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For these reasons we, the students of FAU High, ask for Ms. Gaines to be removed:
The constant tardiness she and her assistants have had at our practices. We as students are pushed to attend our classes on time, and our grades suffer when we do not. Why is it any different for these coaches?
The overall disorganization inside the program, including practices that start late, arriving late to 6 varsity games, in addition to JV and Girls games. The lack of a whiteboard, which every high school coach should have in order to explain what she wants us players to do. The lack of having basketballs for us to warm up with, resulting in us warming up without basketballs and looking foolish.
As a consequence of coaches showing up tardy to the team bus, we players had to change on the bus several times, which is illegal, creating an awkward situation for the girls, who had to be moved to the front of the bus and us boys going to the back to change. To clarify, we were never late to a game and had to change on the bus because of players being tardy, it was always the coaches. I would actually like to thank Mr. Nunzio Siciliano, our bus driver, as if it weren't for him we would have been tardy to more games, and maybe even have to forfeit the ones we were very late to.
The poor planning of the program. Practices were cancelled as late as 30 minutes beforehand. In addition, practices constantly run late, a toll on our schedule as students and those of us whose parents have to pick us up being forced to wait for us to finish.
The bringing of her personal travel team to FAU High practices for over three months, using our installations (FAU Rec Center and A.D. Henderson basketball courts) and time to train them. This violates security policy, as her travel team players do not attend A.D. Henderson, do not have owl cards, and we have no idea who they are. In addition, some of her travel team players had their parents there, who we also do not know and have no affiliation with A.D. Henderson. Not only did she train them over us, many FAU High kids who were not on the team and came out to open gym to play ball and have fun were forced to sit for 90% of the open gym, only playing one or two games so that the travel team kids could play the whole time. On top of all of that, there were many instances where fights almost broke out between us and them due to their immature actions, and instead of punishing them, Ms. Gaines punished FAU High kids, and threatened them with taking them to administration, when they should not have been there in the first place.
The mistreatment and bullying of players. Players, who have sat out due to injury, have been removed from the team, and been described by Ms. Gaines as "not welcome back."
Lastly, I was informed that Sunday, November 4th, there was a scheduled practice, and students showed up. However, without giving any warning, Ms. Gaines did not show up, and did not have the decency to tell the players why she had done so.
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November 5, 2018
The feedback from players past and present has been overwhelming and honestly heartbreaking to read. I am spending my time documenting every instance of unprofessionalism so that the administration has no choice but to acknowledge the state of this program. It is exhausting to keep pushing when the silence from the top remains, but I am not dropping this.
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I’m not personally on the team but I’ve heard very poor things about this coach. The team has been on a downhill slope for the last 2-3 years, and I think the students deserve a coach who will help them progress and do better as a team, which is evidently not happening
a Coach that shows no care or interest in all players is not a coach for me. The team and program is obviously no where even to to a priority for them. Us students represent the school is such a great way, listening to our asks on this subject can be something in return to satisfy the students that give FAU High it’s great reputation.
She prefers travel team members that do not even go to our school over our high school students and she obviously doesnt care about any of the players unless they play varsity
Would prefer to remain anonymous due to the season starting but I agree with the points on the list.
Just wanna have fun and play ball with a coach that will allow us to show our potential as a team and program like Coach Feit did.
As last year was my first year playing high school basketball, I was very inexperienced and in need of guidance. The coaches did not help me to understand the game, but rather had me and all the other girls join the boys open gyms. This was unfair to both the boys and girls teams. The girls had no idea what they doing as they were very inexperienced, and the boys were not getting the more advance practice that they needed. Even though they were welcoming to the girls, they were in need of a more skillful practice that only involved boys, this was obvious to all the players as well as the coaches. It was the senior on the team, as well as the manager, who helped to lead the girls team and the athletes who were new to the game. The coaches would show up late to practices on multiple occasions and would not even provide athletes with a schedule for the week until last minute. We would arrive late to games and would be rushed to change, and then not have time to warm up. Everyone would start off the game on the wrong foot. On one occasions, the coach did not bring enough uniforms for all of the players. One of our players was unable to play in the game because of the irresponsibility of the coach. Throughout the season, as well as the off season, the coaches alloted much more time and effort into the boys team than the girls team.
Let me just also say that the respect that the coaches had for the players was nonexistent. They held grudges and penalized certain players based on personal preference. This occurred on both the boys and girls teams. I also believe that being the only senior and carrying the team all season (because they didn’t bother to try and improve the other players) deserved some appreciation, which was not recognized at the sports banquet. In fact, they didn’t even acknowledge that there was a senior on the team, unlike every other sport, who wanted to recognize them and wish them their best on their next chapter in life. I felt that this was immature and disrespectful to me as a player and as a person. I just believe these coaches did not care about the team and only wanted to be there for a paycheck, which is not what coaches should be there for. We should feel like they care and want to be there for us and support us.
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For these reasons we, the students of FAU High, ask for Ms. Gaines to be removed:
The constant tardiness she and her assistants have had at our practices. We as students are pushed to attend our classes on time, and our grades suffer when we do not. Why is it any different for these coaches?
