Marine League coaches who forfeited games feel vindicated
Four football coaches of the maritime league who made their teams lose their teams last season to protest against the city section and the unified school district of Los Angeles who did not investigate the alleged violations of the rules in the Gauchos program that feeling a little justification after a Narbonne booster said that he had paid parents of players to be transferred to the Harbor City Smoad.
They believe that their actions have been justified to highlight the problems observed in the field in secondary football despite the criticisms of some. A Lausd survey finally determined that a group of Narbonne players was not eligible, and the city section imposed a three -year qualifying series for rules of the rules.
Mike Christensen, the former Carson football coach, said he was “sad” that the Brett Steigh booster admitted an involvement in the current football scandal of Bishop Montgomery who led to the end of the team’s season. Steigh also helped finance the St. Bernard football program, which closed his team in 2021, 2022 and 2023 following the resignation of coach Manuel Douglas, a former Narbonne coach.
Christensen said that the coaches who participated in the packages last year faced repercussions from school staff, “but that should be done.”
“My relationship with my director has never been the same,” said Christensen.
Perhaps the coach under the most pressure was the former ban coach Raymond Grajeda, who was the first to lose his championship match in Narbonne. Then the other three followed.
“We were hard from the district office,” said Grajeda. “It was one of the reasons why I leave.”
He said all rumors about money transactions and school officials refused to investigate without proof was the motivation of coaches as aness to try to stop rules.
“Everything was true,” said Grajeda. “We live in the community. Some of these offers that fell, they were in our backyard. If you want to transfer, do it well. I feel a feeling of relief. The future of football in this area, we want to be competitive and equitable. ”
The former Gardena coach, Monty Gilbreath, said: “I think it turned out to be good because we were able to draw the attention of what was going on and made the city section more closely. We knew that the coaches were a fact. We couldn’t afford it. ”
Christensen retired, Gilbreath resigned, just like Grajeda, who now spends his time looking at his first daughter playing football to ban.
Only San Pedro coach Corey Walsh has continued to train this season.
“I don’t care at all,” said Walsh about the reaction to the booster accepting the responsibility of illegal payments. “We are playing Great Oak this week. I was trying to see the situation as a whole. I knew where it was going if something didn’t change. ”
Christensen said last January that he attended a coaches’ congress when several coaches came to him and thanked him for taking a position last fall.
“It must stop,” he said.
