Trouble brewing in USC sports?

Coaches shouldn’t be too focused on themselves but on the program and what it can do for the school. It’s as simple as that.

One of the positive things that came out of the firing of Rommel Rasmo as USC college basketball head coach was the reason cited by USC athletic director Fr. Adriano Ocariza for their unceremonious sacking of the hard-working basketball coach.

Ocariza said the school was “aligning” its sports programs in the high school and college level and it wouldn’t look good that their college coach would coach against them in the high school level. That “alignment” was music to the ears of the collegiate football coaches of USC, whose players primarily come from high school rivals Don Bosco Technological Center and Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu. Rarely from USC.

USC is sitting on an untapped pool and aligning their football programs from the elementary, high school and college level would make it an unrivaled school not only in Cebu but in the whole country.

Last summer, the college coach took over in the tryouts of the high school program but when the school year started, it’s back to the same old USC system, where the high school coach goes in one direction, the college coach in another.

What happened? There seems to be a misunderstanding or a clash of egos. Both problems can be solved simply by a simple meeting where all agendas are set aside for the good of the program. USC’s high school coach has done wonders, so did their college coaches. Imagine what they can acheive if they work together?

It’s gotten to a point where problems in the field are affecting a student’s performance in the classroom and a player’s scholarship spot is in danger because he joined the tryout supervised by the college coach. What gives, USC?

I think everyone has to step back and look at the bigger picture. If it’s a concern on someone losing their jobs, that shouldn’t be the case. Does USC need more coaches? Yep, the fact that it has limited age group teams is proof of that. If it wants to reboot its football program, at least do it the right way and not launch a half-hearted attempt that won’t do any good.

Coaches shouldn’t be too focused about themselves but on the program and what it can do for the school. It’s as simple as that. I mean, look at Don Bosco, despite the different personalities of the coaches, they all are working for the good of the school.

It’s something that USC can surely do too.

What’s the advantage of an aligned sports program? Well, what’s the advantage of an aligned educational program?