The overall disorganization inside the program, including practices that start late, arriving late to 6 varsity games, in addition to JV and Girls games. The lack of a whiteboard, which every high school coach should have in order to explain what she wants us players to do. The lack of having basketballs for us to warm up with, resulting in us warming up without basketballs and looking foolish.
As a consequence of coaches showing up tardy to the team bus, we players had to change on the bus several times, which is illegal, creating an awkward situation for the girls, who had to be moved to the front of the bus and us boys going to the back to change. To clarify, we were never late to a game and had to change on the bus because of players being tardy, it was always the coaches. I would actually like to thank Mr. Nunzio Siciliano, our bus driver, as if it weren't for him we would have been tardy to more games, and maybe even have to forfeit the ones we were very late to.
The poor planning of the program. Practices were cancelled as late as 30 minutes beforehand. In addition, practices constantly run late, a toll on our schedule as students and those of us whose parents have to pick us up being forced to wait for us to finish.
The bringing of her personal travel team to FAU High practices for over three months, using our installations (FAU Rec Center and A.D. Henderson basketball courts) and time to train them. This violates security policy, as her travel team players do not attend A.D. Henderson, do not have owl cards, and we have no idea who they are. In addition, some of her travel team players had their parents there, who we also do not know and have no affiliation with A.D. Henderson. Not only did she train them over us, many FAU High kids who were not on the team and came out to open gym to play ball and have fun were forced to sit for 90% of the open gym, only playing one or two games so that the travel team kids could play the whole time. On top of all of that, there were many instances where fights almost broke out between us and them due to their immature actions, and instead of punishing them, Ms. Gaines punished FAU High kids, and threatened them with taking them to administration, when they should not have been there in the first place.
The mistreatment and bullying of players. Players, who have sat out due to injury, have been removed from the team, and been described by Ms. Gaines as "not welcome back."
Lastly, I was informed that Sunday, November 4th, there was a scheduled practice, and students showed up. However, without giving any warning, Ms. Gaines did not show up, and did not have the decency to tell the players why she had done so.
Updates
November 5, 2018
The feedback from players past and present has been overwhelming and honestly heartbreaking to read. I am spending my time documenting every instance of unprofessionalism so that the administration has no choice but to acknowledge the state of this program. It is exhausting to keep pushing when the silence from the top remains, but I am not dropping this.
11 Comments
As someone who isn’t involved in athletics and is in essence a bystander, I have heard countless complaints from various students to where there seems to be an actual problem and not just one person’s perspective or that of a small group. If FAU High students are the elite, let them reach their potential and do not hinder their abilities.
I’m not personally on the team but I’ve heard very poor things about this coach. The team has been on a downhill slope for the last 2-3 years, and I think the students deserve a coach who will help them progress and do better as a team, which is evidently not happening
a Coach that shows no care or interest in all players is not a coach for me. The team and program is obviously no where even to to a priority for them. Us students represent the school is such a great way, listening to our asks on this subject can be something in return to satisfy the students that give FAU High it’s great reputation.
She prefers travel team members that do not even go to our school over our high school students and she obviously doesnt care about any of the players unless they play varsity
Would prefer to remain anonymous due to the season starting but I agree with the points on the list.
Just wanna have fun and play ball with a coach that will allow us to show our potential as a team and program like Coach Feit did.
As last year was my first year playing high school basketball, I was very inexperienced and in need of guidance. The coaches did not help me to understand the game, but rather had me and all the other girls join the boys open gyms. This was unfair to both the boys and girls teams. The girls had no idea what they doing as they were very inexperienced, and the boys were not getting the more advance practice that they needed. Even though they were welcoming to the girls, they were in need of a more skillful practice that only involved boys, this was obvious to all the players as well as the coaches. It was the senior on the team, as well as the manager, who helped to lead the girls team and the athletes who were new to the game. The coaches would show up late to practices on multiple occasions and would not even provide athletes with a schedule for the week until last minute. We would arrive late to games and would be rushed to change, and then not have time to warm up. Everyone would start off the game on the wrong foot. On one occasions, the coach did not bring enough uniforms for all of the players. One of our players was unable to play in the game because of the irresponsibility of the coach. Throughout the season, as well as the off season, the coaches alloted much more time and effort into the boys team than the girls team.
Let me just also say that the respect that the coaches had for the players was nonexistent. They held grudges and penalized certain players based on personal preference. This occurred on both the boys and girls teams. I also believe that being the only senior and carrying the team all season (because they didn’t bother to try and improve the other players) deserved some appreciation, which was not recognized at the sports banquet. In fact, they didn’t even acknowledge that there was a senior on the team, unlike every other sport, who wanted to recognize them and wish them their best on their next chapter in life. I felt that this was immature and disrespectful to me as a player and as a person. I just believe these coaches did not care about the team and only wanted to be there for a paycheck, which is not what coaches should be there for. We should feel like they care and want to be there for us and support us.
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As someone who isn’t involved in athletics and is in essence a bystander, I have heard countless complaints from various students to where there seems to be an actual problem and not just one person’s perspective or that of a small group. If FAU High students are the elite, let them reach their potential and do not hinder their abilities.