Playing basketball, football for a while and at a decent level, I've never seen someone be called a "fucking fairy ****" or had a ball hurled at their heads, penises, and rest of their body from 5 feet away. That is way out of line. I have seen coaches grab players in an aggressive manner to move them to the correct spot on the floor, and scream in faces and occasionally call us pussies or bitches or something to that effect. But in very rare circumstances and certainly not in habit, such as this has become.
Even if it is his "tactic" it is but one type of tactic and there are plenty of other coaches out there that don't use this particular tactic (or at least to this extreme) yet still win.
The problem here isn't the coach's behavior. It's the fact that the threshold for the term "physical and emotional abuse" had fallen so drastically, and few, if any, are up in arms about it.
when these athletes have been coddled their whole life, a lot of them are super pansy and need to get their ass handed to if they're going to be system players. just how it is. most athletes fuck around ALOT, even during practice. I mean on one hand, it kind of makes them freeze up in clutch situations, on the other hand, you'll have a bunch of lazy players that won't follow the rules.
That was disturbing. Only organized sport I've played is HS bball, and don't think that's normal at all. He should be fired. If I were a parent of a Rutgers' player, I'd be pissed.
Oh gimme a fucking break. The problem is that we deem throwing a ball at a kids head, kicking him, and calling him a fucking ***got abuse, and not...you know, the actual actions? GTFO with that. You can't just up and kick someone. I don't give a shit if you're a coach. And why should there be a difference between a teacher in an academic situation, and a coach there? Because it's always been that way or something? Because some are used to it and like the tough love approach? bullshit. The problem here IS the coaches behavior, kicking kids and throwing balls hard at them from close range is unacceptable. Go ahead and call me a pussy if you like. That's some bullshit right there.
Nah.....too general. It may be how it is for some, but not the majority of successful coaches. It won't be how it is anymore for Mike Rice Jr because he won't have a job.
Well, what if you have a team full of Raymond Feltons and Darius Miles on your team? You have to be a hard ass. At the upper echelon with elite players, sure, you can be a "zen master", but coming up on the ranks being a hardass develops work ethic and focus in the players.
Two things: 1) I know we call these guys "kids" because they're quite a bit younger than most of us, but they're all over 18. They're not really kids in the grand scheme of things. It's not like he's throwing basketballs at a ten year old. 2) The guy is a state employee so he should be held to the same standards and rules than any other government employee is held to. If another government employee was calling people ***gots, I guarantee that guy would be on the curb so fast he wouldn't know what hit him.
If that were the case, I wouldn't consider it much of a team. Meaning, I wouldn't feel like I had guys that wanted to play, unlike most college programs.
When I was in college, I kicked it with a few of the basketball players. they would always come over and smoke out and drink...they were fuck ups. some were dumb as shit. they're not all Dame Lillards.
