http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/6434832 beyond shaking my head and thinking "what an idiot" this article made me think of the following... (maybe its my age or the fact that in a few years I'll have a kid in high school) his line about "normal locker room banter" is true amongst players, but should this be true between coaches/players. not the sexualness of the comment but the vulgarity in general. I mean for professionals and colleges where the players are adult (supposidely) I have no problem. but what gives high school coaches the right to constantly cuss in front of minors. i don't have a problem yelling to motivate players. but when did coaches get to cross the line. we b**** about primadonna athletes but I think stuff like this hurts, because when the coach's language is pushing the envelope, it implies to athletes that their world is "special" where they don't have to live by the rules of the rest of the school... don't get me wrong - i yell at my kids from time to time, and occasionally they have heard me cuss in anger, but that's my right as a parent. i just don't feel that i have to share this right with a coach just so my kid can play a high school sport. oh well, like i said maybe it's my age...
He was fired for that? What a joke !!! I wish some of the pro players would check to see if they have any manhood left. DD
The sissification of America. I can't believe that this is even a story. I don't think that saying something about having balls is going to kill anyone. My high school football coach would have kicked our ass and then off the team if we had b****ed about being offended.
I may be in the minority, but I see nothing wrong with the speech...It wasn't sexual in nature, just trying to motivate...Now, actually putting your hands down there, yes, a little crazy, but in concept, not bad, IMHO...
It's a really interesting dichotomy, isn't it? It is often the most liberal who consider this justified and the most conservative who consider this more of the "wussification" of America. Yet, a large number of conservatives are Christian and Jesus would most certainly not approve of this kind of behavior. I find it really ironic. As for the coach, whatever. Lockers rooms are locker rooms. It's the nature of the beast. But, if a TEACHER is required to keep it clean, a coach should have to as well.
I've been coaching on and off for 15 years. I've never felt it was acceptable to curse at kids and its not my style, but to get canned for something like that is a little over the top.
Most laws usually include verbage referring "to a reasonable person". Unfortunately people aren't reasonable anymore. Tards
I don't see anything wrong in saying this to a team of MEN. If you don't get it, you never will. The part that was over the line was the doing. But still. Fired?
Yeah, his public comment to the media about Kevin Durant was classic Bobby Knight. First of all let me say, I never curse under any circumstances. EVER! However, I've been in high school locker rooms before and the language some coaches use makes your hair stand up. The language that some very famous college basketball coaches use would stun the public if it were widely known. How this guy got fired with everything else that goes on is amazing. I don't condone vulgarity, whatever the situation, but for this guy to lose his job when so many others are much worse is amazing to me.
this reminds me of a pe teacher from highschool. i don't think he had any real teaching qualification but was a former olympian or prominient sportsmen from some eastern bloc country. anyway the class was mucking around too much so he got us to stand in line and said something like "your all acting like girls, are there any men here, maybe i'm teaching girls, pull down your shorts let me check". we didn't but another smart ass class did.
