One of the cool things about this job of mine is that, on occasion, I get to talk to some pretty neat people.
One of the better ones is Mike O'Malley, the now-former coach of the Chico State men's soccer team. He stepped down on Wednesday as announced by Chico State SID.

O'Malley is a guy who you can tell feels for his team. His passion is probably what made him so good in his time as Wildcat coach. So when I covered games, it was easy to see that those losses really stung, and the wins made him smile. It's nice dealing with genuine people like that, because let's face it, you don't get to a lot of the time. People want to be diplomatic these days, whereas O'Malley is who he is. Plus, he's a family man, and I have a lot of respect for that. His last game was a win, and I got to talk to him after it. For a guy whose season was, as he called it, "an unbelievable work of fiction," I will admit that I was glad for the guy.

Chico State's losing a good one.