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Bill Plaschke: With no accountability, Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson retires under a dark cloud

He stood at midfield in the Rose Bowl, a triumphant figure poised at the center of the national prep football universe, basking on the precipice of retirement from a long and illustrious career. Then why doesn't Bruce Rollinson want to talk about it? He appeared at one of the final stops on his victory tour Monday, one last chance to expound on his 34 years of glory, the esteemed Mater Dei ...
Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson gets the team ready before a game with San Mateo Serra, where they won 44-7 to win the 2021 CIF State Football Championship Bowl Games Open Division tournament, at Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, California, on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021.

He stood at midfield in the Rose Bowl, a triumphant figure poised at the center of the national prep football universe, basking on the precipice of retirement from a long and illustrious career.

Then why doesn't Bruce Rollinson want to talk about it?

He appeared at one of the final stops on his victory tour Monday, one last chance to expound on his 34 years of glory, the esteemed Mater Dei coach attending a press luncheon in advance of Friday's Southern Section Division I championship game at the Rose Bowl against St. John Bosco.

So why wouldn't Bruce Rollinson answer the most obvious of questions?

This columnist showed up to ask him

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