Ron Bellamy named head coach at West Bloomfield
I didn't see this posted yet... Great to hear about former Wolverines getting promoted.
Congrats to Bellamy and West Bloomfield HS!
http://detnews.com/article/20100126/SPORTS05/1260410/1361/Ex-Wolverine-…
January 26th, 2010 at 12:27 PM ^
Good for Ron Bellamy, but WBHS isn't very good at football. Hopefully he can turn that program around.
I interviewed for a job at WBHS a few years ago. I met the former coach and Ron Bellamy while I was at the school for the interview, but about 400 other people applied for the job, too, and I didn't get it.
BTW, people in West Bloomfield are uppity pricks. And I'm not just saying that because I didn't get the job. I knew several people in college who went to WBHS or Andover, and they were all spoiled.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:44 PM ^
I know people from West Bloomfield who are really great. Of course, that doesn't mean all people from West Bloomfield are great; nor does it mean that all people from West Bloomfield are uppity pricks.
Down with stereotypes.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:59 PM ^
Chill out Magnus.
January 26th, 2010 at 2:42 PM ^
I think losing his avatar is getting to him.
January 26th, 2010 at 7:30 PM ^
His "rebound" avatar seems tolerable.
January 26th, 2010 at 3:36 PM ^
The truly spoiled don't go to Andover, Lahser, or WBHS; they go to Cranbrook or Country Day.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:40 PM ^
West Bloomfield definitely has some money.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:46 PM ^
So does this mean that they will become the West Bloomfield Underachieving All Stars?
January 26th, 2010 at 1:13 PM ^
WBUAS
January 26th, 2010 at 2:07 PM ^
before I started out with the obvious RBUAS comment. Grats Ron, good luck with the stint and look forward to us recruitin' some of those 'All-Stars'!
???January 26th, 2010 at 12:50 PM ^
I knew I'd take some flak for that comment about West Bloomfield. I'm sure a bunch of people on this board are from there or have a good friend who is. Oh well.
Stereotypes aren't always right. But honestly, I know several people from West Bloomfield, and they were all spoiled. I'm sure there are some great people there. I just don't have the privilege of having met those ones.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:56 PM ^
It wasn't a particularly wise comment. While stereotpyes may have some truth to some people of a particular group, stereotypes as a whole are never right b/c they assign a particular trait to everyone in the group being discussed. I don't really need to explain this to you.
To be fair, I bet a portion of the negging is because people expect more from you - for better or for worse. With great [knowledge] comes great responsibility.
(Though, I didn't neg you (not that you care).)
January 26th, 2010 at 12:52 PM ^
OH YEAH!! It's about time we opened up a West Bloomfield pipeline! Hello in-state recruiting dominance! Now we just need to get somebody in at Andover and Grosse Point!
January 26th, 2010 at 10:01 PM ^
Grosse PointE
We get upset about things like that.
January 26th, 2010 at 1:06 PM ^
This definitely gives up a leg up on top Jewish recruits.
Mazel Tov Ron Bellamy!
January 26th, 2010 at 2:16 PM ^
when you might find the next Hayden Epstein.
January 26th, 2010 at 4:00 PM ^
refer to him as the Kicking Jew?
January 26th, 2010 at 1:11 PM ^
Hopefully, he can turn the program. I'm curious if any of their fball players have gone on to a D-I school and played. I live just south of WB and can't recall seeing any.
January 26th, 2010 at 7:55 PM ^
In 2002 (a little while ago, but still), there was a recruit names Kyle Brown who went to MSU. He was the #8 WR nationally according to Rivals, and #86 overall.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Kyle-Brown-763
January 26th, 2010 at 8:02 PM ^
FWIW, a quick search of the archives found not a single WBHS player who has played at Michigan.
January 26th, 2010 at 10:28 PM ^
The archives aren't entirely complete. I swear we recently had a walk-on or two from there, although they may not have recorded any statistics.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:10 AM ^
There are a couple walk-ons from West Bloomfield, but none from WBHS that I found.
January 26th, 2010 at 1:26 PM ^
The West Bloomfield comment was tongue-in-cheek anyway. I thought that was apparent in the first place, but regardless, no hard feelings.
January 26th, 2010 at 2:40 PM ^
As someone who went to Andover, I can say that while there are a lot of very nice people, there are also a lot of spoiled ones too.
January 26th, 2010 at 5:23 PM ^
Thank you for not letting me be the only one to notice this.
January 26th, 2010 at 3:24 PM ^
I grew up in WB but didnt go to WBHS (thank god).. Its a tuff place to turn a program around but the school has a good numbers of students. In a numbers game there has to be a few good athletes around.
No, I was not an uppity prick... most days
EDIT: Not spoiled either.. My student loans will prove it to you!
January 26th, 2010 at 7:10 PM ^
I am a current player on WBHS varsity football and Ron Bellamy being our new head coach will turn the program around. The team is a good team, we went 5-4 last season which is a winning record. Our team has tons of talent and many players who have the potential to reach D-1 colleges. The season before the last one, we had reached playoffs. This new season will be starting soon and we may advance further. The Varsity team has always been an average team but has never been a great team. This year will be the turn around for the team, with a new head coach the team May advance and have a higher chance to winning state.
January 26th, 2010 at 7:34 PM ^
Good luck.