Glenn Reese Jr., the son of Sen. Glenn Reese, is in a mess at Boiling Springs High School. He’s the coach of the varsity boys basketball team, which as of Friday was 9-14 overall and 1-8 in region. The Herald-Journal reported that 11 players had quit the team, but that the season would continue.
The postponement of the Bulldogs’ game against Byrnes because of Snowtorious B.I.G. couldn’t come at a better time for the team to recruit enough replacement players to fill out the roster. That’s probably not going to stop the bad feelings that are being directed by the former players and their parents.
[Hope] Houchins said the players skipped practice because they “didn’t like the way coach Reese was treating them and they wanted to make a statement.”
“They told my son and Ryan, ‘You guys are leaving, but we don’t want to play for him next year,’ ” Houchins said.
Keith Hoppes, the father of junior Peyton Hoppes, said his son was one of the players who didn’t attend practice.
“We walked out because coach belittled us constantly,” Peyton Hoppes said. “He’s all about himself. He’s not about the team.”
Peyton and his father both said Peyton would not play for Boiling Springs next season if Reese is still the coach.
Ouch. We covered high school sports for three years and never encountered something like this. Actually, the coaches we dealt with were pretty good Joes (or Janes). Something tells us this story is going to get worse before it gets better.
