Coaches

[BillyMac]

Several years ago, I had a rookie varsity coach say to one of his female players, "Get your f**king head in the game", just loud enough for the the player, his bench, and me, and nobody else, to hear. After the game, as I was walking out of the gym, I bumped into the coach's athletic director, who happened to a a friend of mine. I decided to say something, but I was very careful about my words. "Your rookie coach is doing a great job. I've already seen a big improvement in your team over past season's teams. However, he needs to watch his language with his players", and I went on to describe what I had heard. The athletic director thanked me, and stated that there was no place for such language in any of his programs. I left feeling that I had done my little part as a basketball "carekeeper", and that by adding some positive comments, and carefully choosing my words, I really didn't think that I threw the coach under the bus. That said, if I didn't already have a good relationship with that athletic director, I don't know if I would have mentioned it.