SORSN: Coach, the 2011 season closes out this Friday at the Tiger’s den. Not a fun place to play…and even worse place to park. Please answer the following question as Coach Joe and Coach Mo. What can you tell us about the Rockwood Tigers?
Coach O’Toole: I would expect them to wear green jerseys and gold helmets
SORSN: It’s been stated that you and Coach Joe argue like a married couple. According to relationship psychotherapist Paula Hall, the top five things that couples argue about are (and roughly in this order):
• Money
• Sex
• Work
• Children
• Housework
What are the pain points of you and Coach Joe’s relationship? And more importantly…whose fault is it?
Coach O’Toole: Well they always say that the fault lies with the head coach so I guess it’s his. Course there’s a reason Coach Campbell wears a shirt at practice so that rules out number 2 on the list.
SORSN: A member of the SORSN Pick Panel is also believed to be a talent scout for Grace Christian Academy. If our investigation confirms this and he is removed from the panel due to conflicts of interest, who should be the next pick panel member? (Perhaps Mike stays on the panel for all games except Grace. A football player can join the panel that week since they take the Grace game off.)
Coach O’Toole: So a rumor for some scouting for GCA? Doesn’t that stand for Got Caught Again? I would nominate Jason “Big Daddy” Johnson or Steven “Fro” Sears
SORSN: We obtained a copy of Coach Joe’s contract from an anonymous source. We were surprised to find what appeared to be a post-it note addendum to the contract. The addendum stated that Coach Joe’s supper plate would be broke and all locks changed, forcing the head coach out of his parents’ house if the Waves made the post season. Can the Waves reach the playoffs? More importantly, who will do Coach Campbell’s laundry if/when the Waves do reach the post season?
Coach O’Toole: Coach will probably do his laundry while he does the uniforms on Friday night. What really stinks is when we lose a game he has to do chores and is late for Sunday meetings. Midway will play in as many playoff games as Grace Christian does this year.
SORSN: The MHS Basketball alumni game is coming up on Saturday, November 5th. Can we expect to see Coach O’Toole and his running left floater in the lane again? You and I were the oldest on the court last year…which is very troubling in its own right and should not be the case again this year. What older alumni would you like to see take the court?
Coach O’Toole: Yeah I’ll be there. I don’t know if there was much if any running on my part last year; but who won that game, was it our team? (yes, the older generation did win) We also had Ralph on our team he’s actually a few months older than me so I wasn’t in the top 2 eldest.
SORSN: In all seriousness, if you played for Coach Ruffner 15 or more years ago, you should be required to attend and play. Or at the very least, come and enjoy the pre-game chats in the locker-room. Hearing Coach Ruffner go through the game plan on the chalk board one more time is truly a great experience and a great walk down memory lane.
Coach O’Toole: One stipulation is that you should have to be out of school 5 years or more to play. Let Mother Nature slow them young guys down a little bit. Favorite memory from last year was one of the guys asked “what we going to do for run out?” Ralph and I said “WALK”!
SORSN: Rumor has it that thanks to Coach Campbell’s front bumper, fresh hamburgers will be served at the awards banquet this year. Was this truly an accident or was this just Coach Campbell’s attempt at saving some money on the banquet?
Coach O’Toole: He’s cheap man. Isn’t that on the list of top marriage problems! They say Rusty grounded him for 2 weeks after getting in that wreck.