As a TA football coach at CSULB, when it was a power, I used to haunt the halls for guys I knew could play at a top Division 2 program.... For what ever reason they were there but did not suit up.
I got "one" who had played basketball in high school, and he won the most critical game in the 4th quarter. My head coach had a fit when I put him in with that "look".... He later said good call, did not think you had the guts to do it.
Where are these "players" who understand responsibility and taking the responsibility for failure?
Nationally we are faced with a party that knew their guy was incompetent, allowed a committee to create policy that was incoherent, and put the entire nation at risk.
State wide the same attitude continues, with repeated annual $Billions in debt, a crumbling freeway system, and destruction of local values for ideology.
So where are the team players who value local regulations, stopping population congestion that results in streets that fail?
Why have they disappeared in the face of failure, only to be replaced by kiss the ring political types who see government as a path to easy retirements and benefits, that only millionaires used to be able to afford.
It takes calcium, do you have it? Or are you too concerned with retirement, or your next vacation?
CAB could use a few good players, and the best we have had are those retired types who understand responsibility.
CAB your concerns spot on, and rarely addressed. Too few suit up to join the team to advocate, and those that do tend to be age 55 and older. We elders, and public schools going back many decades allowed this mess by failing to prioritize teaching replacement generations by our example and inclusion both civic duty and participation. This absence was filled by Democrat backed NPOs and leaders who welcomed youth and taught them, producing community organizers and demanding activists. Everyone likes to be on a winning team.
I totally agree with you, it is sad that the current way politics has been going that it has separated friends and family, everyone should work hard on getting their act together, I enjoy all your articles…
What a great article. I didn’t know a lot of that but it was very inspirational. I hope and pray things can change for our country just like they have for Bishop High School. Thanks for a great article. Well said… 🙏🥰🙏
What I don’t understand are local Republican parents not giving their students opportunities to learn civic duty and then make public comment or otherwise participate in the all-American game of life.
The Young American Foundation (YAF) is at their doorstep: The Reagan Center by the wharf. WHY do parents not enroll their 7th-12th grade students in a program event or at minimum take them to a few monthly lunch meetings with national leaders to expose their child to issues and perspectives? There’s no charge for students and our local secondary schools give excused absences, plus many teachers give extra class credit if a student writes up something or agrees to orally share with the class a report on whoever spoke.
Moreover, the high school conference held in Santa Barbara annually attracts hundreds from across the country determined to learn to make contributions to country and their communities. The DC Conferences for high school and college students are exceptional for the depth of information and pace. When political realities seem overwhelming, my adult kids reminded of the YAF students from their teen years network: “Some kids know politician stats and legislation like other kids know baseball player card stats. They’re on it. We’re on it.”
These trained young adults are not on the sideline of the game of life. They know how the system works, are confident, not intimidated, and will not tolerate corruption by politicians or government officials. They are cause for hope.
Beyond political corruption, the growing national debt increasingly has more in the younger generation mad and in motion. The days of kick the can are over.
Thank you, Tim, for this inspirational story about the high school (literally) around the block from my home. I didn't know the backstories about Cardinal Football. Their story reminds me of "Hoosiers," a film based on the true story of a small farm town high school team that went on to win the Indiana State basketball championship. I've seen this wonderful film many times, including just 3 weeks ago. Your article and "Hoosiers" remind us that behind every great endeavor -- sports, exploration, discovery, governance -- is a great leader. Coaches mold young athletes into adults of character and grit. Calendar this: Saturday, June 21 from 9:00 -- 3:00: "Classics With Cardinals." The 3rd annual Bishop High's classic car show that supports Cardinal Athletics. Free admission to the public. (I'll be there with my first "car" -- Look for the green dune buggy.) Thanks, Tim, for a happy early morning read.
