middle of the season.By the way your QB was way over rated.He threw a couple of nice passes against our corner "a sophomore playing because of an injury to our starter" we had three sophomore DB playing in that game and it was still close.What I would like to no is how could you get spanked 28-18 against WC in the play-offs.We tore WC up 39-7 and it was over at the end of 1st qtr.Well I guess your lucky you played us when you did.See you next year.I hope you guys have an intercom system by then.

The reason teams like bonita have a hard time getting kids recruted is that you have to have
Recrutable kids to start with. That's bonita team looks like DR's frosh team, and they still beat them. If you want a real interview go talk to Podley and ask him how they beat DR.

Through ALL the sh** talking that went back and forth last year, there was always one constant....my respect and admiration for Coach Layton. As a competitor, coach, or fan we all obviously despise losing to ANY team, but if you gotta go down I'm glad someone like Roddy is the one who benefits.

Great job this year coach! Look forward to playing you guys once again next year. Like you guys we also lose quite a bit so it should be a good match-up once again.

Btw, thanks for helping with our players as well...as the one area of So Cal that is looked down upon for it's football, we REALLY ARE in this together.

If Podley had the same kids they have at DR, Holy Cow! That would be scary. Bonita is one of the top 3 coaching staffs in the area from top to bottom. There are other schools who have great head coaches but not across the board.

FBfan, I did not mean to say anything negative about our staff at all, I was just hoping that they get something out of reading this IF they even read this at all. You can always learn from others is how I feel so I was hoping they ask themselves "hey what can we learn from this and do here".

Again, not being negative about our staff...

Fred
Thank god we have coaches like Roddy and Big Lou who really care about the kids.Not only his kids but trying to make sure other kids in the ares are getting a good look at as well.For all the bloggers that are going to say negative things about Roddy well don't waste your time if you think he's going to read it because I know for a fact he doesn't read blogs.That's why he has such a great attitude about his program at DR.Trust me Roddy is doing 90% more to make sure kids are are getting what they deserve.You kids and parents keep that in mind.

Thanks for a great year Roddy

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Basic,

I wouldn't say those things about your staff over there at Bonita because I have talked to Layton before and some of his other coaches and they say that Bonita is one of the best coached teams they play.

Basic,

I wouldn't say those things about your staff over there at Bonita because I have talked to Layton before and some of his other coaches and they say that Bonita is one of the best coached teams they play.

Layton not bad. I would be pissed off too about Haynes. But they are a private school and can recruit. I don't like public school coaches whinning about losing players to private schools. It is what it is and you are a public school coach and can always lose players to private schools. Hell, you know you would do it too if you could. They can and do so move on.

Thanks Fred, it really is nice to hear from area coaches and see a little of their thought process, even though we play against them (Bonita) this is a good article for all to read and learn a little from, I hope our coaching staff reads and learns a little (not bad-mouthing our coaches) because you're never to old to learn a new trick.

I really think these tough games for DR will make it tougher for us (Bonita) to compete with them, it will also help us and the rest of the areas teams elevate our game and 'visibility' to colleges.