Mike Teel was preparing to take about 50 teenagers on a commercial flight to South Carolina on Thursday afternoon, straight into the remnants of a devastating hurricane, for his first game as a head coach against a team that beat its previous two opponents by a combined 93-7 score.
But at least that challenge is what he signed up for when he agreed to take the job at Don Bosco Prep, the Bergen County powerhouse where he starred as quarterback years ago. Everything else?
Well, let's just say this wasn't the ideal way to land your dream job, by any stretch of the imagination.