1) Great Teachers are hard to find, and, even harder, to keep in the clasroom. They are like NFL RBs in that the work takes a toll. Don’t even tell me about “all that time off.” When I was a teacher, I’d routinely work 12-14 hour days, my sundays were basically shot, and most of my Saturdays as well. Whenever I could get away to a TCU game, I tried to use it as an incentive for my kids so I had an EXCUSE to go to the game. Even then, my “summers” were spent in summer school, then the 3 weeks I had off, I’d spend two of them prepping my classtoom for the upcoming year. Teaching isn’t about knowledge of the subject as it is knowledge of the craft of teaching.
2) I understand that LHCGP is at the top of his game as a defensive mind and injuries have a lot to do with our issues, however the TEAM is struggling, and more than a few of the issues point to the coaching. True, I don’t know LHCGP says inside the locker rooms and meetings, but his responses remind me an awful lot of the Principal in the scenario I was presented with. Unlike coaching, school leaders cannot afford to have “down” years or “rebuilding” years, so while yes, “in theory” this is what I’d suggest, but it is also the sound leadership decision. It is clear that our coaches have struggled for a while now, and when they leave here they continue to struggle. A good program/coach produces good coaches not for the betterment of the coach, but for the betterment of the program.
In the past, LHCGP could be a one man show, but it is clear that he needs help. The defense has not been the same since Bumpas left.
My suggestion is simply the same suggestion I would recommend as a leader of a school or a school district.
3) I also like, um distractions, and I would name them, but I fear that my recognition of an attempt to bring some levity to the discussion may undermine my point, and is not becoming of an educational leader such as myself.
