By JD
PORTLAND, Ore. — A
Portland, Ore.-area middle school football coach who said he was willing to
lose his job rather than back down from plans for a team party at Hooters has
lost his job.
The athletic director
for the Corbett School District, Jean-Paul Soulagnet, sent a letter to parents Monday night telling them the
end-of-season awards party at Hooters was no longer a Corbett Middle School event. Soulagnet also fired coach Randy Burbach for refusing to choose a more appropriate location.
Burbach told KGW-TV he would not bow to pressure to move the party,
because he always told his boys to stand up for what they believe in.
“I think there are
better locations,” Soulagnet said. “The restaurant, it’s good food, but I don’t think it
sends a message that we want to our young men.”
So a couple weeks ago I said there was probably no
one in the world that loved food and boobies more than James Cowan, that guy who felt up an Arby's girl and got caught because he left a trail of curly fries.
And quite frankly, I assumed I was second on the list. Then Randy Burbach comes
along and makes us both look like absolute amateurs. This guy would rather lose
his job than not go to Hooters with a bunch of middle school kids. Had to stand up for what he believed in because that’s what
he taught his players to do.
You know how former athletes always pick out famous
coaches and say shit like “that’s the kinda guy I coulda played for” like it’s
realistic or something? Not me – I couldn’t hack it with Belichick or
Harbaugh. But Randy Burbach – now there’s a guy I coulda played for. Coach Burbach believes in tits and hot
wings – that’s what he’s gonna have, and that’s what his players are gonna
have. Whatever it takes. That type
of passion can not be ignored. That is unquestionable leadership. Gotta assume that when Oregon
eventually gets caught for illegal recruiting and they have to fire Mark
Helfrich, Randy Burbach will be their next hire. Hell, Arkansas should call
this guy right now just to have him ready in case Bielema doesn’t get up the next
time he topples over getting off the bus.
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to give me a job.
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