It has been said over and over that when the 7-on-7 “craze” began well over a decade ago, Brett Goetz and the South Florida Express were front and center.
Grabbing many south Florida elite prospects, SFE paved the way for what is now one of the most looked forward to time of the off-season – 7-on-7 tournaments.
While Coach Daniel Luque would have every right to be angry for the way things went this past football season, it has never been about him – always his players.
When University School opted not to play fall sports this past year during the pandemic, football was left out in the cold – and Luque, who has been aboard since they started playing years ago under Roger Harriott, was in a tough situation.
While winning football and Barbara Goleman High have never really gone together, times are indeed changing.
What head coach Ariel Cribeiro and his staff have done for this program over the past few years is truly amazing – and the success continues.
Tyronn Johnson knows the landscape of Miami-Dade football – having played and coached for a number of years.
When he took over the Hialeah program last year, he knew there would be challenges, but also understood that the T-Breds have been part of the 305 gridiron landscape for decades – and it would only be a matter of time until the program got things going back again.
The one thing that South Miami head football coach Arties Knight talked about when taking over the head job last year is that this turnaround for the Cobras would be gradual, but very steady.
While Year 1 is in the books, this off-season, like the 2020 regular season, would certainly be challenging – with the pandemic still very much a part of every day preparation.