During my 35 years in business here in Santa Barbara, I found that high school athletes always made the best employees. They knew about teamwork and working hard to get things accomplished. The only problem I see in your plea to get everyone to come together over athletics is that A.W.F.L. ( affluent, white female liberals?) or awful’s don’t think about, talk about, watch or play sports, and it seems to me this is what makes up the majority of the Democrat party. At least the part that yells and screams constantly, stands in front of the Tesla dealership, waving signs and unfortunately, the ones that believe that boys/men should be playing girls/women’s sports competitively. They are also the ones that seem to be getting elected into office, both locally and nationally. I truly hope that the rest of the voting public begin to see the madness in some of these policies that have become mainstream, especially in California. Then we can start to vote in people with a better sense of right and wrong and a love of country. Yes, more high school athletes.
I have a question, as usual. Has ever in his life, has trump ever, given a positive, motivational, inspirational, not about him speech? The commencement speech he gave at West Point, totally senile grandpa speech. What do trophy wives and old golfers have to do with anything, all about him? Is he even invited to speak or does he just takes it upon himself to push himself on this captive audience?
His grifting was on full display this past weekend. He charged crypto investors millions to attend a dinner, spent 15 minutes with them, gave them crappy food and made a couple of billions to line hie pockets.
Oh, and let’s not forget his big humanitarian move. He pardoned two white collar convicted criminals, The Chrisley‘s, who had a reality show, showing how well they lived. They lived well by cheating banks, the IRS, the American public, who supported their show. Also pardoned was some law breaking sheriff, trump’s kind of people.
Great article. Sports played a significant role in shaping my ability to collaborate with others toward a common goal. They taught me how to be coached, how to listen, how to lead, how to deal with failure, how to be accountable, and how to prioritize team success over personal ego. Those lessons were foundational.
But it was the military that took those lessons and elevated them to the next level.
In uniform, you work alongside people from every walk of life—every ideology, every political party, every race and background—all brought together in a combat team. You're trauma-bonded by circumstance, and cooperation isn't optional. The mission must succeed, and failure isn't theoretical—it’s permanent. The only thing I ever cared about was the person's qualification when I turned the watch over to them, so that I could get an hour of sleep without mishap.
Every disagreement or personal conflict faded the moment a deployment started. Everyone understood the stakes. Our goal was to come home, all parts intact, months down the line. And everyone carried the same quiet burden—missing their families, their kids’ milestones, while someone they loved back home carried twice the load.
In that environment, trust becomes everything. Teamwork isn’t just a value—it’s survival. Military members on deployment can reach an agreement in 5 minutes and pursue a course of action. Meanwhile, our politicians haven't agreed on a budget on time in 27 years... perhaps there's a correlation there: less than 5% of Congress has served in combat, with only 18% of members being veterans.
The other common thing is that every unit in the military starts its training cycle as the worst team in the league. Then, after significant workups, they rise from the ashes and, a month into deployment, become an elite team. It's a constant cycle of rebirth and new people, like a high school football team.
Sports and the military have a lot in common; it's no wonder the service academies require sports, even if just at an intermural level.
"Democrats and Republicans used to agree to support their teams together. Sports-"
"Let us all support our teams together, no matter what side of the aisle we are on. This could be a great example as to how the political parties should treat each other."
Is this not anathema to the entirety of your readerbase? Aren't the *Burkean copers* here calling democrats their enemy, fools, demons, etc? Isn't half the stuff on here polemics against contemporary leftist ideology - yet you now wish to make peace with the very people so many here believe is destroying their precious republic? I've seen "traitor" go around too - yet one wishes to get cozy with them?
Why is the ultimate goal unity of indifference? True Unity is achieved under the Social Kingship of Christ, not "I'm okay and you're okay" or some market place of ideas worship - pluralism (of indifference). Sounds two faced to me, to suggest faux unity due to athletics, then go back to squaring up immediately after for a "scrap". Nah, even for a Carlist like me this is just beyond sad. What am I supposed to believe that everyone will just embody lukewarm takes to avoid offending the other? The diehard MAGA *patriots* and the soc dems are just going to hug one another? Absurd.
