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OneDNA - some of your facts are valid but many of your points are disingenuous. Ask Jesse's former Aragon players some descriptions of practice plans, practice talks, pregame talks and post-game talks on how Jesse sees the game ONLY through his old school eyes. Ask his players what he would tell his catcher to go to the mound and say to the pitcher in the game at that moment. I umpired a lot of HS games from Big Rec to Frank E. Sollecito, Jr. Ballpark in Monterey. I haven't heard many coaches say the most cockeyed comments to his players than the one and only Jesse Velez.
Then Principal Tony Limoges had more to do with hiring Jesse at SSF than did the AD you mention because there was NOBODY who applied but Jesse. THAT AD took over or tried to take over after the famous Bob Brian era and did not do that program justice. Same AD tried taking over a varsity hoops program with no experience and the same AD once had a HS baseball team that got caught wearing their uniforms while helping themselves to some school computers.
You do not have your facts quite straight on the San Mateo incident (again and either). Jesse was entering his fifth season and he had one winning season, 2010 (8-4) Ocean Division (never went up to the Bay) and never finished above overall. Jesse was 26-28 in the PAL and overall he was 43-67
Jesse's varsity players quit the team due to Jesse being Jesse and the SMHS AD had to bring up ALL JV's players in order to have a Varsity season. When that happened the
SM HS JV team folded. This is THE so called District school of the SMUHSD. For the remainder of the 2013 Season the SMHS AD coached the team along with two individuals who were already ON the JV coaching staff and it had zero to do with their affiliation with the Foster City group you mentioned.
In 2014 Nick Sanzeri took over and continues to build from bottom to top but what Jesse inflicted, having SM to fold the 2013 JV team is the reason that the development is once again slow. You also know that the words "stepped down" was only a dignified moment towards Jesse for having coached in and for six different PAL the past 10 years, with stints at Burlingame, Cap, Aragon, Carlmont and the USF Dons with Dante Benedetti.
Jesse would have been dismissed had he not "stepped down". San Mateo has had their share of success when, like you said the talent was there and good coaches were prevalent. San Mateo use to get TONS of Foster City kids when Jerry Berkson was their HC. Tony Chavez was a good coach, Rob Walker was a dad who was coaching and then Jesse in 2008.
Jesse often sings the blues about the "Rialto Rule" - regarding somebody on campus wanting the job and he then is told to "move on" but in realty his former and current players know the real reason why he is often fired.
http://prep2prep.com/prepcat/?p=3345
http://www.everythingsouthcity.com/south-san-francisco-high-school-baseball-a-winning-tradition/
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/sports/2013-07-04/san-mateo-baseball-hires-nick-sanzeri-as-coach/1771220.html
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/sports/2014-03-07/sanzeri-begins-second-baseball-life-at-san-mateo/1776425119343.html
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