The rumors are flying, Sanders ain't denying

Are you interested in Duarte? I'm waiting on (P)HS, but I've been getting the run around. They have my application I'm just waiting to get interviewed. I did my eight years (assistant) there and that's a job I've always dreamed of having. But it's getting late in the day now, If I don't hear something in the next week or so, I'll start looking around. And yeah, Duarte is something I would look at, but (P)HS is my first choice.

How have you been able to win at places that couldn't win before you arrived? Discipline. I know it ain't for everyone, but that's the only way I know how to do it. I almost helped coach Muir last season and I was telling (coach) Ken (Howard) that he needs to get rid of all the dead weight and keep the 30 or 40 guys that are willing to work. He saw it different, his philosophy is to keep everyone around, because you're keeping kids off the street. I get that, I respect that. But I have a different way. In my first year at Blair, we wound up with only 17 kids, but those kids worked their butt off and I never had a problem. The next year everyone was on the same page, we got a few more to come out and won a league title. I'll take 25 kids that work hard everyday over 40 or 50 with a bunch of distractions. That's how I've done it and will always do it. With discipline you get chemistry, and I don't care if you have only 20 guys, as long as those 20 are all on the page."

If Pasadena fell through, what would keep you from looking at Duarte: I would just have to look into it more. I know Jordan Canada (Falcons RB) since he was in pop warner, but I also have a lot of respect for coach (Wardell) Crutchfield. His players liked him, so I have to find out what happened there. If I wanted to go into a situation where I was fighting inner-city schools, I would apply at Muir. But I'd love to talk to their (Duarte) principal and see what they're thinking. They've always had a lot of talent, so we'll see.