Any news on Somers, Arlington, Briarlciff HC hirings?
Somers is going to have the toughest time as they have to replace the entire staff - JV Included. When the admin gives the parents too much power - or any for that matter - that word gets around the coaching community real quick.
We are at a time now where there are more high-quality coaches in the stands than on the sidelines. Admins and Districts are shooting themselves in the foot by trying to placate demanding parents instead of supporting their coaching staffs. We are seeing it more and more and its across many sports. Yeah you can get a person to occupy the position of "coach" but that doesn't mean you will be successful.
Push to fire the coach because your kid didn't get playing time he didn't earn last year? Okay. Now he has the playing time, for a "coach" will limited experience and isn't developing players/teams. This year the team is worse off because shockingly, the players on the field didn't magically get better, the better players saw the writing on the wall and 1-2 left for private school, the coach can't adjust because he doesn't have the experience or he's trying to make sure everyone get's playing time to quiet the - largely small, but loud - group of parents. AD or Superintendents detest getting complaint emails all season, so they let that coach go. Third coach in 3 years....
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