Catching up with "his eminence"

I think everyone has read this article already, but...let's take a look anyway.

"Gimmillaro a casualty of his own eminence"

Yeah, must be really awful to coach in THE hotbed of volleyball talent, all those national championships, play in the pyramid, Debbie Green as your assistant. If only he hadn't been so darned successful, this season would seem great, wouldn't it? Thanks for nuthin', Misty May!

The article, by Gimmillaro P.R. flack Long Beach Press-Telegram columnist Doug Krikorian, goes on to bemoan the fact that, although Long Beach is having a pretty good season, things just ain't what they used to be:

After all, there was a time it would have been incomprehensible for the 49ers to have dropped two matches to, of all schools, Cal Poly as they've done this autumn.

Yeah, "of all schools"! Zing! Take that, Cal Poly! "There was a time" when you stunk!