Drama, Drama, Drama

So, we lost girl #5 this weekend. Yup. Our suitemate Ashly quit this Saturday after the games. Oh boy.

You see, Ashly was told the libero position was hers this season if she played; as long as LT was out, that is. Even when LT got back, however, Coach said that LT would have to re-earn the position.

Yeah, then this weekend came around and LT (a week out of surgery) played all but one game of one match as the libero. Now, I am not saying that she wasn't great while she was out there; she was. And Ashly was having a bad game. But that was one game; everyone else gets more than one chance. Coach wouldn't even rotate the libero position. It was all LT.

Anyways, that is all Ashly has been working for (and now comes the part I don't agree with). She couldn't accept playing any different role on the team and she wanted that libero position now. So she quit. She knew Coach would never play her as libero as long as LT was around.

Well, Coach went off on Ashly. Finally, she let her go, but told her to get her stuff out of her locker on Monday. Ashly went down today (Sunday) to get it done early, and lo and behold, her locker padlock is missing, the sign with her name on it was removed and stuck inside her locker, and all the team stuff (jerseys and spandex and shoes) was gone, along with one pair of Ashly's own personal spandex. Ashly had expensive jewelry, money, and her own clothing in there. Even the laundry bag that we all have to throw down to get our sports stuff cleaned was gone; someone had emptied the contents (all dirt laundry, of course) out into Ashly's locker.

Ashly came back pretty upset; at first she laughed until she realized her stuff had been left there unlocked and vulnerable to being stolen. A stranger had just walked out of the locker room (the girls' varsity locker room!!) as Ash was walking in, so the lockers were there to be taken from. So we told her to report it. In case it wasn't Coach, Ash would be blamed for losing her stuff, and worst case, Coach would say that she stole the stuff.

So Ash called security and reported it, and they had her come down to the security building to make an official report. The guy she talked to apparently has a daughter that went through the same thing and he was totally on Ashly's side. He is going to confront Coach about it and make sure that this is taken care of. Oh man.

So, practice tomorrow out to be interesting. I really don't want it to be a big mess, but it already looks that way. And Coach will know that KT and I know everything about it. I just don't want it to be awkward, because I'm really not on anyone's side. I don't think Ashly should have quit, and I think what Coach did (if it was her) was childish and stupid. Aahh! So the next couple of days should be quite the soap opera. Tune in next time to hear about the next juicy act of vandalism.