What's even the reason behind this? Is it cowardice and a refusal to have conflict? Desperation because the right *constantly loses its 250 year long culture war?* - and so to save face *and preserve even a fraction of your ideals you raise a white flag now lest you be washed away? The rot will keep growing, and the left, like their revolutionary forefathers of the enlightenment will not resr with peace - they want comformity and total victory.
You desire peace yet no conversion, not unity but idleness and apathy. You cannot make peace with a revolutionary. Just look at two other local publications here - Edhat and the Santa Barbara independent - the left, democrats, they hate and despise you. I have no skin in this game as a Carlist, nor do I care about America - but if you're going to be coherent - you can't have some truce with people who only want you destroyed and your ideas crushed. "War beats on in our hearts, why carry on with a false peace..."
I agree with you that unity in America could be, and historically was, achieved through widespread acceptance of Judeo-Christian morals and values. It would be great for the US to be grounded once again in reality and common sense, which has been lacking since around 2015. To my knowledge Tim Tremblay has never engaged in the “polemics” that you complain about. So your complaints there are completely unwarranted. Great article Tim!
"Judeo Christian values" are a false construct of the post war era - it's false ecumenism. Tell us what these values are, how "Judaism and Christianity" are so alike (I refer to Rabbinic Judaism, which explictly rejects Christ, not Second Temple Judaism), and if most peoppe actually accepted these beliefs. Because the world before you didn't occur overnight - there have always been liberals and leftists pining for revolution.
The sexual revolution happened a decade after the 50's - and the "Judeo Chrisitans" did nothing. Clearly they were not so "united". Besides, most people were nor devout Christians but cultural ones. They went through the motions, and as soon as a challenger came in the form of the sexual revolution, they dispered and did nothing.
And the "polemics" I mention refer to SbCurrent in general, forgive me for my lack of clarity.
I agree with you that the sexual revolution seduced many, Christians included, starting with the approval of the birth control pill in 1961. The Catholic Church was united, its leaders rejected birth control. But it hasn’t been enough. Since then we’ve been six decades on a very slippery slope into cultural immorality and decay, with the latest manifestation being the confusion as to scientific basics, like the differences between men and women and the immutability of their biological natures. The shared values between Christians and our Jewish brothers obviously start with the 10 Commandments. “Judeo Christian” refers to the fundamental values that are shared. On the one hand, you clearly imply that you want unity because of your criticism of alleged SB Current “polemics.” But in the next sentence, you raise a particular Jewish sect that rejects Christ. Where is the unity in that?
None. And Second Temple Judaism no longer exists. Also if you believe everything went to hell in the 60's and not before (the rot was there, just under a facade of normality) then you don't understand the issue.
"Liberalism is a Sin (Spanish: El liberalismo es pecado) is a controversial book written by Roman Catholic priest Félix Sardà y Salvany in 1884, which became a rallying point for conservative political movements such as Integralism and Carlism; Sardà believed that liberalism is the "burning issue of our century" : it is the "radical and absolute negation of the sovereignty of God". It is all the more dangerous because it became an official legal error, introduced into the government of princes by powerful figures."
America dethroned Christ and enthroned error with the first amendment - that alone shows that this degeneracy began with the revolution - when Christ was divorced from all apsects of society except privately - that's how the rot would take hold over time.
Yes and I would love to meet your father and give him a red beret, and it's curious to accuse me of "whining" when you slandered me as a pedo... because I'm Catholic. How bizzare - and it was because I made you uncomfortable with my beliefs.
And I'm not here to win "converts". I am not interested in making friends - besides, why make friends with the likes of you, people who can't even respect me? Why do you assume I'm here to win some popularity contest? Or be appealing? That's now I operate, I don't rely upon validation.
Sports has always been the glue to hold mankind together. Some sports may have been violent in nature but a common bond throughout history has always been to root for one person or one team. And the Olympic Games unite the world through sports.
As a TA football coach at CSULB, when it was a power, I used to haunt the halls for guys I knew could play at a top Division 2 program.... For what ever reason they were there but did not suit up.
I got "one" who had played basketball in high school, and he won the most critical game in the 4th quarter. My head coach had a fit when I put him in with that "look".... He later said good call, did not think you had the guts to do it.
