Let the coach, coach

I'm puzzled by the situation in Junction City. Why go to the trouble of hiring a coach if you're going to handcuff them and not let them do the job?
I'll preface this by admitting, I only know one side of the story. But according to the reports in the newspaper, the coach had the right to run the team the way she saw fit. Coaches discipline players all the time and sometimes, coaches kick players off the team.
I've seen a lot of coaches take over new teams. In almost every situation, the new coach's authority is challenged by a player early. Heck, in one case the police had to be called to the school to keep the parents and the coach separated. That coach actually kicked off seven or eight girls.
The girls he dismissed were some of his best athletes and his team struggled to win games. But, the players who stayed respected the coach, followed his rules and went on to have one of the best seasons in school history by the time they were seniors. One of the girls he kicked off actually came back to the team a couple years later.
Coaches have to have the power to run the team. That means they have to have the power to discipline players and decide what type of people they want on their team.
When a coach is stripped of the power to discipline players, they're basically handcuffed. How can a coach make a player run extra laps, stay late after practice or even play a specific role in the game when the players know they don't have to do it if they don't want to?
When some players realize the administration is not going to back up the coach's decision, the team then belongs to the players. When the coach is not getting support from the administration that hired her, it's time to find a school that is as serious about the girls basketball program as it is football and boys basketball.