Undefeated, ranked #1 High School coach fired

[gobigblue812_rivals29381]

In mid-season... I'm guessing something bad behind the scenes happened.

High school coach fired in midst of undefeated start and #1 state ranking

Providence Catholic (New Lenox, IL) dismissed head coach Tyler Plantz on Saturday.

www.footballscoop.com

 

[catfanlou]

That is incredible.

 

[Littlecreek10]

There might be stuff behind the scenes but nothing surprises me anymore. Our HS fired our basketball coach and he had the second most wins by a coach in school history. Some of the parents were upset that their kids weren't the star of the team or didn't get to play enough. I wouldn't be surprised if our football coach left after this season the way some parents are acting. Even one who's kid transferred to another school can't stay off Facebook taking shots at the coach every week. HS coaches aren't baby sitters. You couldn't pay me $100,000/yr to coach HS sports and deal with idiot parents.

 

[CatBearPig]

Not sure what happened but people need to learn that winning sports games isn’t the most important thing. Our society lost that somewhere and it shows.

 

[Johnny_Jeepers]

I heard he was bad at clock management.

 

[Catlogic1552]

I heard he was bad at clock management.

I‘m hearing it was more like cock management.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

In mid-season... I'm guessing something bad behind the scenes happened.

High school coach fired in midst of undefeated start and #1 state ranking

Providence Catholic (New Lenox, IL) dismissed head coach Tyler Plantz on Saturday.

www.footballscoop.com

I live nearby and the story is that Father Merkelis told Coach Plantz he was done because of disorginization with the early season games (which Plantz had no control over). Father Merkelis also told him he didn't like the way Coach Plantz dealt with the families as well as how he handled recruiting. Evidently the money people and some teachers weren't getting their way with their kids playing meaningful minutes.

It appears to be political. Merkelis caved due to parental pressure. Got to keep that money flowing, eh, Father Merkypiss?

 

[LineSkiCat14]

There might be stuff behind the scenes but nothing surprises me anymore. Our HS fired our basketball coach and he had the second most wins by a coach in school history. Some of the parents were upset that their kids weren't the star of the team or didn't get to play enough. I wouldn't be surprised if our football coach left after this season the way some parents are acting. Even one who's kid transferred to another school can't stay off Facebook taking shots at the coach every week. HS coaches aren't baby sitters. You couldn't pay me $100,000/yr to coach HS sports and deal with idiot parents.

There has to be more to the story about your HS basketball coach. When your successful to that degree, you dont just get fired because some parents are unhappy about playing time.

 

[Littlecreek10]

There has to be more to the story about your HS basketball coach. When your successful to that degree, you dont just get fired because some parents are unhappy about playing time.

Nope, and I had connections to the team. It's been building for a couple of years now. When you have families that think they can control everything, especially in a small town school, and the coach doesn't care who you are, this is what happens. He did have a temper but it's nothing compared to the coaches I played for. When daddys coach the kids in middle school and then when they get in high school the kids get exposed as not as good as daddy made them look, so they want to blame the hs coach instead of accepting reality. Now they got a coach they can control.( Sorry, just blowing off steam, I hate to see this happen. If I say much more people will figure out who I am talking about and who I am.)

 

[cordmaker 74]

Happened in the county I live in, bunch of parents got together and went to the superintendent, then he was let go.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

Not sure what happened but people need to learn that winning sports games isn’t the most important thing. Our society lost that somewhere and it shows.

Our society is cooked. It keeps getting worse too.

 

[KYAnywhereEverywhere]

The letter at the end of the article that the coach wrote in response to the firing makes it sound like there were parents that just didn't like him, parents that apparently have some leverage over the school's decisions. I'm guessing some "important" parents were upset that their little Johnnies and Jalens weren't playing enough.

 

[kywildcat1021979]

The letter at the end of the article that the coach wrote in response to the firing makes it sound like there were parents that just didn't like him, parents that apparently have some leverage over the school's decisions. I'm guessing some "important" parents were upset that their little Johnnies and Jalens weren't playing enough.

The good old politics in high school sounds about par for course.... Seen this a lot when my daughter was playing sports in high school.