Would Joe Maddon Make a Good School Principal?

Chicago Cubs Manager Joe Maddon is the hottest name in town. He has the boys in blue on the verge of clinching a spot in the Major League Baseball playoffs for the first time in seven years and has the city abuzz with Cub Fever.

But how would he do as a principal?

One Deerfield School District 109 administrator says he would hire Maddon as principal at one of the District schools, and says the offer still stands, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Jeff Zoul, the district’s assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, first extended the offer in his blog “Teach. Learn. Lead. Repeat.”

“The Cubs have a culture of hard work and fun. That is exactly what works in schools,” he said. “I disagree with tons of things (Maddon) has done tactically, but what’s important is the culture piece. From teacher to student, manager to player, principal to teacher, all those relationships are parallel.”

Although Zoul admitted to the Tribune the offer was tongue-in-cheek, both he and District 109 Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld would welcome Chicago’s hottest new manager to a district school for a day.

“My family wouldn’t like it,” said Lubelfeld, a White Sox fan. “I’d have to get on the horn with the South Side to explain. But it would be an honor. We’d roll out the welcome mat.”

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