Wish me Luck!

wamam87

Shared on Sat, 05/14/2011 - 22:21

 About a month and a half ago, my dad got a call from a parent at the highschool we both coached ice hockey at years ago. It was the local private catholic high school. He was the varsity head coach starting in 1982 and coached there for 18 yrs. I started palying for the team the following year and graduated in 1990. When i was done playing, I came back and joined the team as a coach. We won three state titles from 93-96 and had a group of superstars coming up.

I had started coaching this group as the head coach of the freshman team, and then moved with them to the jv team. Problems arose when those boys moved to the varsity team. One of the fathers wanted to coach. He with the help of a few other parents (including a prominant state politician) all with bottomless pockets had my dad fired. One of the politicians sons came to me and told me about the plan. I talked to my dad and we had the meeting stopped, he went out of town three days later, and they did it while he was gone.

The only thing I found funny about the whole situation was the dad that wanted to coach and paid 5,000 as a "donation" to get it got double crossed. They were planning on asking me to coach the team. Of course when they did, I had quite a few choice words for them and declined. He still ended up with the job, but knew he'd been fooled. I have mixed feelings on the fact that the team didn't even make the playoff the year they clearly had more talent than any other team. They self imploded on egos, attitudes, and bad coaching on and off the ice.

When the current parent called, he asked my dad if we were interested in coaching again. He declined, but said he couldn't speak for me. I talked to them on the phone, and they decided to meet with me. I first met with the president for a small interview two weeks ago. Then on Tuesday and Wendsday night this week, the entire board met and interviewed the three applicants they accepted. I was the only one with no former varsity head coaching experince. My resume is a mile long though. I've been involved quite exstensively for 30 years. 12 yrs playing, 16 yrs refereeing, 17 yrs of coaching, 7 yrs administration, 6 yrs scheduling, 2 yrs tournament directon, 3 yrs chief of coaching. My disadvantage was the other two having varsity head coach experience, and they were friends with some of the board members and parents.

To my surprise, they unanimously voted for me. I meet with the school board Monday morning to interview for school approval.

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DEEP_NNN's picture
Submitted by DEEP_NNN on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 06:10
Maybe the good guys do get to win sometimes. I'm moved by this story. :)
ChubENukkels's picture
Submitted by ChubENukkels on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 09:46
What the puck? Of course, best of success!! I was moved, too, but I flushed and washed my hands before commenting ...
wamam87's picture
Submitted by wamam87 on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 13:54
thanks for all the comments everyone!
Automan21k's picture
Submitted by Automan21k on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 08:28
Best of luck, Most of the women in my family went through that, many had a very rough time with it. Keep your spirits up, and hold on to hope.
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Submitted by TKBosss on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 08:45
Good Luck. Hope everything works out for you!!!!
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Submitted by XF1R3X on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 09:30
good luck!
stungun504's picture
Submitted by stungun504 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 10:28
Good Luck Zombie! I hope everything works out for you.
char's picture
Submitted by char on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 11:24
Wishing you the best and hoping things work out for you!
AngryJason's picture
Submitted by AngryJason on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 12:26
Good luck ZK. Hope it falls into place and you get what you need.
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Submitted by xsinglewingx on Sat, 05/14/2011 - 22:40
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kontrolld's picture
Submitted by kontrolld on Sat, 05/14/2011 - 22:41
Awesome! Good luck and may everything work out for you!
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Submitted by OMGaLaserPewPew on Sat, 05/14/2011 - 22:44
Third!
CannedHeat's picture
Submitted by CannedHeat on Sat, 05/14/2011 - 22:51
Sweet!!! Congrats!
w0rm's picture
Submitted by w0rm on Sat, 05/14/2011 - 23:22
Congrats!
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Submitted by BasBleu on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 06:37
*Sending Twinkle Power vibes your way* I have GOOD feelings this will work for you, ZK! *fingers crossed, positive thoughts activated* P.S. I may be forced to throat punch some spammers...they pushed THIS blog off the top...me not happy...
VenomRudman's picture
Submitted by VenomRudman on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 00:12
So you're going to coach the school that fucked your Dad? You stood on principle once but now you've caved? I wonder how your Dad really feels about this.
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Submitted by wamam87 on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 01:44
he's excited. i wasn't going to do it, but there is not a single person that was there before still there now. he said he would have done it, he just doesn't have it in him anymore. he's going to be one of my assistant coaches.
pp2's picture
Submitted by pp2 on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 07:31
Grats dude, and good luck. Thats so cool he's going to be involved anyway, and I'll bet he's really proud of you too.
YEM's picture
Submitted by YEM on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 07:48
congrats
BlowMonkey's picture
Submitted by BlowMonkey on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 08:36
Awesome!
Phantom_Sol's picture
Submitted by Phantom_Sol on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 08:58
That's awesome news, Wam. I don't think you're caving at all. If it's something you want, then go for it. After all, it's about you and the kids, not bruised egos and old grudges. And your dad wants to help you out, that is full of win!!! Good luck to both of you.
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Submitted by Nunderw00b on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 10:13
Gratz and Good luck!
endwon's picture
Submitted by endwon on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 10:17
field hockey? lol
zombiekitten's picture
Submitted by zombiekitten on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 10:18
Good luck!!!
FLEX's picture
Submitted by FLEX on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 13:16
That's awesome. Best of luck!
Arvind's picture
Submitted by Arvind on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 14:21
Sounds like a hot mess before but maybe you can get in and make a big difference now. You have more patience than I do if you're able to coach a HS hockey team! Congrats! PS - We can drink and you can blow off steam whenever you need it.
wamam87's picture
Submitted by wamam87 on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 14:36
it's will surely be an uphill battle to get the program back on it's feet. thanks Arvind, i'm sure i'll need to take you up on that.
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Submitted by SPARHAWK25 on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 15:16
Sweet Wam!
Vix_Sundown's picture
Submitted by Vix_Sundown on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 18:33
That's great. Good for you, man!

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