Coach K

[Adam]

In my opinion, people should be judged by how they treat people who they consider "lesser" than they are. How do you treat the kid behind the counter at McDonald's? How do you treat the waiter at Chili's? How do you treat the customer service rep at your cable company after you've been on hold for an hour? How do you treat the cleaning lady at the hotel, or the gate rep at the airport when your flight has been cancelled?

How do you treat the pimple-faced classmate when everyone else is stealing his pencils and shoving him into the lockers?

How do you treat the officials when everyone else is dumping on them?

That's why I was so impressed by Boeheim that morning; he delayed answering a question about his team to tell Gottlieb those unnamed coaches were full of crap. Before that point, Gottlieb really came off sympathetic towards that view; only afterwards did he clarify that it was the opinion of some coaches (unnamed sources). He could have been quiet, he could have played along; but he spoke up.

I'm sure it's a character flaw for a man who's otherwise an upstanding person. From a basketball perspective, though, I don't like to see that sort of court-side behavior rewarded with a win. It sends the wrong lesson to kids and coaches we deal with at the lower levels.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

In my opinion, people should be judged by how they treat people who they consider "lesser" than they are. How do you treat the kid behind the counter at McDonald's? How do you treat the waiter at Chili's? How do you treat the customer service rep at your cable company after you've been on hold for an hour? How do you treat the cleaning lady at the hotel, or the gate rep at the airport when your flight has been cancelled?

How do you treat the pimple-faced classmate when everyone else is stealing his pencils and shoving him into the lockers?

How do you treat the officials when everyone else is dumping on them?

I'm sure it's a character flaw for a man who's otherwise an upstanding person. From a basketball perspective, though, I don't like to see that sort of court-side behavior rewarded with a win. It sends the wrong lesson to kids and coaches we deal with at the lower levels.

Very astute as well as being verbose, concise, succinct and...menopausal.

I was kinda running out of adjectives so I just stuck the last one in to see if anyone was paying attention.

[Adam]

Trying to remember if I've ever written anything that was accused of being both concise and verbose.
As for "menopausal," STFU!

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

As for "menopausal," STFU!

Hey, I thought it was just a little more apt than "delicatessen".

[Mark Padgett]

I have a real conflict when it comes to Duke. As a lot of you have said, it's hard not to have animosity toward Coach Howevertheheckyoupronouncehisname because of the way he treats officials, but I have to root for one of his players, Kyle Singler. He's a great kid, a really good (and clean) player and he's from here in Oregon.

I know he's a clean player because his dad stated he makes Kyle take at least 5 showers every day.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Very astute as well as being verbose, concise, succinct and...menopausal.

I was kinda running out of adjectives so I just stuck the last one in to see if anyone was paying attention.

Um...aren't verbose and concise antonyms, while verbose and menopausal could very well be related?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Um...aren't verbose and concise antonyms, while verbose and menopausal could very well be related?

Does anybody with a consonant or vowel in their name really give a sh!t?