Re: Colt, Sinisi, Antonelli demoted

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:57:51 -0500, "Komet17" <selucas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>> Komet 17 and Padre Dog:
>>
>> I am a grad of Point Loma High School,  longtime rival of Kearny
>> High in the Western and Eastern Leagues.
>>
>> OUR legendary coach, Bennie Edens, ran the football program
>> there for almost 50 years and won 4  CIF titles.  I was lucky
>> enough to be in one of his PE classes and he was inspiring.
>>
>> Coach Edens passed away last month, and some 2,000  Pointer
>> alums filled the school's football bleachers for a public memorial.
>>
>> Several of Bennie Edens' contemporaries attended, and by luck
>> I sat next to Coach Slater.  I notified the MC of his presence and
>> he was asked to stand.  Coach Slater received a very warm round
>> of respectful  applause.
>>
>> I asked him about a great option QB at Kearny named "Jimbo".
>> His face lit up as he recalled "Jimbo Harris"  who was something
>> like a 1960s version of Michael Vick... (without the baggage).
>>
>> I'll bet if you wrote letters to Kearny and asked to have them
>> forwarded to Coach Slater, he would receive them.  It is not
>> to late to say, "Thank You".    :)
>>
>>
>> Hoover
>>
>Oh, please: Jimbo Harris?  He was 70s (class of 76 or 77).  He was a good

>athlete (two sports: football and baseball), but he was no Michael Vick. 
>Actually, a hot dog and hot head, as I recall.  Never went on to college 
>ball or anything, I think.
>
>The great thing about Slater's teams was that they were....TEAMS.  Sure, 
>good players (Kearny in the 60s and 70s was an all-around boys athletic 
>powerhouse), but not superstars.  TEAMS. 



Dude....

I give you the heart-warming Birt Slater story, and you nitpick Jimbo
Harris on me?     :(


Hoover