BU8 - 2002

Coach's Corner

Oct 22, 2002

Hi Everyone, Great game last week. Even without subs we still hung in there. I forwarded a letter the opposing coach sent to me to our website. Hope you can check it out. As I mentioned in my last note we play Vista next saturday. They are supposed to be a good team. We'll play tough I'm sure. Don't forget I'll be gone thursday and saturday as well as Hayden. Paul will be running the show thursday and saturday. Kevin's parents will help at practice on thursday. Saturday there'll be an Express coach with Paul. I don't even know who it will be yet. I'll be calling Paul right after the game on saturday to see what happened. I hope to hear we won. It might make me appreciate the wedding I'll be at a little more. When I get back I'll be setting up a scrimmage with Rancho Santa Fe. We'll be playing on their turf the first game. Good Luck on Saturday! See you tuesday. Coach Harry

Oct 21, 2002 Harry Shares a Message from Kevin Morales, Coach of Fallbrook Fury

COACH HARRY, HEY, I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM ON A VERY "TOUGH GAME" ON SATURDAY. YOUR KIDS ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE LITTLE PLAYERS ( KIND OF UNUSUAL AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE ), BUT I WAS IMPRESSED HOW THEY KEPT ON GOING AND NEVER LETTING UP, WOW! YOUR KIDS HAVE A LOT OF HEART AND THAT GAME COULD HAVE EASILY HAVE GONE "EITHER WAY"! IT WAS INDEED A VERY EXCITING GAME UNTIL THE VERY LAST TICK OF THE CLOCK! GREAT GAME! SECONDLY, I ALSO WANTED TO "APOLOGIZE" FOR A COUPLE THINGS I WAS NOT REALLY PROUD OF, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL GET BETTER IN THE FUTURE! A) THE FIELDS WERE LAST "LINED" LAST FRIDAY, BUT WE HAD TO SHUT OUR FIELDS DOWN FOR ( 2 ) WEEKS TO REPAIR THE HOLES IN THE SURFACE; HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE DONE QUICKLY, BUT SORRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! B) THE "REF" ( SO CALLED ) WAS "NOT TO STANDARD" AND I SPOKE WITH HIM ( POLITELY ) AFTER THE GAME TO LET HIM KNOW THAT HIS PERFORMANCE COULD AT BEST "BE IMPROVED"! HE WAS/IS ONLY ( 14 ) YEARS OLD, BUT I FELT HE COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB, FOR THE "SAFETY OF THE KIDS" AND THE "OVERALL" CONTROL OF THE GAME! HE REPLIED, "I GUESS SO", BUT NEVER LOOKED ME IN THE EYES, OH WELL!!!!!!! C) THE FLAGS WERE NOT PROPERLY "SET-UP" AND YOU AND YOUR PLAYERS / AND / PARENTS WERE VERY PATIENT OVERALL, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT, THANKS! OVERALL, I DID APPRECIATE SAT.'S GAME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS IN THE "PRESIDIO CUP"! GOOD LUCK TO YOUR TEAM IN THE REMAINING PART OF THE SEASON. THANKS FOR PLAYING A TERRIFIC GAME AND PLEASE THANK YOUR PARENTS FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING WITH THE LITTLE "ISSUES" THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED! GOOD LUCK COACH / EXPRESS, THANKS, KEVIN MORALES FALLBROOK FURY COACH / MANAGER BOYS U-8