Author: Jim Walker

1992

Everyday I remember so many things that stand-out about my career in coaching. I crossed paths with so many outstanding men and coaches. That first year at Redlands in 1992, I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to inherit such a great group of coaches. Mike Mauger, Jim Evans, George Tesla, Sam Richey, Coy Glass,…

By Jim Walker December 17, 2019 Off

This S#!T is Real!

A 37-year-old Australian father of two is warning others to undergo a routine skin check after losing a large chunk of flesh on his back and neck to melanoma. Ryan Glossop, of Perth, was diagnosed with melanoma in November 2018 after noticing a seemingly innocuous “sunspot” on the back of his neck. Four surgeries and nearly…

By Jim Walker December 15, 2019 Off

Tight Bottoms

Hump Day…..gotta love it! I was talking about TE’s when we last visited. I have a couple more blast’s from the past! We had a big guy that was such a pleasure to coach. Jason Glotzbach was one of the best to ever block down. =) He ended up attending Princeton University and becoming a…

By Jim Walker December 11, 2019 Off

Go Tigers

Just finished watching the LSU game. So proud of Dave Aranda and those Tigers. It will be fun watching that LSU defense and offense in the playoffs. There were some unbelievable catches made by TE’s today in all the games……Kinda reminded me of some of the Terriers we had over the years. I have always…

By Jim Walker December 7, 2019 Off

DAWG FOOD

Thursday is here and TGIF is on the way!……It’s fun receiving news from my players on how and what are they doing now. Like one of my team mom’s noted to me recently…..”Time sure doesn’t slow down”….and if anything…..I think it speeds up….=) We lost a great guy yesterday….Harold Strauss. He was the HC at…

By Jim Walker December 5, 2019 Off

Cyborg Legs

Black Friday was Crazy…..Cyber Monday was an overload…..So I thought I’d give you my version of Cyborg Tuesday…..and a few more nuggets in the kicking Game….. We had a lot of guys that were position players and helped us in the kicking game. Guys like Anthony Aguila….who I mentioned in the Brothers section…He was a…

By Jim Walker December 3, 2019 Off

Kick Start December

Sunday December 1st…..Well the Christmas season is definitely here….All that rain and cold started us off on the right foot I guess…=)….I’m sure the pressing question for all of you….The New Tree is up! It had a complicated manual as well….just like all those toys we tried to assemble Christmas morning….=) I found this on…

By Jim Walker December 1, 2019 Off

Brothers

Well Good Morning…..I’m sure most of us are putting up our Christmas decorations (or getting ready to)…..I was up in the garage taking down all the X-mas containers….My God….I can’t believe all the decorations we have….=) We did buy a new tree last year….so that’s my job today…..=) As I was thinking back on some…

By Jim Walker November 30, 2019 Off

More Bacon

Happy Thanksgiving to Y’all!…..I love the Holidays and all my family being together! Remember my QB from Temple City HS, Kenny Mushinskie, well he’s taken his team, the Ramona Rams,  into the CIF championship game vs. Esperanza Saturday night. When we were at Redlands, we played Esperanza two years in a row, in the first…

By Jim Walker November 28, 2019 Off

The Hogs

Well tomorrow we have a lot to be thankful for, but it should be an everyday occurrence! I think we take everyday for granted….I have news for you…..your dreams can change in an instant! So tomorrow when we are with our loved ones…..Give them all a big hug and tell them how much you love…

By Jim Walker November 27, 2019 Off