team back to former glory, and told the players he wasn’t going anywhere.

But ALA can offer a lot more money than we’re used to talking about with HS coaches. They can add a salary as an athletic director on top of it too, which some public school districts don’t allow.

Our new coach runs an RPO-based offense that we’re all adjusting to now, but it seems to work very well. Two games in at least. Some of us adjusting to the new scheme feel a little like old dogs with new tricks learning and coaching at the same time.

2-0 after a trip to California and a game against that same Saguaro you mentioned. Scored 50 in just the first half against that highly-ranked Saguaro team, but I didn’t know they’d lost their coach and some of their better players. Takes some of the shine off.

Will be fun to play against our coach sometime too.

HS football is just a very different beast than it was back in our day. Seems more like college football with recruiting and transfers, as college becomes more like pro.