What if the coach had a winning season? On a brand new athletic field? For a team that was traditionally at the bottom of the field, from the point of athletic ability?
If you are Michael Doran, principal of Wootton HS, you fire the coach.
Really? Your team narrowly misses the opportunity to go to the playoffs, and the reward is ?
FIRE THE COACH.
Something is wrong here, but this writer has been saying that for several years.
We thought the school was terrific. Dr. Doran orchestrated a concert during 2012 that all but ensured his school would get a replacement athletic field, until he had to move the concert on to the pavement. But he still got his artificial turf.
SO - what really happened, Dr. Doran? And, by the way, how did you come up with the money to cover the concert and pay the school's portion of the fundraising effort for the turf field? Financials would be nice, but do the brainiacs at Wootton know how to account for funds?
Inquiring minds have a lot of questions.
See the story from the Washington Post here.
I'm saying that he was fired because the AD wanted him out and that an all black coaching staff didn't help, regardless of their credentials.
ReplyDeleteAnyone that knows anything about football knows that when you have a coach and a program that is dedicated to greatness, people will follow. Not sure of the kids you are referring to that got into the school district. Diggs already lived there, but have no intention of going to public school until Spinner, got the job. The rest of the kids were the same ones Toliver had and did nothing with.
You'd be surprised what parents are willing to do and where they are willing to go if they believe their kids are in the right hands. People have been moving into that district for years for the education, I don't know why people are surprised that people are willing to now move for the football program. Plus, private school doesn't require you to move anywhere, even out of the prestigious 20854 zip code.
Is it about the kids, really? Not for the administration, but for Spinner and his staff, that's all it's about. Ask the kids yourself.
See http://s2.excoboard.com/mocofootball/105326/2426121/2 for more on this matter.
ReplyDeleteSee http://www.change.org/petitions/dr-doran-and-the-wootton-athletic-director-reinstate-coach-spinner?share_id=ydfokgstfn&utm_campaign=twitter_link_action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition
ReplyDeleteCheck MD Judiciary Case Search
ReplyDeleteIt's OK for coaches to have priors?
DeleteSo you think a person shouldn't be allowed to coach football at a high school because of one possession of paraphernalia charge from 6 years ago? Paraphernalia that is used with a substance that some of our state legislators support legalizing and already legalized for medicinal uses? But I digress...the charge was from SIX years ago. Why don't you stop hiding behind an anonymous wall and give us your name? I'd be happy to see what prior charges you have and if you had any driving violations. According to your logic, people shouldn't be able to drive if they have prior moving violations.
DeleteHolden,
DeleteAre you responding to these comments as a reporter or citizen? This is really easy to check. Simply find out if a MCPS coach can have this kind of charge and still be hired. Easy, peasy. This isn't about feelings, it's about facts.
A little research will show you that drug charges are not the same as moving violations for a teacher.
Do the same standards that apply to MCPS teachers apply to coaches?
Just to be clear, citizen.
ReplyDeleteThe guy spent over $30,000 of school money to buy new uniforms without permission of the AD or principal. He claimed that the team was being sponsored by an athletic apparel company which was not true. The school was stuck with a $30,000 bill and an untruthful coach. That is why he is gone.
ReplyDeleteThat's gossip and impossible. An individual can not spend MCPS money without authorization. It flies in the face of basic contract law. At a local school the principal is the person in charge of the local schools accounts. If that were true, then anyone could spend MPCS funds, right?
DeleteLet's stick to facts, thanks.
You're right and you're wrong. You're right in the basic statement of how he couldn't spend MCPS money without authorization. However, you're wrong that this is gossip. You're also wrong because he never actually spent money. He ordered the uniforms, contracted for them with the apparent authority as a coach (when in fact he had no such authority) and incurred a massive debt on behalf of the school. He claimed they were donated. They were not, in fact, donated. The school and boosters then started receiving bills in the neighborhood of $30,000.00 that they had not budgeted for nor approved. Seems like conduct that would get you terminated at just about any job, no matter how good you are or how beloved you are.
DeleteAgain, that's just gossip. The school and the boosters would not be liable for items they did not order. Are you trying to say there is a massive cover up going on? That implicates the principal and the booster club. Principals don't have piles of cash just sitting around now do they? Are you trying to imply that the Principal is using school funds to cover up something?
DeleteLet's see the bills. Let's see the documents that back up what you claim. Otherwise, it's just gossip.
Agree! My point is that it "takes a village." Nothing happened here in isolation. If an order was made without authorization, someone is covering up that unauthorized purchase. It takes 2 to tango.
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