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April 28, 2025 6 mins

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Remember when Friday nights in Newtown meant something? When Council Rock football wasn't just participating but competing against the powerhouses like CB West and beating rivals like Pensbury? Those glory days of the 1990s feel like ancient history now.

The numbers don't lie, and they tell a story of stunning decline. Since 2015, Council Rock North has stumbled to a 26-79 record while South hasn't fared much better at 40-62-1. That's a decade of disappointment despite investing over $10 million in state-of-the-art facilities. We've built Hogwarts but forgotten how to cast spells. The coaching carousel spins endlessly – McKew, Kolache, Griner, Garrett at North; Bedesem and Szydlik at South – each bringing new systems but the same disappointing results.

What's particularly frustrating is how this affects student-athletes. College recruiters aren't exactly flocking to programs with losing traditions. Our kids deserve better than programs that treat the field like scenes from Final Destination, finding creative new ways to lose 42-7 every Friday night. Parents, administrators, community members – we need to demand accountability. Better coaching. Better recruitment. A culture of winning rather than moral victories. Because right now, we're not building character through adversity; we're simply normalizing failure. It's time to restore Council Rock football to its former glory. Our kids' athletic futures depend on it. If you care about the program, show up at board meetings, volunteer, and help create the change we desperately need.

Peace, Love & God Above! :-)

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Speaker 0 (00:00):
disclaimer this podcast is about to hurt
somebody's feelings.
I apologize, it is what it is.
You know, back in the 90s wehad some really good football
teams over here at Council Rockand we had some great players.
Mike Erlandson was the fuckingking.
Chris Zimmerman could fuckingsmack you right in the face.
We had a really, really, reallygood coach as well.
Let me tell you something thisis the Rock Bottom Podcast.

(00:20):
Council Rock Football, fridaynight frauds, the blockbuster
edition, parents, teachers ifyou don't like what I'm about to
say, then fix it, because thisis fucking ridiculous.
Already.
I've been waiting 10 yearsSince 2015,.
Council Rock football hastreated the field like it's a
final destination, no matterwhat, they find a new, creative
way to die 26 wins, 79 losses.
Council Rock North 40 wins, 62losses and one please end a tie.

(00:42):
Council Rock South combined.
It's like they're starring intheir own Groundhog Day, except
instead of Bill Murray learningto be a better person, we just
lose 42 to seven every week.
Forever.
Imagine the Cleveland Browns,but sponsored by tissues and
therapy apps.
Flashback when Council Rock wasRocky.
Now, back in the 90s, sierrafootball was like Rocky II.
We weren't perfect, but we wereswinging, scrapping and winning

(01:02):
.
Dude, we beat Pensbury, we tookswings at CB West.
We weren't just showing up, wewere stealing scenes like
Ocean's Eleven and we had thebomb-ass fucking coach.
Today we're basically thenotebook, except, instead of
crying for romance, it's parentssobbing the bleachers at
fucking halftime.
Eat a Snickers.
You're not you when you'rehungry.
Coaching roulette, bad directorsand worse scripts.
Let's check out the coachingcarousel, a horror anthology

(01:25):
worse than the blair witchproject.
Matt mckew one in nine seasonsalso ghosted the playoff picture
harder than patrick swasey.
Adam kolache one win wonders.
Fun fact directed losing gamesto electric bugalow.
Josh griner, a substituteteacher doing improv comedy in
the playoffs.
Brandon garrett, new headlinersame old box office bomb over at
south, and ain't much better.
Vince bedison and cj sidlicktried their hand at the reboot

(01:47):
series, but it's still weekendat bernie's, except instead of
carrying a corpse around, we'rejust dragging 10 years of broken
dreams.
Newfield same plot twist, ah.
But the school board said don'tworry, we'll fix everything.
And then wrote a 10 millionsequel brand new turfs, a gym so
nice you could host dodgeball 2, weight rooms that look like
rocky balboa's training montagesand still lost 47 to 6 to
quaker town.
It's like buying hogwarts, thenforgetting how to cast any

(02:08):
spells, cr football compared tothe nfl.
Sit down for this one.
If council, rock and south werenfl teams, north would be the
2020 jets tanking on accident.
South would be the 2015 brownscelebrating field goals like
their super bowl parades.
Meanwhile, the board's playingit cool like they're in Titanic.
Ladies and gentlemen, the shipis unsinkable.
Cue the iceberg made ofNeshamity linebackers Real

(02:28):
solutions that will get ignored.
What's the real playbook?
Fire the people who think threeand seven is building character
.
We got to fucking win.
That's how kids getscholarships.
We don't give out fourth placetrophies here.
Hire a coach who's actuallyseen a football game in the last
decade.
Recruit athletes like We'll beright back.
New stadium check Fancyuniforms check.
Losing to 40 to Ben Salem,check, check, check.
If sports are about stories,council Rock wrote a tragedy by

(03:07):
M Night Shyamalan Coming totheaters near you.
Remember the trophies RatedPG-13 for graphic depictions of
blown coverages, missed tacklesand chronic disappointment?
Are you guys fucking kidding me10 years?
What the fuck?
Like I said, parents, if youdon't show up to schools to
recruit talent when there's notalent to show up to recruit,
does your kid have dreams ofplaying in the NFL, playing in

(03:27):
college Good.
We need to act like it Startingwith coaches that know what
they're doing, starting withkids that want to win, starting
with winning seasons.
This is ridiculous.
What the fuck happened toCouncil Rock?
I'm DJ ESG.
Sorry for dropping the truth,but that's what I'm here for
Peace, love and God above and I.
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