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Old Sun Mar 06, 2011, 09:06pm
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Originally Posted by RichMSN View Post
And yet you never hear anyone ask a coach if he's bigger than the game -- even in tirades that end up on SportsCenter. And yet we're accused of it if we even try to demand that players and managers respect the game and show proper decorum.
What they say: "You're trying to be bigger than the game" or "It's all about you, isn't it"

What they mean: you won't let me get away with whatever crap antics I want to without paying the price

Just more ratspeak. I don't worry too much about it, except when I have a murine partner who is afraid of being "bigger than the game."
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