Politics.
"That, I believe, was the hidden reason that Coach got fired," one Wellington player said, echoing the sentiments of a handful of others who talked. "Obviously, the timing of her return is kind of odd. It's something that a lot of people are questioning."
No, really.....players aren't stupid when it comes to this stuff.
How can they not, when the mother of the prodigal sophomore works in Wellington High's front office?
And there I think is the real reason. A few years back, the former head coach, who is now an assistant about 20 years after the incident was fired. He benched a hot shot for slacking. This hot shot wasn't giving effort that is demanded by our program and was benched. The whining baby cried to his dad on the school board, and the rest was history. Luckily, we had a good replacement who is still coaching today. He's a winner.
Jerks like that cause more harm to the program than anything else. They hurt morale. They wreck programs. They prevent good coaches from coaching, and prevent good players from playing for them.