Marble Falls situation

[44INAROW]

Ok, what am I missing here?

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Marble Falls demotes coach after state tourney run
Boettcher vows to fight his removal as girls team coach.
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By Rick Cantu

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF


Tuesday, April 03, 2007

MARBLE FALLS — One month after guiding the Marble Falls girls basketball team to the state tournament for the first time in school history, coach Eric Boettcher has been reassigned by the school district.

Boettcher is scheduled to report this morning to his new job at Spicewood Elementary School.



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Eric Boettcher


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"I'm going to be the highest paid elementary school P.E. teacher in the state," Boettcher said Monday from his lawyer's office. He said his salary of $68,800 will not be affected by his reassignment.

The change comes on the heels of a 33-7 season that earned Boettcher recognition as the Central Texas basketball coach of the year. He said he plans to appeal Monday's decision by Marble Falls schools superintendent Ryder Warren.

"This doesn't pass the smell test to me," said Boettcher, whose Lady Mustangs have reached the state playoffs five straight years. "I believe there is professional jealousy that our program is winning and others (at the school) are not winning."

Warren declined to be specific about the reason for Boettcher's demotion.

"Our No. 1 coaching requirement is that we put the kids above everything else," Warren said. When pressed to be more specific, the superintendent said, "It is not my right to do so."

Boettcher said he was told this demotion stemmed from issues relating to his staff.

"The official reason they gave me is that I lost control of my assistant coaches," Boettcher said.

His lawyer, Eddie Shell, described the superintendent's decision as "a crock." Shell's daughter, Morgan, was the team's leading scorer this season and earned a spot on the American-Statesman's All-Central Texas team.

"Do you think (Warren) ever considered how this might affect Morgan Shell?" the lawyer said. "This is going to tear the team apart. The program next year will be a shadow of what it was this year."

If Boettcher, a coach for 26 years, is unsuccessful in the appeals process, he said he's ready to go to court to fight for his job.

"(Warren) is not living on this planet if he doesn't concede there will be a lawsuit coming," Eddie Shell said.

Boettcher said he was escorted out of his office Monday and told he cannot have any contact with his players.

Boettcher became Marble Falls' coach in 1998 after a successful tenure at Krum High School.

[Maroon87]

This should get interesting...and not in the best way, might I add.:thinking:

[pirate4state]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm ---- i agree '87 this could get, ummmm, interesting.

[piratebg]

Why on earth would they demote him to an elementary PE teacher? Something ain't stirring the Kool Aid :confused:

[CHS_CG]

Originally posted by piratebg
Why on earth would they demote him to an elementary PE teacher? Something ain't stirring the Kool Aid :confused:


sounds fishy to me....

[piratebg]

I smell something and it ain't fish :devil:

[44INAROW]

with the attorney having a "vested interest" in this situation - it's going to get ALOT of his attention .......... there has got to be more to this story!

[pirate4state]

Of course there is and I'm sure we could all come up with some very interesting scenarios. :D :eek: :o

[LH Panther Mom]

I read that this morning & I think we all must be missing "the rest of the story". Lost control of his staff? :doh: I wonder if "the staff" was reassigned/non-renewed or if it's somehow all his fault. :rolleyes:

[piratebg]

Originally posted by pirate4state
Of course there is and I'm sure we could all come up with some very interesting scenarios. :D :eek: :o


You mean like something involving the coach, a monkey in a Marble Falls jersey, a water hose, some Vaseline, a camcorder, a gerbil, and a bottle of tequila? Doesn't sound too interesting to me. :D

[piratebg]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
I read that this morning & I think we all must be missing "the rest of the story". Lost control of his staff? :doh: I wonder if "the staff" was reassigned/non-renewed or if it's somehow all his fault. :rolleyes:


Well, we know there is no Marble Falls Coaches Gone Wild because by now we'd have all seen it on youtube or something. I wonder what "lost control" means. :thinking:

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by piratebg
You mean like something involving the coach, a monkey in a Marble Falls jersey, a water hose, some Vaseline, a camcorder, a gerbil, and a bottle of tequila? Doesn't sound too interesting to me. :D :eek: :eek: :eek: Noooooooooo! That's a G2 scenario. :devil: :devil:

[burnet44]

gotta love the River Rats

[Fotbol]

Originally posted by piratebg
Why on earth would they demote him to an elementary PE teacher? Something ain't stirring the Kool Aid :confused: Inappropirate behavior maybe???:confused:

[piratebg]

But why punish him for the actions of his out of control assistants?

[Fotbol]

I heard from a coach, that there was some baby chickens involved???:thinking:

[txkmom]

After having been married to a coach for over 20 years, I'm telling you there doesn't HAVE to be more to the story, although I suspect there is. Sometimes school politics is just crappy. You can have your best season, and if someone has an ax to grind and finds a way, they'll get you. Or if someone outside wants the job and the winning program and has a school connection ... I've seen that, too. I sound paranoid, but I've seen it too many times, human nature being what it is. Sounds like a mess!

[Maroon87]

I know just a few years ago our baseball coach was in hot water over some alleged fund-raising scandal. Turns out it was all just some guy who had something against him that blew the whole thing out of proportion.:rolleyes:

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by txkmom
Sometimes school politics is just crappy. You can have your best season, and if someone has an ax to grind and finds a way, they'll get you. Isn't that the truth! :hairpunk: :hairpunk:

[Phil C]

"You win - your're fired!" :(

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by txkmom
After having been married to a coach for over 20 years, I'm telling you there doesn't HAVE to be more to the story, although I suspect there is. Sometimes school politics is just crappy. You can have your best season, and if someone has an ax to grind and finds a way, they'll get you. Or if someone outside wants the job and the winning program and has a school connection ... I've seen that, too. I sound paranoid, but I've seen it too many times, human nature being what it is. Sounds like a mess!


Truer words were never spoken. The same crappy politics go on in city government and probably on up the food chain....it is always a bitter dose of reality when you see it up close and personal. :mad: