Coupeville Sports

Lori Stolee, balancing family and work. (John Fisken photo)

She has an incredibly hard job, if you think about it.

Coupeville High School Athletic Director Lori Stolee has to balance the wants and needs of coaches, athletes, parents, teachers, random people wandering by, even the occasional snarky blogger. And, she has to do it with a smile, even if, at times, she probably feels like smacking one or two of us with a confiscated Vuvuzela horn.

Mainly the snarky blogger, when his writings drive parents to her office to complain about something she has no control over…

It’s a can’t win job, as her predecessors can attest.

No matter how well she pulls things together and keeps them running, there will always be someone who thinks they know how she should be doing the job.

When you’re the focal point, as she is with Wolf athletics, you never get enough credit for the successes, but you always hear about the “failures.”

Well, today, one person at least is going to stop and simply say, “Good job.”

Thank you for putting up with my sometimes(?) inane questions, and for being subtle about it when deflecting the ones you can’t or won’t answer.

Thank you for being at nearly every Wolf sporting event, putting a smiling public face front and center.

Thank you for hiring quality coaches like Tony Maggio, Anthony Smith and David and Amy King.

Thank you, Mrs. Stolee, for being you.