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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If you really think it's your calling, you might try looking for another place to teach.
I would add that not all private schools are good, not all public schools are bad, and the right administrators and coworkers can make all the difference in the world.
As an Ohio Freeper who went to HS in the Canton area, lived in Akron and Cleveland and now lives in Cincinnati, all I can say is nine assistant coaches is probably less than average for large schools here. My kids' HS has a weight room equal to that of Notre Dame FB.
Gerry Faust had 17 asst coaches at Moeller HS In Cincinnati before he wrecked the program at Notre Dame.
As for Holmdel, it sounds from the article like the coach was right on the merits but didn't follow proper procedure. In this era of lawsuits, the Board might have had no choice.
"Progressive discipline" in this context means documenting violations and imposing punishments that are stronger w/ repeated violations.
School officials have declined to say why the player was reinstated. The school has a progressive discipline policy in which players are supposed to be given official warnings for disciplinary violations such as skipping class, according to Franceschini. If the violation is extremely serious, the discipline may exceed a warning.
The player who was dismissed from the team and reinstated had also missed classes and practices before the argument, according to O'Connor. However, sources close to situation said that the player never received any official warnings before he was dismissed from the team.
Maybe the coach should have just benched him for the remaining games and made him the water boy during practice.
Holmdel High got whooped Friday night, 35-0.
I saw that in our local paper. I also read a comment by one of the assistants who resigned saying that unfortunately, money and power were behind the "problem". That didn't surprise me at all.
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