Pennsylvania 2010

[doctor]

so does anyone know if it is officail yet??

[Deeisenberg]

What has happened is that Sewickley's coach is not going to continue coaching this year. This likely means that the team will be unable to find a coach which would prevent it from competing. However the only thing that I know to be true is that the coach from the past is no longer continuing in that post.

[eta150]

That's huge news by itself, I mean, Sewickley was a non-issue before coach Erler joined.

[binary010101]

You'd think the students would be really upset over this and would really try to get a new coach. Maybe that's what they're doing now and they'll be right back to dominating states on April 30. Too bad there's no Sewickley people on here, at least that I know of. We could ask them.

It's not really necessary to have a good coach to have a good team. What really matters is that the students are willing to go out and do what has to be done by themselves.

[EastStroudsburg13]

Well, if it's like our school,there needs to be someone overseeing the group. He could just be a supervisor and essentially do nothing, but they probably need someone to watch them and the other teachers there feel like they need to do a lot of work to live up to their reputation.

[nerdygrlz789]

my friend who goes to sewickley says that w/o mr. erler they aren't joining back....and i understand. 'cause i'd do the same thing if my coaches weren't there anymore.

[crabnebula143]

Yea.... I guess it just wouldn't be the same w/o their coach...

[denmarksoccer]

I just can't understand why they would stop doing it even if their coach left. Personally, I would try to get a team going at my school if there wasn't one. Surely there has to be some Sewickley kids trying to start up SO again...

[eta150]

That's the problem with building an entire organization around a single person; that person left, so the organization does too

[EastStroudsburg13]

my friend who goes to sewickley says that w/o mr. erler they aren't joining back....and i understand. 'cause i'd do the same thing if my coaches weren't there anymore.

I dunno, people should be in Science Olympiad because they enjoy the experience and like science, not because they like the coach especially. That helps a lot, but it shouldn't be the main reason you do Science O.