It Happens Here
Cabrini College is a small, Catholic school in the Suburban Philadelphia area. According to it’s mission statement (http://www.cabrini.edu/default.aspx?pageid=145 ) "… the College believes in an educational philosophy that not only prepares students for careers, but enables them to live lives of dignity and purpose." If only this sensitivity had been extended to longtime Cabrini Men's Basketball Coach John Dzik.
After twenty-five seasons, 476 wins and a winning percentage of .697, Coach Dzik has been shown the door, effective at the end of the 2005 season. This seems to be an instance in which a man has spent his entire working life contributing mightily to an institution, only to be dismissed by bureaucrats whose own accomplishments consist of traveling and rising through the college administrative circuit.
As is often the case, Dzik’s problems apparently began when he tried to accommodate the college and help a colleague. Dzik claims that he resigned as Athletic Director and created a new job title for himself at the request of the College President, so as to give a promising colleague a chance to become Athletic Director. Dzik felt that he had an agreement that he would keep his administrative and coaching positions at least until he had won 500 games (a probable outcome of the 2006 season). Before long, the “nickel and diming” began and an incredulous Dzik was told that he would have to use vacation time from his administrative job to coach the team on road trips. This had never been the case in any of his prior positions at the school. Dzik resigned his administrative post to coach in peace and was then dismissed as coach.
It is telling that Dzik has two twenty-five year assistant coaches and a third who has been with him for eleven. That says a lot about a man’s ability to work with others, foster loyalty and build tradition. The three top coaches total 75 years at Cabrini, while the administrator who contacted Dzik (by letter) over his dismissal has been with the school for less than two. It is unlikely that this could have occured in the absence of direction from the President, who has been on the scene since 1992.
Naturally school administration has offered “no comment” to the press, while Dzik defends his contributions. At 54 years of age, Dzik may just now be learning the American corporate ethic, which has become so popular in education as well: “No good deed goes unpunished.” Those that “do” are resented by the mediocre characters who “can’t.” The Cabrini College web page slogan is: “It Happens Here.” It sure does.
For source news articles on the subject, click the links below.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13730369&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18170&rfi=6
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http://www.d3hoops.com/news.php?date=2005-01-12
After twenty-five seasons, 476 wins and a winning percentage of .697, Coach Dzik has been shown the door, effective at the end of the 2005 season. This seems to be an instance in which a man has spent his entire working life contributing mightily to an institution, only to be dismissed by bureaucrats whose own accomplishments consist of traveling and rising through the college administrative circuit.
As is often the case, Dzik’s problems apparently began when he tried to accommodate the college and help a colleague. Dzik claims that he resigned as Athletic Director and created a new job title for himself at the request of the College President, so as to give a promising colleague a chance to become Athletic Director. Dzik felt that he had an agreement that he would keep his administrative and coaching positions at least until he had won 500 games (a probable outcome of the 2006 season). Before long, the “nickel and diming” began and an incredulous Dzik was told that he would have to use vacation time from his administrative job to coach the team on road trips. This had never been the case in any of his prior positions at the school. Dzik resigned his administrative post to coach in peace and was then dismissed as coach.
It is telling that Dzik has two twenty-five year assistant coaches and a third who has been with him for eleven. That says a lot about a man’s ability to work with others, foster loyalty and build tradition. The three top coaches total 75 years at Cabrini, while the administrator who contacted Dzik (by letter) over his dismissal has been with the school for less than two. It is unlikely that this could have occured in the absence of direction from the President, who has been on the scene since 1992.
Naturally school administration has offered “no comment” to the press, while Dzik defends his contributions. At 54 years of age, Dzik may just now be learning the American corporate ethic, which has become so popular in education as well: “No good deed goes unpunished.” Those that “do” are resented by the mediocre characters who “can’t.” The Cabrini College web page slogan is: “It Happens Here.” It sure does.
For source news articles on the subject, click the links below.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13730369&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18170&rfi=6
Scroll to the middle of this page
http://www.d3hoops.com/news.php?date=2005-01-12
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