Where are these "players" who understand responsibility and taking the responsibility for failure?
Nationally we are faced with a party that knew their guy was incompetent, allowed a committee to create policy that was incoherent, and put the entire nation at risk.
State wide the same attitude continues, with repeated annual $Billions in debt, a crumbling freeway system, and destruction of local values for ideology.
So where are the team players who value local regulations, stopping population congestion that results in streets that fail?
Why have they disappeared in the face of failure, only to be replaced by kiss the ring political types who see government as a path to easy retirements and benefits, that only millionaires used to be able to afford.
It takes calcium, do you have it? Or are you too concerned with retirement, or your next vacation?
CAB could use a few good players, and the best we have had are those retired types who understand responsibility.
CAB your concerns spot on, and rarely addressed. Too few suit up to join the team to advocate, and those that do tend to be age 55 and older. We elders, and public schools going back many decades allowed this mess by failing to prioritize teaching replacement generations by our example and inclusion both civic duty and participation. This absence was filled by Democrat backed NPOs and leaders who welcomed youth and taught them, producing community organizers and demanding activists. Everyone likes to be on a winning team.
Great article Tim,
I totally agree with you, it is sad that the current way politics has been going that it has separated friends and family, everyone should work hard on getting their act together, I enjoy all your articles…
Thank you,
Jerry Shalhoob
Founder:
Shalhoob Meat Co.
Est. 1973
What a great article. I didn’t know a lot of that but it was very inspirational. I hope and pray things can change for our country just like they have for Bishop High School. Thanks for a great article. Well said… 🙏🥰🙏
What I don’t understand are local Republican parents not giving their students opportunities to learn civic duty and then make public comment or otherwise participate in the all-American game of life.
The Young American Foundation (YAF) is at their doorstep: The Reagan Center by the wharf. WHY do parents not enroll their 7th-12th grade students in a program event or at minimum take them to a few monthly lunch meetings with national leaders to expose their child to issues and perspectives? There’s no charge for students and our local secondary schools give excused absences, plus many teachers give extra class credit if a student writes up something or agrees to orally share with the class a report on whoever spoke.
Moreover, the high school conference held in Santa Barbara annually attracts hundreds from across the country determined to learn to make contributions to country and their communities. The DC Conferences for high school and college students are exceptional for the depth of information and pace. When political realities seem overwhelming, my adult kids reminded of the YAF students from their teen years network: “Some kids know politician stats and legislation like other kids know baseball player card stats. They’re on it. We’re on it.”
These trained young adults are not on the sideline of the game of life. They know how the system works, are confident, not intimidated, and will not tolerate corruption by politicians or government officials. They are cause for hope.
Beyond political corruption, the growing national debt increasingly has more in the younger generation mad and in motion. The days of kick the can are over.
Your final sentence is the sole truth. Thanks.
Thank you, Tim, for this inspirational story about the high school (literally) around the block from my home. I didn't know the backstories about Cardinal Football. Their story reminds me of "Hoosiers," a film based on the true story of a small farm town high school team that went on to win the Indiana State basketball championship. I've seen this wonderful film many times, including just 3 weeks ago. Your article and "Hoosiers" remind us that behind every great endeavor -- sports, exploration, discovery, governance -- is a great leader. Coaches mold young athletes into adults of character and grit. Calendar this: Saturday, June 21 from 9:00 -- 3:00: "Classics With Cardinals." The 3rd annual Bishop High's classic car show that supports Cardinal Athletics. Free admission to the public. (I'll be there with my first "car" -- Look for the green dune buggy.) Thanks, Tim, for a happy early morning read.
I loved this story! Go Cardinals!
