Salinas High parted ways with long-time assistant basketball coach and alum Kevin Price.
Hey, it happens. Different philosophies. A change in direction. I get it.
How it happened is what has drawn criticism and questions about the administration's actions.
Price was told by text that he will no longer be coaching at Salinas High next year.
Text!
I realize in the world of social media that we text more than talk.
Yet, administration couldn't have at least called him.
Price isn't a teacher, so I suppose he was unreachable.
Yes, we're stretching here.
Salinas essentially said through a text "you're fired."
No explanation. No follow up. No respect.
This is a coach that not only assisted at the varsity level, but ran the freshman program, groomed a lot of those kids.
By most of the feedback I've received, players relished playing for him.
Now I don't know what his relationship was with the head coach. Apparently the pair were on different pages.
Again, it happens. The head coach has a right to pick his staff.
But how this was handled was irresponsible.
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2 comments:
Price was the absolute heart of the SHS program, including at Varsity level!! Coach Gordon and the SHS administration that OK'd it should be ashamed.
That's why Gordon had to let him go. He knew Price was a better fit for the job than he was. The real failure was overlooking Price for the position when Chappell retired.
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