We need to stop calling out our coaches.
I find the column “Foreman’s Corner” in the last Highlander a complete insult to anyone who coaches at this school. This is yet another example of how the environment in which our coaches have to work in has eroded. This happens all the time, people whose experience with football reads; played Madden on Playstation and watched Sportscenter, are handing out advice to coaches on play calling and strategy. If I watch Grey’s Anatomy and play operation that does not make me a doctor.
In comparison, Coach Fahr since 2001 has amassed an outstanding record. He has coached four play-off teams and three OAA Championships. He is one of three men in the 105 years of Seaholm Football to lead a team to a play-off victory. His assistant coach Frank Buford is a member of the Michigan Football Coaches HALL OF FAME. They do not need advice from parents, tennis players, club lacrosse coaches or anyone else.
We need to keep in mind that this is HIGH SCHOOL football not the NFL! It is played by kids not professional athletes. The coaches do not make millions of dollars. There is not free agency or a draft. You rely on the students from the district.
We need this poor treatment of our coaches to stop.
Bob Carleton
Social Studies Teacher
Class of 1989
Ernest W. Seaholm High School
