Coach: "The Fouls are 7-2!"

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by Hawks Coach

So yes, do believe that you change the nature of a conversation by bringing cheating up. Realize I am not asking you to be silent, I am just saying that there are many ways you can shut this kind of comment down without putting your personal integrity or a perceived slight to it into explicit question, when the question has been indirect at best until you bring it up explicitly.

I do not care what the nature of the conversation is. You do not want me to accuse you of something, keep your mouth shut about that issue. And I have never had a problem with making my point and getting them to shut up. I do not care what they think, I think a lot of things and never say them. So I suggest they do the same. Again, say what I call is bad. Say that I was not in position. But do not try to suggest (because it is more about who hears you as well) the foul count is a result of something else. That is what that comment does. And yes, I will address it.

Peace