1.9 Sec left in Playoff game TO Granted with none left leads to Coach Ejection (Video

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by Adam

I'm guessing the second player was just mirroring his teammate

Sure. But would he mirror the teammate if he knew that the teammate had just f%^$%ed up and was going to cost the team the game? No. He would only mirror if he thought the TO was what they wanted. To me, that is pretty strong evidence that the coach failed in communicating to the players on the court that they had no time outs and had to get the rebound and heave it (or, on a make, throw a pass to someone who could shoot quickly). If the coach had class (and no, nothing in the video gives us reason to think that . . .), his post game comment would be to apologize to the team for not doing a better job of making sure all the players understood the situation and to take responsibility for what happened and take it off the kid.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by so cal lurker

Sure. But would he mirror the teammate if he knew that the teammate had just f%^$%ed up and was going to cost the team the game? No. He would only mirror if he thought the TO was what they wanted. To me, that is pretty strong evidence that the coach failed in communicating to the players on the court that they had no time outs and had to get the rebound and heave it (or, on a make, throw a pass to someone who could shoot quickly). If the coach had class (and no, nothing in the video gives us reason to think that . . .), his post game comment would be to apologize to the team for not doing a better job of making sure all the players understood the situation and to take responsibility for what happened and take it off the kid.

Good point.

That would have precluded him giving the other team an extra 4 free throws.

[so cal lurker]

And by contrast, a classy response by a coach in an even higher stakes game with a similar player error:

“You know, from Day 1, we teach our guys that we're a team,” Drew said in his postgame press conference. “And one play at the end or one or two plays at the end doesn't lose a game for us. There's plays throughout the whole game that coaches can call better, that players can play better, we've had that pattern through the whole year with our guys. I'll talk to Matt more in depth at some point. He's down about it. It could have been a miscommunication. He looked over at me before. But one play doesn't lose the game for you. And I'm proud of the guys fighting back and being in that situation. Without him we're not even close to being in that situation at the end.”

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by so cal lurker

And by contrast, a classy response by a coach in an even higher stakes game with a similar player error:

“You know, from Day 1, we teach our guys that we're a team,” Drew said in his postgame press conference. “And one play at the end or one or two plays at the end doesn't lose a game for us. There's plays throughout the whole game that coaches can call better, that players can play better, we've had that pattern through the whole year with our guys. I'll talk to Matt more in depth at some point. He's down about it. It could have been a miscommunication. He looked over at me before. But one play doesn't lose the game for you. And I'm proud of the guys fighting back and being in that situation. Without him we're not even close to being in that situation at the end.”

Very cool.

[LRZ]

Originally Posted by so cal lurker

And by contrast, a classy response by a coach in an even higher stakes game with a similar player error:

To quote a member on another thread, "Is this a true story that actually happened?"

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by LRZ

To quote a member on another thread, "Is this a true story that actually happened?"

I believe that would be Bryce Drew of Vandy after the foul at the end of yesterday's game.

[LRZ]

Originally Posted by frezer11

I believe that would be Bryce Drew of Vandy after the foul at the end of yesterday's game.

Thanks. I have the worst TV package in the Western Hemisphere, so I get almost none of this on TV, so I was asking seriously, out of curiosity. Nice to read about a coach with that kind of integrity.