Upon Further Review

Because if there’s anything anybody who has ever walked the sidelines at Fort Defiance knows, it’s that this school has its full share of numskull fans that enjoy making a coach’s life a living hell.

So, that why it’s time for this group of idiots who drive coaches out and get coaches fired to chill out and let new football coach Dan Rolfe do his job.

(And, of course, since Jack Tucker and Larry Landes would only say “no comment” when Dale Spitzer was let go after 25 years, we’ll just assume it’s the fans—the ones that filled message boards, e-mail in-boxes and the night air with their cries—behind your decision. You see Jack and Larry, this is what happens when you don’t tell people why. We’re all left to assume. I mean, why else would some parents want to meet with you after the fall banquet and, a few days later, Spitzer is gone? Eh?)

Maybe it’s time that this group of mouth-breathers realize the damage they’ve done. It’s not enough to embarrass your son by screaming from the stands? Shame on you.

What’s Rolfe getting into? He’s getting into a situation surrounded by a group of kids that want to know what the heck is going on at their high school? A group of kids who tried desperately to keep one coach (wrestling icon Terry Waters) and met with Larry to keep the other. (But, of course, we now know that when you’re paid somewhere around 90K to be the principal at Fort Defiance, it’s most certainly “not a democracy,“ as Larry so famously exclaimed when parents met with him wanting to know why Waters was fired.)

Most have faith in adults, but I have faith in the kids on this one. If anything has been proven out at Fort Defiance it’s that some of the adults can’t be trusted and, let’s be honest here, act more like they claim kids do with their cliques and secrets.

So, good luck, coach Rolfe. Out at Fort you’re going to need it. The players will be fine, it’s the people in the stands you have to worry about.

Unless, of course, some of the adults out there finally decide to grow up.