Now I know what all those fired Sports Coaches feel like
So as some of you know I was the varsity boys bowling coach at a Catholic HS here in town. I had been doing this for about 10 years. In that time I took my team to 4 state tournaments and a Conference Championship (out of 23 teams) the only one that my HS had won since they've been bowling. So I have to go back a bit to where it all started. A co-bowler of mine in my Tuesday night league was looking for HS bowling coaches for 2 of his 3 teams. I accepted and became a JV coach. After 5 years the coach friend of mine decided that he wanted to coach the girls varsity and he then gave me the boy's varsity. Going back to last spring he decided that he'd rather be a full time basketball coach as that was what he wanted to do all along. I was never contacted if I wanted to take over the bowling program or even coach as I had no clue as to what was going on. Found out last week they hired some new guy to take over the program and that he has hired 2 new coaches. I won't mention the name of the HS but I'd like to thank them for the last 10 years and not even bothering to go through the trouble of letting me know what was going on. Nothing like being hung out to dry. Guess I'm gonna have the whole winter to myself.
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Been there. It will all work out for the better in the long run, you will see.
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No severance pay?
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Actually that is common today. Without a reason given there is no evidence to sue over. It is rude, low class and the modern way of doing things in this messed up world.
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Their loss. Go visit another school.
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select-fire: 30428896365851/comments/30428881236635
Their loss. Go visit another school.
I second this. Go to their competition and tell them whats up.
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That had to feel like a bit of a kick in the crotch. Sorry to hear that Armilite.
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That really sucks. Had that happen to me coaching football. I started coaching when my son was 8. He player for about five years. When he stopped playing, me and another friend of mine, continued coaching, as we loved doing it for the kids. After 18 years of coaching, the administration decided to hand over the reins to another father, whose son was playing. I would have stayed just as an assistant, and so would have my friend. We went to coach for another town for three more years, until we decided to call it quits. I will definitely get involved again when we move and I retire. I had to go to school for coaching and get certified through the state. These new coached didn't😫 I made it fun for the kids and we won several state championships. I still have a kid stop by once in a while to say hi, remember me coach??? It really makes my year when that happens.
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You know I didn't have a problem with being let go its just the way they went about it. The coach that originally hired me and he mentioned to me not to divulge this info to ANY of the other coaches said you know You are the highest paid coach in the state. ( some of the coaches were volunteers and got paid nothing ) I definitely did believe him as it pretty much was an obscene amount of money. Last year including my Tuesday night bowling league kept me in a bowling alley 5 days a week and that was for 10 years straight. I'm kinda relieved now that I don't have to spend any days in a bowling alley unless I want to go watch my former Tuesday night bowlers bowl and have a few drinks.
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Look at the bright side - they didn't trade you to Cleveland.
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You know I didn't have a problem with being let go its just the way they went about it. The coach that originally hired me and he mentioned to me not to divulge this info to ANY of the other coaches said you know You are the highest paid coach in the state. ( some of the coaches were volunteers and got paid nothing ) I definitely did believe him as it pretty much was an obscene amount of money. Last year including my Tuesday night bowling league kept me in a bowling alley 5 days a week and that was for 10 years straight. I'm kinda relieved now that I don't have to spend any days in a bowling alley unless I want to go watch my former Tuesday night bowlers bowl and have a few drinks.
That's a good bright side, Curt.
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Im sure that stings as you probably had a great repore with the kids on the team.
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