Reyes reacts to loss of SD coach, GM

Here are a few items of local interest as we begin the long, cold, winter, looking forward to the Houston Texans’ return to Foxborough next Sunday: Coaches get fired right and left in pro and college sports, but we often ignore the human element involved and just think about how it will change or improve things on the field for teams. Consider the experience of former Nashua North standout Kendall Reyes, who saw his head coach, Norv Turner, fired in San Diego after Reyes’ rookie season. Not only was Turner canned, so was the man who drafted Reyes, A.J. Smith. “Regardless of what happened you have to be resilient and that’s the type of group we have in the locker room,” Reyes said last week when the Charger players were cleaning out their lockers. “That’s what we’re going to do and whatever happens from this day forth, we just have to approach it one day at a time.” Reyes, who finished his rookie season with 5.5 sacks and 28 total tacles (16 solo, 12 assists) talked about his loyalty to Turner. “Norv is a great guy,” Reyes said.