I am all for a local website to discuss town issues, but this smacks of papparazzi-like stalking. Whatever Olsen's faults may be, I don't believe it is appropriate to report on his every move, especially when it may affect the sale of his house. This is not news and it may be harmful to his property value if everyone knows he is selling and why he is leaving town. Please do the right thing and give the man some privacy. remove this article at once. This is going too far. If he isn't leaving for his own reasons, stuff like this surely will drive him out. It shouldn't be this way.

He couldn't afford the exorbitant increase in the property taxes. I don't blame him.

Maybe he has a better offer elsewhere, I am surprised he hadn't moved into college and professional arena before this.

Although the property tax mentioned would be reason enough to drive anyone out.

10 days ago i said here his house was on the market. 10 days ago i said he is looking into going to South Carolina where he has inquired about a "Private" school where is youngest son may finish out his high school career. Im sure its NOT the taxes, Im sure he's not looking to "downsize" either..Think outta the blue his son spewed "if my father don't coach, i might not play "...It's not the taxes that drive people out, its more like the politics that do....

this falls under the "who cares" category. i agree, this isn't news.

I guess after all his years of preaching "teamwork", it really is all about him and his son. The football team was just being used to get his son a scholarship and now he is tossing the team aside. Those kids are completely disposable to him. I feel bad for the football players he is leaving behind. Even if he decided not to coach and keep the AD position, he still would have been able to supervise the team since the AD can attend any game or practice he wants to.

Tom - Although Olsen is a nominal public figure (and then only because of the controversy), the story about the sale of his home pertains to his private life, so I respectfully maintain that Patch is in the wrong on this one. The sale of his home has nothing to do with how he carries out his public function. If this becomes public knowledge and is used against him in a sale negotiation, he'd be right to be pretty steamed. Regardless of whether it is a liability issue for Patch, it would be the right thing to do to remove it. EWS already reported it but to do it officially like this just doesn't sit right. I enjoy Patch for being an interactive local forum but some things are best left alone.

okay, okay, let me see if I have this correctly then? If the team goes to the state championship with this ocach thats news, and if the cos=ach decides to go before the BOA to give his account of the recent situation where several team members were alleged to have been involved in a brawl, that even the national news sources covered, thats news.
But if the very same individual is selling his house that is not news worthy in a small town news source?

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Stew - apparently you don't separate a man's public life from his private one. The things you mentioned were all done in his capacity as a coach and school official. I don't care for the way it all went down and was vocal about it on this forum; but disagreeing with someone or disliking them outright doesn't mean our principles should be compromised. Stew, with relentless critics like the ones that can be found on this board on virtually every topic, it isn't hard to see why accomplished and talented people don't want to be in the public eye. Let's stick to the issues....Olsen's public actions in his capacity as coach/administrator are fair game. His personal life ought to be off-limits.

Not fast enough for me. Hopefully they won't replace him with a higher salaried entity.

are you guys kidding? Olsen loves the attention he is getting from this. his real estate agent actually was quoted in the article. This is a ploy and we are all supposed to get upset that we are losing our town hero. He is trying to teach this town and the BOE a lesson that he means business and he and his son will take their ball and go home if they dont get their way. I'm sure we will all survive without him here but i still highly doubt he leaves. Scare tactics are funny arent they?

In order to leave the sale would have to close, and there are very few sales happening, especially when property taxes are over the 10k mark. Property taxes have become a very real drain on the market, don't forget appeal date is April 1

Well there is the realtorbanner add at the top of the story, maybe it is a favor for an advertiser

Joe, I have never read anything you posted as this directed and hard lined against someone before. It is quite shocking. If anything, it appears to me that Dan is very pro-Wayne Hills Football and Wayne Valley Football. Too much for my tastes, but many stories nonethless. By the way what are your body dimensions, out of curiosity. You point out Dan's, I would like to know yours.

I always wondered how teachers could afford Point View, especially if there was only one spouse working. Must have been an inheritance or money from other sources. There are many successful professionals who do not live in such extravagant homes.

These Posts are sooo entertaining... I heard the town is giving him a police car, key to town and the West wing of the municipal building to live in...

The town and the BOE said he can't have BOTH positions. So why would they even consider doing that. You must have the facts from people living on the "other side" of Ratzer Rd in the Hills district. The Valley side says Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey...Good Bye

Ok Shut eye - go back to sleep - just another jealous hater....

Just "DUH" Facts Hater of what? Jealous of what? Wrong is wrong so he is OUT with the tide...Hope he leaves so fast his suction takes you along with him...BYE BYE

Shut Eye - Got any Rings???
jealousy is a powerful emotion try to control yourself while he moves into the west wing!

"Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius...."

Just DUH Facts..Nope no rings here, just a good EDUCATION. No jealousy here, Just standards and values....Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.
Nope no rings here...Just good ole VALUES & STANDARDS...

You know that when all is said and done, he was hired to coach and coach he did. Some coaches are measured by the seasons they stack up, others by the values they instill and others by their impact on their charges. I always was just a little bit proud of the achievements of Wayne Hills, although my children did not attend that school. Maybe, just maybe we should take some time to say thank you to the man and stop with all the nonsense.

Very well put Scondo..A thank you would be nice, a pedestal wouldn't be. Lets move on and let the coach move on as well to South Carolina. Perhaps they have different rules there that are more to his style and needs..

Yes it is news and no, don't go to Rutgers...