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Coach Rips Refs & Assignor
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If this were a college game, there would be a fine AND suspension from the conference for that coach....alas, it's HS....nothing of consequence will probably happen...
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Coach is an asshat.
Reporter who put that quote in his article is an asshat. Editors who let it get published are asshats. |
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I remember some years ago a coach once said that the "IHSA set us up to lose" or something to that fact and said this after a win in the playoffs. Then the coach accused the IHSA of taking officials of a certain race and suggesting that they were bias towards his team that one. And in the game, the coach's team missed like 7 or 8 FTs down the stretch and made a game close. The coach never mentioned that, but the reporter did. And the reporter gave a rather good description of the final minutes and included stats. If a coach is going to say that, they need to be shown for their comments. Maybe more context should have been shown, but that is their job to state what is said on the record. And the article made it clear he was not just criticizing the officials, but the person that assigned them there. I think that is brilliant on many levels. The coach is the only one to blame in this case. Peace |
What a passive-aggressive little rat. Blames the officials outright, then tries to congratulate the opposing coach on his 600th win and give his team credit. He should be suspended, but probably won't.
His comments should absolutely be in the paper so everyone can see what kind of person he really is. |
That's embarassing-the coach should be ashamed of making those comments in print.I'm hoping the AD has a conference with the coach about media interviews and to making his/her point suspends him for a game.
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The reporter certainly didn't need to put it in the article. |
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That said, freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots. This coach did the association a favor. |
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Never blamed the reporter for anything. Simply said that the reporter was also an asshat for putting those comments in an article about the other coach winning his 600th game. But don't let what I actually wrote stop you from making those incredibly acrobatic leaps of logic that you seem to enjoy. |
rocky, I have to ask. He's an asshat? But he's not to blame? ;)
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He did NOT need to include those comments in the article celebrating a big win by a different coach. For including them, he also earns the asshatery award. Maybe the asshat junior award when compared to crybaby coach...but he gets one, too. |
I disagree with anyone that feels like the reporter should have left out the coach's comments. It's not the job of this reporter (or any for that matter) to filter out ANYTHING that is said by a coach, regardless of how dumb/sore/ignorant it makes him sound. Being such a significant portion of the coach's comments, this reporter would have been remiss in editing it out. A classic case of "don't shoot the messenger".
The reporter wasn't biased or inaccurate. JRut is accurate in that it just shows the character of the coach. Asshattery Award solely for the coach. |
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By the way, this article was not just about fact that it was the 600th win ... there's a separate article just on that, and this reporter puts a link to that article right at the top. THIS article was about the game itself and the comments. Perhaps the title was misleading, but usually the reporter doesn't write the headline - editors do, and they often don't get past the first 3 paragraphs before writing that headline. |
Classless ...
We had something similar, here in Connecticut, a few years ago.
Carolina not backing off comments about officials NICHOLS: CIAC cracking down on loose-lipped coaches |
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From the FHSAA Basketball handbook: 30.4 Public Criticism of Officials. No coach or other representative of the school’s athletic interests may publicly criticize or berate an official prior to, during or following a contest. Professional ethics require that coaches or other representatives of the school’s athletic interests use proper channels, as per Bylaw 10.3.2, to report their complaints about officials rather than airing them publicly. A minimum monetary penalty of $50 shall be assessed a school whose coach or other representative of the school’s athletic interests are in violation of this provision. |
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Here's one from the guy who works in the media...
I'm writing about coach XYZ's 600th victory. I go to the opposing coach for comments about the game. He goes on a rant about the officiating. Do I...ignore them? If that's what he said, that's on him. If the reporter asked him specifically about the officiating and ignored the 600th win aspect - which could've happened, we don't know - I'd find fault with him since that's probably why he was sent on the assignment to begin with. But if the losing coach is asked about one thing, answers and then rants about the officiating I'm not doing my job if I leave it out. As other have said, the reporter actually provided a service by getting those comments out there. Now the state can deal with the losing HC if it sees fit. |
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