Some high school teams play most of their kids both ways, the coach is just concerned about winning. High school kids could play both ways, and then you recruit a few more bodies
Remember, it's the kids THAT VOTED TO QUIT. The administration wanted to salvage to season and I'm trust they would have taken measures to improve the situation
It's ignorant to field a team with less than 30 players imho. With 18 nearly all of them would have had to play both ways plus special teams.
Practices also had to be a joke.
Schools seem very contradictory while emphasizing players' safety, yet allowing 18 player teams.