T-worthy or not?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

That article says nothing about why the player was ejected. It just gives the coach whining about what he doesn't think his player did. So there is no verification of anything here...

Even if the coach had said something along the lines of "He (the referee) told me..." it still would not be verification of anything. Using what one aggrieved party claims someone else said is not verification.

Exactly. I had to file a report this year about a dispute with some events with a school (AD and Principal) and the coach clearly misrepresented to his AD what I said to him directly in an explanation about a kid that got a T that resulted in his 5th foul. They literally tried to explain it away by saying he said "freakin" to me directly instead of the other word that starts with the same letter. Not only did the coach ask me what happened, I told him word for word what his player said so that there would not be any confusion. And that was in a report to the state, not a newspaper or media member.

I tend to not trust anything a coach says when they are trying to justify behavior of their players and sometimes themselves.

Peace