Here is what I want.....

I feel your pain and am relishing in the joy.
Having coached in public and city schools since 1996, depth, parents, lazy kids were always something to deal with.
Now I'm at an all boys catholic school and life is AWESOME!!!
We have 122 players 10-12. (50-60 freshmen)
Parents are very involved in every aspect from concessions, to meals, to driving to 7 on 7's, meals during 2 a days, etc, etc. Not all of them I suppose but many of them.
I've not heard a single parent complain. They let us coach the kids and put them where we think best serves the greater good. But we are still in the honeymoon phase I suppose.
Depth wise I have 15 linebackers in INDY everyday. 4 seniors, 5 juniors and 5 sophomores. Had more seniors but 2 of them play DE now.
All but one coach on our staff is professional, organized, just like you'd want. The one coach who is kind of a slappy sticks out like a blood stain in snow, and has since started getting his chit together and is doing pretty good now.

I freakin love it.

The kids were laughing the other day because the principal wants to up the school wide average ACT score 2 points...to 27. One of the kids remarked "I got a 27 as a sophomore" and then a whole intellectual discussion took place. I was dumbfounded. #differentworld

The kids work their butts off and we are hard hard on them. Just told one of my junior safeties on saturday - "you need to read your keys, it's important. Look around, we have 12 safeties...we don't NEED you to play. How many safeties are trying to take Phil's position?" 10 hands went up...I looked at him and said "do it right, or someone else will be doing it."

It does exist. I didn't think it did either but it does.
I will never voluntarily leave here for another HS job.
No way. And I will work myself into the ground to keep my job here.

fantom - that's why it's great to be the DC. The buck doesn't even slow down at me. -> see the HC.