Chuck Reedy Unsure About Future After Disqualification

The question isn't how well Chuck Reedy is taking the shocking early end to the Goose Creek Gators undefeated 2012 season. The question is whether its bad enough for the coach to walk away from the job.

In a press conference Tuesday, Principal Jerry Huskey announced that the school had exhausted all of the options in its disqualification appeal. The S.C. High School League ruled a special needs student in his fifth year of high school was ineligible when he played this fall and denied a hardship request from the school to let the team finish the playoffs.

Reedy gave an emotional plea to the league's executive committee, twice. In both cases, the committee soundly refused. A coach who has gone two season with only one loss, Reedy was still stinging from the season ending in a conference room, instead of on the field.

Reedy began his comments to the press by looking back on 11 years leading the Gators, noting its been the most rewarding role in his career.

"I will certainly be evaluating my future, in conjunction with Mr. Huskey," Reedy said. "I can tell you I have a very difficult time being associated with an organization like the South Carolina High School League."

Wherever he is next year, Reedy said he'll be lobbying for top-to-bottom reform in the league. Twice in his comments to the press, Reedy smacked the table. Reedy called the executive committee "puppets."

"In two sessions I never heard one single word from any of them about what was right for children," Reedy said. "I don't want to be associated with a group of people like that."

A member of the SCHSL executive committee, Huskey was diplomatic in his response to the the committee hearing. But there was no hiding Reedy's disgust.

"Hell, no, we didn't get a fair hearing," he said. "Excuse my language."

The potential exit of the man who built Goose Creek High's successful football program sent reporters in a new direction. The coach tried to calm down speculation he was out tomorrow, but he made it clear he just didn't know.

"I love Goose Creek High School," Reedy said. "This will be the last coaching job that I will ever have. Whether it will be two years, three years, five years … whether this is my last year — I don't know — I've got to evaluate all of that."

Reedy noted the school's administrators and lawyers spent long hours building their argument in defense of the student, laying out the argument that the league's constitution justifies the student's participation.

"It says it in black and white, and they ignored it," Reedy said. "And I'll tell you why: Because they have no oversight. They answer to nobody … We challenged them, they didn't like it. We beat them on Friday and they didn't like it and we had no chance Monday because they were going to put Goose Creek back in their place."