Should the coach have been held to blame for this?

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Originally Posted by KSigkid

That's what I thought - not to be cynical, but I think that if he had spoken the party line, so to speak, he would still have a job. Whether he should have kept his job is, obviously, a matter for debate.

The word around here is that the leaders of the school felt that the coach was being insubordinate. Insubordination is one offense that can get you fired (or nonrenewed contract) or transfered in a public school. In a private school, it would apparently be an automatic firing.