The Definition Of Integrity

From Newsday.com:

Mass resignations in Holmdel High School football program

HOLMDEL, N.J. -- The head coach of the Holmdel High School football team, Joe O'Connor, has resigned along with all nine assistant coaches over what O'Connor says was an undermining of his authority by the school administration.

O'Connor quit Monday, saying the administration had reinstated a player after the coach made him leave the team over discipline problems. On Wednesday, nine assistant coaches decided to resign from the team as well in a show of solidarity with O'Connor.

"We were trying to do this for the players who did the right thing, who didn't skip class or practice or argue with the coaches," said one of the former assistant coaches, Robert Kearns, in comments published in the Asbury Park Press for Thursday's newspapers.

According to O'Connor, the player in question had a history of breaking team rules, and when he traded words with another player during last Saturday's loss to Red Bank Catholic, the coach cut him from the team.

On Monday, O'Connor said the school administration reinstated the player, and the coach _ in the middle of his sixth season _ decided to leave.

Officials from the high school declined to comment on why the player was allowed back on the team or on the coaches' resignations.

For the remainder of the season, which includes three regular season games and a possible state playoff bid, the Hornets will be led by coaches from the Holmdel Pop Warner football league.

UPDATE:
Now this is rich.

"Holmdel Principal Cheryl Swider will serve as the team's head coach ..."

And, apparently, the school is considering action for breach of contract against the former coaches. I hope they lose their game tonight "which Holmdel needs to win to keep its hopes for a state playoff berth alive".