Sports Editor John Enrietto takes a look into the dismissal of a Butler girls basketball coach.

High school coaches get fired for a number of reasons.

I get that.

But the dismissal of Butler girls basketball coach Joe Lewandowski after just two seasons is a tough one to swallow.

Reasons disclosed publicly to explain this move have been vague at best. On the surface, it looks like parental complaints about alleged intimidation and/or mistreatment of players in the program.

Didn't we go down this road just a couple of years ago?

If the reasons for dismissal are justifiable, fine. I just wish we — and the taxpaying public — knew what they were.

The school board vote to dismiss Lewandowski was 6-3. Apparently, not everyone was convinced changing girls basketball coaches at this point was the way to go.

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