Such as refreshing local history lesson…Thank You
During my 35 years in business here in Santa Barbara, I found that high school athletes always made the best employees. They knew about teamwork and working hard to get things accomplished. The only problem I see in your plea to get everyone to come together over athletics is that A.W.F.L. ( affluent, white female liberals?) or awful’s don’t think about, talk about, watch or play sports, and it seems to me this is what makes up the majority of the Democrat party. At least the part that yells and screams constantly, stands in front of the Tesla dealership, waving signs and unfortunately, the ones that believe that boys/men should be playing girls/women’s sports competitively. They are also the ones that seem to be getting elected into office, both locally and nationally. I truly hope that the rest of the voting public begin to see the madness in some of these policies that have become mainstream, especially in California. Then we can start to vote in people with a better sense of right and wrong and a love of country. Yes, more high school athletes.
I have a question, as usual. Has ever in his life, has trump ever, given a positive, motivational, inspirational, not about him speech? The commencement speech he gave at West Point, totally senile grandpa speech. What do trophy wives and old golfers have to do with anything, all about him? Is he even invited to speak or does he just takes it upon himself to push himself on this captive audience?
His grifting was on full display this past weekend. He charged crypto investors millions to attend a dinner, spent 15 minutes with them, gave them crappy food and made a couple of billions to line hie pockets.
Oh, and let’s not forget his big humanitarian move. He pardoned two white collar convicted criminals, The Chrisley‘s, who had a reality show, showing how well they lived. They lived well by cheating banks, the IRS, the American public, who supported their show. Also pardoned was some law breaking sheriff, trump’s kind of people.
Yes, many times…listen carefully, every word is on point…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wwzj29kuvo
DLD - Davos was a much better performance. Trump wasn't rambling about buying boats and trophy wives like at West Point.
Great article. Sports played a significant role in shaping my ability to collaborate with others toward a common goal. They taught me how to be coached, how to listen, how to lead, how to deal with failure, how to be accountable, and how to prioritize team success over personal ego. Those lessons were foundational.
But it was the military that took those lessons and elevated them to the next level.
In uniform, you work alongside people from every walk of life—every ideology, every political party, every race and background—all brought together in a combat team. You're trauma-bonded by circumstance, and cooperation isn't optional. The mission must succeed, and failure isn't theoretical—it’s permanent. The only thing I ever cared about was the person's qualification when I turned the watch over to them, so that I could get an hour of sleep without mishap.
Every disagreement or personal conflict faded the moment a deployment started. Everyone understood the stakes. Our goal was to come home, all parts intact, months down the line. And everyone carried the same quiet burden—missing their families, their kids’ milestones, while someone they loved back home carried twice the load.
In that environment, trust becomes everything. Teamwork isn’t just a value—it’s survival. Military members on deployment can reach an agreement in 5 minutes and pursue a course of action. Meanwhile, our politicians haven't agreed on a budget on time in 27 years... perhaps there's a correlation there: less than 5% of Congress has served in combat, with only 18% of members being veterans.
The other common thing is that every unit in the military starts its training cycle as the worst team in the league. Then, after significant workups, they rise from the ashes and, a month into deployment, become an elite team. It's a constant cycle of rebirth and new people, like a high school football team.
Sports and the military have a lot in common; it's no wonder the service academies require sports, even if just at an intermural level.
"Democrats and Republicans used to agree to support their teams together. Sports-"
"Let us all support our teams together, no matter what side of the aisle we are on. This could be a great example as to how the political parties should treat each other."
Is this not anathema to the entirety of your readerbase? Aren't the *Burkean copers* here calling democrats their enemy, fools, demons, etc? Isn't half the stuff on here polemics against contemporary leftist ideology - yet you now wish to make peace with the very people so many here believe is destroying their precious republic? I've seen "traitor" go around too - yet one wishes to get cozy with them?
Why is the ultimate goal unity of indifference? True Unity is achieved under the Social Kingship of Christ, not "I'm okay and you're okay" or some market place of ideas worship - pluralism (of indifference). Sounds two faced to me, to suggest faux unity due to athletics, then go back to squaring up immediately after for a "scrap". Nah, even for a Carlist like me this is just beyond sad. What am I supposed to believe that everyone will just embody lukewarm takes to avoid offending the other? The diehard MAGA *patriots* and the soc dems are just going to hug one another? Absurd.
