Semi-OT: HS Coach that Banned Saban Relieved of Coaching Duties

Submitted by EastCoast Esq. on

I guess the school wasn't on board with banning the most powerful football coach in the South.

 

Parkway has let go of head football coach David Feaster. #LHSAA https://t.co/jTLkU9VlEK

— Roy Lang III (@RoyLangIII) February 17, 2017

 

h/t @AndrewMLind and @mgoblog

EDIT: As pointed out by a poster below, he's still a teacher at the school. That was my bad.

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WholeMilk

February 17th, 2017 at 4:20 PM ^

Yeah, I agree. It looks like this coach was continuing a policy he started under a different principal, and the new principal didn't share his feelings. Also, this coach's beef with Saban is probably the least unethical thing I've heard of Saban doing. Maybe not even unethical at all (ethics experts?).

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OwenGoBlue

February 17th, 2017 at 1:18 PM ^

Alternately this guy is just one of the majority of high school coaches: just a teacher who like sports but isn't necessarily good at coaching them. He could have lost the coaching job over that, his need to get attention, and/or other things (Cranky Dave noted a few priorys above).

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Pompano Jack

February 17th, 2017 at 2:07 PM ^

Parkway is a 5A school that has been really good the last few years.  They are a program not just a football team.  In Lousiana good programs like Parkway hire coaches, not just teachers who like sports.  I watched them play 2 years ago a couple of times.  It is a school with plenty of talent. The best coaches in the state are going to want that job.

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OwenGoBlue

February 17th, 2017 at 3:45 PM ^

Thanks for the additional info. Strange that a relatively innocuous comment was the act that got him fired (or perhaps final straw if they didn't like his outspokenness); school boards can be weird as hell with how they treat big names/egos in their districts. This could have been resolved with a conversation.

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Tex_Ind_Blue

February 17th, 2017 at 5:38 PM ^

That was a dumb move by the coach. Whether you like the biggest name in your state in your profession has nothing to do with giving the best opportunities to your kids. It was ok for him to not like Saban and his policies. But he shouldn't have went to town "banning" Alabama from campus. Doing that harms his students. Who would come to his school if they knew the biggest name in College Football would not be recruiting them? 

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