Wow. Doug Laker is the winningest coach in Greenfield-Central history - also Indiana's State Coach of the Year in 2016.
"After eight seasons of progressive success and numerous positive year-end evaluations, Laker emphasized, the administration changed it’s mind. Their reasoning, the head coach said, was he was “too mean” to his players this year.
"First, he didn’t wear enough Greenfield-Central apparel. Second, the administration has been informed he told his players “you can’t be JV your whole life, you have to make a play in the 7:30 (varsity) game.
"The third, parents alerted the administration that Laker used what Manning and Bryant allegedly called degrading language when the head coach expressed to his players, they shouldn’t “p— yourself when someone gets into you” on the court."
Bill Fennelly is also quoted in the article defending coach Laker. So are Madison Wise and her parents. This sounds like another Nebraska/Yori situation...
http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/2017/04/06/change_at_the_helm/
"After eight seasons of progressive success and numerous positive year-end evaluations, Laker emphasized, the administration changed it’s mind. Their reasoning, the head coach said, was he was “too mean” to his players this year.
"First, he didn’t wear enough Greenfield-Central apparel. Second, the administration has been informed he told his players “you can’t be JV your whole life, you have to make a play in the 7:30 (varsity) game.
"The third, parents alerted the administration that Laker used what Manning and Bryant allegedly called degrading language when the head coach expressed to his players, they shouldn’t “p— yourself when someone gets into you” on the court."
Bill Fennelly is also quoted in the article defending coach Laker. So are Madison Wise and her parents. This sounds like another Nebraska/Yori situation...
http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/2017/04/06/change_at_the_helm/