Risk vs Reward
Mark,
I have a player who fouls too much. Should I ban her from the team until she gets better with that? Of course not. I'll take 16 ppg and 12 rpg in return for 4 or 5 fouls every game. Should the assistant coach act properly? Of course. But if the coach determined that his usefulness outweighs the damage he does, he has done his job.
It's not a black or white world. Even the black and white rule book leaves room for interpretation (start a Three Seconds in the Lane thread if you don't believe me). We have to make decisions in the gray all the time, and the coach has done this.
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Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
-- John Wooden
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