[Mick]

In reading the stories, what stands out the most is that no one looks good.

Not the players now talking to the press who quit after they were going to be benched for a game.

Wow.  So that's the only reason why they quit, because they were going to be benched for a game.  And I thought it happened after two years of stress caused by virtually every single adult who should have had their best interests at heart, including their AD, their former coach, their former trainers, parents of other players and not in the least their current coach. 
But what I take from your post is that it was just because these seniors were being benched for a game, one of said seniors having played for 217 games in a row, another of which said "it was just the epitome of the whole season."  I must have read the article incorrectly.

[Mick]

In reading the stories, what stands out the most is that no one looks good.

Not the players now talking to the press who quit after they were going to be benched for a game.

Wow.  So that's the only reason why they quit, because they were going to be benched for a game.  And I thought it happened after two years of stress caused by virtually every single adult who should have had their best interests at heart, including their AD, their former coach, their former trainers, parents of other players and not in the least their current coach. 
But what I take from your post is that it was just because these seniors were being benched for a game, one of said seniors having played for 217 games in a row, another of which said "it was just the epitome of the whole season."  I must have read the article incorrectly.