South Plainfield head coach Donald Panzarella during the 2024 Greater Middlesex Conference softball tournament Old Bridge vs. South Plainfield softball game in Woodbridge, NJ, on Saturday, May 18, 2024. South Plainfield defeated Old Bridge.Ed Murray| For NJ Advance Media
Don Panzarella has had enough, and if you know anyone like him who has coached high school sports for a while, you know all the reasons why.
He is done with the parents. He is done with the meetings. He is done with the meddling. And did we mention the parents? Well, they deserve multiple spots on this list, because Panzarella is really done with them and their misguided belief that — despite his 43 years in a softball dugout — they should be the ones filling out the lineup card.
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