BASEBALL PREVIEW: COWBOYS' COACHES ENJOY CHANGING PLACES : WILLIS SWAPS WITH SCHULHOFER.Byline: Scott Magoloff Daily News Staff Writer Players change positions all the time. Why then is the coaching situation on the Canyon High baseball team so uncommon? Last year's head coach, Scott Willis The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. , who directed the program for seven years, stepped down at the end of the season. This cleared the path for Willis' assistant of three years, Adam Schulhofer, to assume the head coaching job. Schulhofer's assistant this year? Willis. ``It was just time, I felt,'' said Willis, who guided the Cowboys cowboys, in American history. 1 Tory marauders, adherents to the British cause in the American Revolution, who fought in the contested area of Westchester co., N.Y. to an 11-14-1 record last year, 7-8 in the Foothill League. Canyon finished one game out of the final playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. spot. Willis felt it was time to leave and focus more on his family, and Schulhofer was ready to move into his first varsity head coaching job. He was head coach of junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. for one year and then spent the last three as Willis' assistant. ``It comes down to personality. Most people wouldn't be able to handle being in my position or his position,'' Schulhofer said. ``He's about the best person I've ever met. It's never crossed my mind that he'd second-guess me, which is typically what people would think.'' It might even be more difficult for Willis. It would only be human nature for him to want to perform head coaching duties because that's what he's used to. He may feel the urge during the heat of a game to rise up off the bench and charge an umpire A person chosen to decide a question in a controversy that has been submitted to Arbitration but has not been resolved because the arbitrators cannot reach agreement, or one who has been chosen to be a permanent arbitrator for the duration of a collective bargaining agreement. about a call - usually a head coach's prerogative An exclusive privilege. The special power or peculiar right possessed by an official by virtue of his or her office. In English Law, a discretionary power that exceeds and is unaffected by any other power; the special preeminence that the monarch has over and above all others, . ``I'm still coaching and coaching's coaching,'' Willis said. ``He's got the decisions to make, I'll back him 1,000 percent. He knows what's best for the team.'' And, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Schulhofer, what's best for the Cowboys this year is their experience and depth. The Cowboys consist of 13 seniors and five juniors. The top returnees are seniors Mike Munn, a pitcher/third baseman, centerfielder Garrett Behnke and shortstop Ted Atler. ``I think they've seen enough baseball to know what to do to win,'' Schulhofer said. ``If they play with confidence, I expect them to win.'' Munn and Atler were second-team All-Foothill League selections last year and are adjusting to the coaching change. ``He's still a new coach,'' Munn said. ``His style is a lot more aggressive (than Willis') and the other coaches in league. . . . He makes us run the bases a lot more.'' Munn and his teammates should know plenty about Schulhofer's strategy. He coached all of his high school players on his American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. team last year. |
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