B101, thank you for posting the link. Coach Manuel is a local legend to Cal kids. A star at Pinole Valley (my HS rival btw) with his twin brother and they both made it to the show. Along the way, some acting gigs and a well developed memory of quotes to hand some wisdom over to his charges. His position at Cal High was fully parental/fundraising supported. He wanted to remain there due to close proximity to his mother who still lived in Pinole. However, the factors that be unwisely de-funded his position and after hanging for a year post-Sanchez, off to BG he went. Just like Sanchez, he's got the chops to move upward.
When he wasn't retained, I can state it was the most demonstrative (negatively) my sons have ever been regarding a personnel move by the Grizz. They were pissed. He was a leader, a mentor and being less of a "exciteable" type than Tony, players fully gravitated to him for advice and sound words of team building. Additionally, he was an excellent D Coord. Simply see what Cal did on D from 05-10 when he was a DC and what's happened since. No comparison.
When your National Merit son writes one of his first college essays about his DC/Strength in HS (he played O,) you know the man has made a deep impact on his players.
