Apparently Head Coach Greg Toal has retired from Don Bosco after he turned them into a football power. He was the head coach at River Dell in the 1980s when I was there, and it was part of the connection with Parcells (a River Dell alumnus) that brought a touch of the Giants to what he was doing as he built that program before going to Hackensack. Toal's son married Phil Simms daughter as well a few years back.
Still, this one feels like he was pushed out. Mike Teel is taking over at Bosco.
http://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/varsity-aces/2017/02/16/football-greg-toal-retires-don-bosco-prep/97986662/ - (
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That being said, there's the downside, where he built Bosco by also really blurring the lines of recruiting. Kids living in hotels, resource rooms, hiring parents, full rides, etc. (common knowledge they gave Peppers free housing). And Partridge and Paramus Catholic caught up by completely erasing the line, which led to Toal ironically calling out Partridge for having "money guys", when the first money guy was Phil Simms.
Why it feels like he's being pushed out because Bosco has slowly and quietly dialed things way back - the academic standards have gone back up. There are some other things, but those are the main ones I'll remember.
I can see moving on from Toal, but treat the guy with some respect.
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Its more about age discrimination than anything else.
And gtt, just because someone played backup QB in the pros doesn't mean he can run an elite level high school program. The skill sets necessary to succeed at each aren't necessarily comparable at all.
Chatter is he was being out worked a bit recruiting wise and Teel
was getting offers. Bosco pushed him out. Pretty obvious.
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he might be a little too green.
Chatter is he was being out worked a bit recruiting wise and Teel
was getting offers. Bosco pushed him out. Pretty obvious.
Ironic how Toal is getting the same exit Stengel got.
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In comment 13363711 Pete in MD said:
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he might be a little too green.
Chatter is he was being out worked a bit recruiting wise and Teel
was getting offers. Bosco pushed him out. Pretty obvious.
Ironic how Toal is getting the same exit Stengel got.
Karma? It's interesting as in S Florida St Thomas had a similar situation but their legendary coach moved to AD not forced out.
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/8063461915192087214/you-can-tell-in-his-eyes-he-doesnt-want-to-leave-don-bosco-players-pay-greg-toal-a-home-visit/ - ( New Window )
Pretty straight forward and this summarizes multiple things already stated in the thread with some new wrinkles. Peppers' comments still linger and they didn't want Toal to stay past his sell-by date. They wanted a similar transition that Karcich & Augie had at Joe's (Sabella winning at PC didn't help either). Toal agreed to play ball and then changed his mind - now they have a mess.
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I am afraid that this program may never be the same.
I think he knows his X's and O's as well as NJ and the surrounding area