Fohian, ...I haven't been to a game in 2 years! Not because it's far, but because the principal doesn't care about football. Bloomington is no longer a football school. It's a complete wrestling school. They already have kids transferring to be on the wrestling team.
Conner (Markhams successor) buried the program 6 feet under. This current coach (Fino)layed a slab of cement 4 feet thick over it.
So I ran some numbers and here is what I came up with...
During Conners run from 08, 09, 10, and 11 season, Bloomington went 12-28, scored 717 pts, and gave up 1204, and were shut out 6 times.
During Finos run from 12, 13, and 14, the Bruins went 3-27, scored 294 pts, and gave up 1034, and were shut out 9 times.
Grand total since Markham left, Bloomington is 15-55, scored 1011 pts, gave up 2238, and shut out 15 times.
I wrote the principal before the start of the 2014 season to look for a new coach. I told her to go after Fazio the second I heard he was on the market before he went to Ramona. I told her to go even plea and try and get Richard Smith (who is at one of the Redlands school and is only in his early 40s). Something to infuse the program with life. She responded along the lines of "we look at all our options at the end of the year."
Really? You didn't look that hard did you. But yeah, you can only go and support a team so much before it becomes a waste of personal time. Bloomington isn't even competitive. It's not even fun to go anymore. They don't improve. From the very first team post Markham, the line looked weak even though they had size. I wonder what the principals excuse will be when she brings this guy back again. If she does get another coach, she'll probably wait until the end of the school year which would be extremely late also.