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Originally posted by JRutledge
Dan,
You can be disrespectful and belittle people without having gun play. Come on Dan, no one is suggesting that the coach had the right to blow someone away.
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I'm not saying one follows the other necessarily. I'm saying that the idea that a man cannot endure even the slightest forms of "disrespect" without violence (either real or threatened) is something that has gotten to be a real problem over the last 10 or 15 years or so. I don't mean to say it never happened. I mean to say when it did happen 'back in the day' it usually involved a genuine psycho ("don't mess with so-and-so, he's nuts!"). These days it's almost required, at least that's the culture across all groups. But of course all that is completely besides the point, and of course I don't mean to say one fine day a coach will blow someone's head off prior to introductions and the national anthem.
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Many are just suggesting that the questions are unnecessary and silly. Those questions invite a response that is not going to be just a simple "yes."
Peace
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Again, the point is we live in a world where others have some level of authority over us. Even Donald Trump, bless his orange tinted comb-over, needs to go begging to banks to bail his @ss out of bankruptcy yet again every couple of years. "The powers that be" decided the officials & the coaches need to have this discusson before the game. The officials & coaches should comply. If a coach takes it as an excuse to get all pissy with the refs then he's not adult enough to be put in his position of authority over his players.
Again, this is not about whether I think the discusson is a good, bad or silly idea (I do think it's kinda silly myself). It's about you do what you need to do without being a jerk about it.