AHS baseball season ends

Does this surprise anyone? Coaching matters. I know AHS was put in a tough situation with AD retiring before the season but AHS would do themselves a favor by posting the head baseball coaching position. The coach they have, while a good D3 player,is young and has very little coaching experience (he was the freshman coach last year). There are better candiates out there.

Obviously RobertaF you have NO clue what you are talking about. We had an excellent coach. It was unfortunate for him that Coach O'D never groomed the underclassman. Yes that's right !!! As great of a man O'D was he never played anyone the current seniors except for 2. So Mancuso was given a very young team. He did an excellent job preparing the underclassman for next year. It was sad to loose last night since I believe AHS was a better team but two many infield errors. And yes they were caused by inexperienced underclassmen. So please keep you comments about about our New coach to yourself.

Um, first losing season in 24 years.... enough said. You can make any excuses you want for the kid who coached but facts are facts.

I'll put Coach Bigler against Mancuso any day and he'll out coach him everytime.

OK RobertaF... obviously you either 1) know nothing about baseball 2) know nothing about coaching 3) never watched a varsity game this year, or 4) are full of sour grapes because your "Little Johnny" was not selected for the varsity team.

Mancuso is everything that is right about Highschool coaching. He knows baseball, he knows coaching and he knows how to relate to the young men that play the game. He actively coached every boy every inning helping them understand what was happening on the field and how to play the game better. If you had been paying any attention at all, you would have seen him individually address the players as they came off the field between innings explaining strategy or correcting an error in judgment or execution. That is what a Coach does,, HE COACHES!!! and did so with class, poise and excellent sportsmanship. He is a great role model and even if that has no value to you or others, I will take Vince Mancuso over any other candidate. Coach Mancuso is what every player and parent should want in a Coach.. and if that is not good enough for you, then take your kid to another school. Well Done Coach and best of luck in 2011.

I can say that I have the pleasure of knowing both OD and Mancuso. OD was a great teacher and coach. His sucess speaks for itself. Mancuso was inserted into the position a week before the start of the season. He had an inexperienced team with the exception of a few players. One of their better players from the previous two years had numerous off the field issues which caused him to quit the team. The season also included a few other off the field issues that many don't know about. Mancuso was faced with a challenge from the get go. Coach Mancuso is not a KID, we are talking about a teacher fresh out of college with no coaching experience. Coach Mancuso has numerous experiences working with kids in Baseball, Football and Powerlifting. Baseball is his passion. He knows the sport and and how to get the most out of kids. He is a great motivater and coach. Ask anyone who has worked with/played for Mancuso and they will tell you that he is the right man for the job. I believe that he got as much as he could have gotten out of this years team.

Sorry, poor editing on my part. Meant to say:

Coach Mancuso is not a KID, we are not talking about a teacher fresh out of college with no coaching experience. Coach Mancuso has numerous experiences working with kids in Baseball, Football and Powerlifting. Baseball is his passion. He knows the sport and how to get the most out of kids.

I see the boy wonder has been extended into next season.

Here's to another season of getting the least of out of his players and likely a losing season (although with as many kids out for baseball and the size of the school it's hard to imagine any coach having a losing season although he's batting 1.000 pun intended)

I'd also add that I too know Mr. Mancuso and have inside knowledge of the happenings. Not knocking the person but knocking the results. How quick we are to defend mediocrity. Sorry, I don't advocate settling for a "nice guy" when the nice guy doesn't get the results. You can defend him all you want... 16-17 speaks loud and clear.