Posted on 10/28/2005 6:03:03 AM PDT by Cagey
Edited on 10/28/2005 6:22:38 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
HOLMDEL, N.J. -- The head coach of the Holmdel High School football team, Joe O'Connor, has resigned along with all nine assistant coaches over what O'Connor says was an undermining of his authority by the school administration.
O'Connor quit Monday, saying the administration had reinstated a player after the coach made him leave the team over discipline problems. On Wednesday, nine assistant coaches decided to resign from the team as well in a show of solidarity with O'Connor.
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Wouldn't be hard at our little school. Everyone down through the Jr. High coaches are called assistant coaches to the head high school coach.
He had his day in court. The coach is the judge. Period. Shape up or ship out. I can't believe the school did not back the coach. Having been a varsity coach--if you don't have the support of the administration, you don't have anything. There is nothing worse than working for a district that is run by the parents.
At last ! Someone said what I was thinking.
***Ya really gotta wonder exactly what the board was thinking by appointing parents as assistant coaches.***
Everyone of those dads thinks he knows better than the coach. And, of course, HIS kid really deserves the breaks. I project lots of fist fights and at least one dad in jail, and lots of work for the local lawyers.
Excellent point!
When I was in 10th grade, we had a football coach named Coach Leasor. He was a former Marine and I'll admit without argument that he used "creative" language quite frequently. He was also one of the finest men I've ever been around. His players, including me, would have done just about anything for him.
We played our first game of the season in Orlando. The school where we played had some construction going on, so we were forced to have our "locker room" outside in the hallways. Coach Leasor unleased one of his typical halftime speeches, and because we were outside, some people heard him. The 2nd half was postponed due to rain, and we were supposed to come back the next night to finish the game.
When we all arrived at our locker room on Saturday, Coach Leasor was nowhere to be found. We soon found out that someone had complained about his language the night before and the school had "accepted his resignation". All the players got together and agreed that we would not wash our game or practice clothes, and that on Monday morning, we would ALL walk into the front office and deposit our things there and quit the team en masse in protest. Some of the seniors' parents contacted the newspaper and told them of our plans. On Sunday afternoon, the principal of our school called Coach Leasor and told him that his resignation was not being accepted and he could continue to coach, which he did for the remainder of the year.
Some may be volunteers. I had 3 co-workers that volunteered to be assistant coaches for a local high school. No compensation but they loved football.
Watch for the principal to have her back turned on the sideline and get nailed by an out-of-bounds play tonight.
They might have used some tough talk too but they would not have gotten away with profanity other than pretty mild stuff. Neither the School nor the public would have allowed it and I think they were right.
And a cooler of gator aid dumped over her head :P
They don't do it like that. Most (around Texas, anyway) separate out Freshman A and B from JV, but they all assemble on Friday for the Varsity games.
"They play with a ball and, and, they have uniforms, and, oh yea, and they have cheerleaders too!", Swider was heard to exclaim. /sarc
Yes they do, that's why I said it like that.
In addition to the different teams (frosh, JV, Varsity) there are the position coaches as well.
Our local team (5th in state rankings) also has an othorpeadic MD and two trainers on the sideline. The local newspaper predicted standing room only 90 minutes before kickoff. We're expecting 800-10,000 fans.
Of course its the type of game where in the past we've had the local congressional rep lead prayer from the 50 yard line and the band plays Dixie.
The position coaches are usually the Freshman/JV coaches. Depending upon the size of the school/staff, they may have varsity assistants that don't work at all with the sub-varsity teams, but that's pretty much limited to the largest schools in Texas.
On Friday night, everyone's on the sidelines and/or in the press box. Jr. High coaches are scouting other teams. I'm sure there are exceptions to this rule in some places, but few and far between in Texas.
Standing room only for 10K fans? 10K is barely average around most of Texas, at least for larger school classifications, and I can only think of one or two local venues in that group where it would be SRO. Those are schools that were small schools 15-18 years ago and their stadiums were expanded but the expansion hasn't kept up.
The schools are more interested in getting the budget passed than making sure the kids earn their grades and behave properly.
There was due process. The coach cut the offending player. The principal overrode the coach, and reinstated the player. The coach then realized that the administration didn't support the coach, so he resigned.
HS sports *used* to be a benevelent dictatorship. Now, it's more live a govenorship, with the parents running the show.
The symbol of an authority figure is a football coach. If football coaches cannot exercise authority, then the lawyers, soccer moms, and eunuchs must have taken total charge of running the asylum.
You are correct. However, you can bet your bottom doallar that little precious will have learned, by then, how to get his own attorney involved.
He(the student) must the deans source for grass.. or members of the school board...
Actually, as an adult "precious" starts with the attorney (like rent a parents).
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