What's even the reason behind this? Is it cowardice and a refusal to have conflict? Desperation because the right *constantly loses its 250 year long culture war?* - and so to save face *and preserve even a fraction of your ideals you raise a white flag now lest you be washed away? The rot will keep growing, and the left, like their revolutionary forefathers of the enlightenment will not resr with peace - they want comformity and total victory.
You desire peace yet no conversion, not unity but idleness and apathy. You cannot make peace with a revolutionary. Just look at two other local publications here - Edhat and the Santa Barbara independent - the left, democrats, they hate and despise you. I have no skin in this game as a Carlist, nor do I care about America - but if you're going to be coherent - you can't have some truce with people who only want you destroyed and your ideas crushed. "War beats on in our hearts, why carry on with a false peace..."
I agree with you that unity in America could be, and historically was, achieved through widespread acceptance of Judeo-Christian morals and values. It would be great for the US to be grounded once again in reality and common sense, which has been lacking since around 2015. To my knowledge Tim Tremblay has never engaged in the “polemics” that you complain about. So your complaints there are completely unwarranted. Great article Tim!
"Judeo Christian values" are a false construct of the post war era - it's false ecumenism. Tell us what these values are, how "Judaism and Christianity" are so alike (I refer to Rabbinic Judaism, which explictly rejects Christ, not Second Temple Judaism), and if most peoppe actually accepted these beliefs. Because the world before you didn't occur overnight - there have always been liberals and leftists pining for revolution.
The sexual revolution happened a decade after the 50's - and the "Judeo Chrisitans" did nothing. Clearly they were not so "united". Besides, most people were nor devout Christians but cultural ones. They went through the motions, and as soon as a challenger came in the form of the sexual revolution, they dispered and did nothing.
And the "polemics" I mention refer to SbCurrent in general, forgive me for my lack of clarity.
I agree with you that the sexual revolution seduced many, Christians included, starting with the approval of the birth control pill in 1961. The Catholic Church was united, its leaders rejected birth control. But it hasn’t been enough. Since then we’ve been six decades on a very slippery slope into cultural immorality and decay, with the latest manifestation being the confusion as to scientific basics, like the differences between men and women and the immutability of their biological natures. The shared values between Christians and our Jewish brothers obviously start with the 10 Commandments. “Judeo Christian” refers to the fundamental values that are shared. On the one hand, you clearly imply that you want unity because of your criticism of alleged SB Current “polemics.” But in the next sentence, you raise a particular Jewish sect that rejects Christ. Where is the unity in that?
None. And Second Temple Judaism no longer exists. Also if you believe everything went to hell in the 60's and not before (the rot was there, just under a facade of normality) then you don't understand the issue.
"Liberalism is a Sin (Spanish: El liberalismo es pecado) is a controversial book written by Roman Catholic priest Félix Sardà y Salvany in 1884, which became a rallying point for conservative political movements such as Integralism and Carlism; Sardà believed that liberalism is the "burning issue of our century" : it is the "radical and absolute negation of the sovereignty of God". It is all the more dangerous because it became an official legal error, introduced into the government of princes by powerful figures."
America dethroned Christ and enthroned error with the first amendment - that alone shows that this degeneracy began with the revolution - when Christ was divorced from all apsects of society except privately - that's how the rot would take hold over time.
Theodoric of York. I would love to meet your Mother. You will achieve no Carlist converts with your whining.
Yes and I would love to meet your father and give him a red beret, and it's curious to accuse me of "whining" when you slandered me as a pedo... because I'm Catholic. How bizzare - and it was because I made you uncomfortable with my beliefs.
And I'm not here to win "converts". I am not interested in making friends - besides, why make friends with the likes of you, people who can't even respect me? Why do you assume I'm here to win some popularity contest? Or be appealing? That's now I operate, I don't rely upon validation.
Sports has always been the glue to hold mankind together. Some sports may have been violent in nature but a common bond throughout history has always been to root for one person or one team. And the Olympic Games unite the world through sports.