By they didn't do well, you mean they didn't beat Ste Genevieve. To which I say THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BEAT STE GEN.
During that decade it isn't like they were going 0-10, they were still above average, just not 15-0 every year.
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By they didn't do well, you mean they didn't beat Ste Genevieve. To which I say THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BEAT STE GEN.
During that decade it isn't like they were going 0-10, they were still above average, just not 15-0 every year.
They didn't beat SG because all the good players went to SG due to coaching then. If Valle had been 'back' then the best players would have played in class 1. Same last names right Kenny?
1966 team.....I went to school with a lot of the brothers and sisters of that team. I would put the school at about 250 students then.
Prior to Benson coming in the late 80's the other team to achieve some prominence was the 57/58 team that won the Catholic Athletic Conference. Nothing of significance that I recall until the 66 team.
Benson deserves all the credit for starting the winning ways. He left a string of coaches that followed the Benson way as head coaches moved on. That ended when John Bacon left about 1996. I think Bacon coached Judd. Can't recall who came in as head coach then but Valle fell on hard times until Judd showed up and resurrected the program. Initially some folks were unhappy when he didn't win soon enough but now he's entrenched and loves and believes in what he is doing. Hopefully for a long time.
This is now at 446 posts whining about Valle. What is it they say about beating a dead horse?
Sumner came in after Bacon. Absolutely a terrible coach. He was on their staff in the early 80's when Valle won. I guess Valle couldn't get anybody else to take the job.
Wasn't there a Palmer in there at some point as well?
The '01 Valle team may have been the most underachieving team they've ever had. They were athletic and big on the line. Just couldn't put it together.
Then again that may have been the year St. Vincents won it?
I think St Vincent won it all in '04 and was runner up in '00. Hayti was in one of the championships around there too. The biggest issue Valle's '01 team had was a starting running back that was fast as heck but afraid of contact. Their two backups were mean runners but the coach, who was a Palmer then I believe, didn't play them much. And the quarterback did not have much of an arm either.
Huh didn't realize SV did that well after my year. There were some good small class teams back then.
Thank you for your bulletin board material. Every little bit of motivation helps. See you in Springfield.
