Stan Savran had Post-Gazette high school football writer Mike White on his show today, and White basically said in so many words that Lowe has had an issue with Zmijanac that dates back about 20 years. Apparently, Lowe's son played at Aliquippa in the late 1990s and ended up going to Edinboro, but Lowe felt his son deserved better offers than what he received. Lowe hasn't exactly been quiet about it, either.The whole "you don't care about these kids after graduation" bit is embarrassing to even say to someone. He's probably done more to keep them off the streets until at least graduation rather than on the streets in highschool.
He's not their guardian - it's not his responsibility to father them post-graduation, even during high-school.
Sounds like this guy was a poor father himself and is projecting because his son sucks.
For whatever else it's worth, White also revealed that two of the members of the board that voted against him were 1) a volunteer assistant that was on the Aliquippa football staff each of the last couple of years and 2) the wife of the current offensive line coach. I guess this falls in line with some of the rumors that had been going around about dissension within the coaching staff there.
White said this is the most bizarre instance he's ever seen of this. As he said, pretty much every high school coaching icon/mainstay the last 30+ years has gone through something along these lines - McCurry, Render, Neil Gordon, etc., but he said this one more than those appears to be absolute lunacy.
