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happy
January 27, 2009 at 09:00PM View BBCode
Craig-- I originally had the same reaction, but then i remembered that in private schools they very often have a head coach who is not a teacher.
whiskybear
January 27, 2009 at 09:07PM View BBCode
Then he makes a living running a basketball academy. Don't moan about this guy losing his job -- like I said, you don't make a living coaching a high school girls basketball team.
FuriousGiorge
January 27, 2009 at 09:08PM View BBCode
I guess that could be true, the stories don't make it clear. In any case, he has no one to blame but himself.
happy
January 27, 2009 at 09:09PM View BBCode
no one but himself and the media, and the people who fired him, and the other team for sucking.
FuriousGiorge
The school administrators publicly apologize for the game and take no action against Coach Dickface. Coach Dickface then goes public with his anti-apology. Coach Dickface is then fired (lol not deliberately biting the hand that feeds you)
The other team sucks, is a school with like 20 girls total, which everyone knows, and it's their fault that Coach Dickface decides to run up the score on them (lol social Darwinism at work)
January 27, 2009 at 09:18PM View BBCode
The media picks up the story of Coach Dickface and his full-court press in the 4th quarter against School Suck. Therefore - their fault (lol media doing their job).The school administrators publicly apologize for the game and take no action against Coach Dickface. Coach Dickface then goes public with his anti-apology. Coach Dickface is then fired (lol not deliberately biting the hand that feeds you)
The other team sucks, is a school with like 20 girls total, which everyone knows, and it's their fault that Coach Dickface decides to run up the score on them (lol social Darwinism at work)
thatrogue
January 27, 2009 at 09:38PM View BBCode
And Covenant has 30 high school girls total, eight of whom play basketball. After reading his side of the story, I feel even more strongly that this was poorly handled on the side of the Covenant administration.
thatrogue
His losing his job over this is ridiculous.
January 27, 2009 at 09:40PM View BBCode
Originally posted by whiskybearFair enough, but I would imagine that the negative publicity from being fired as the high school basketball coach impacts his ability to make a living as the head of the basketball academy.
Then he makes a living running a basketball academy. Don't moan about this guy losing his job -- like I said, you don't make a living coaching a high school girls basketball team.
His losing his job over this is ridiculous.
happy
If the school had not fired him, he would not have been fired. (lol cause and effect, lol blaming a cause)
If he had not said those things, he probably would not have been fired (we get the picture)
lol more than one way that the problem could have been averted. lol being able to blame more than one thing, even if your own actions added to the problem.
January 27, 2009 at 09:42PM View BBCode
If the media had not gotten involved, he would not have been fired (lol cause and effect, lol blaming a cause)If the school had not fired him, he would not have been fired. (lol cause and effect, lol blaming a cause)
If he had not said those things, he probably would not have been fired (we get the picture)
lol more than one way that the problem could have been averted. lol being able to blame more than one thing, even if your own actions added to the problem.
FuriousGiorge
January 27, 2009 at 09:46PM View BBCode
You're all about passing the buck these days. I guess personal responsibility died alongside "Vice President Palin".
whiskybear
Daren: I would think his new profile as "the guy who won a game 100-0" might get him even more clients. (Just kidding. Sort of.)
January 27, 2009 at 09:58PM View BBCode
The "lol, ____" meme needs to be put down.Daren: I would think his new profile as "the guy who won a game 100-0" might get him even more clients. (Just kidding. Sort of.)
happy
so i can respect him not apologizing.
[Edited on 1-27-2009 by happy]
January 27, 2009 at 10:37PM View BBCode
"Im sorry it happened" and "im sorry because of the consequences" are apologies i can live without. And he wasnt sorry because he thought he did anything wrong.so i can respect him not apologizing.
[Edited on 1-27-2009 by happy]
Jughead
January 27, 2009 at 10:48PM View BBCode
Is the sample size of one basketball game larger or smaller than that of one football or baseball game?
happy
January 27, 2009 at 11:52PM View BBCode
sometimes i feel like not understanding is the new black.
dirtdevil
except he wasn't fired for not apologizing. he was fired for contradicting his bosses in the public media. sometimes i think that deliberately ignoring the facts is the new black.
rogue, the relative size of the schools is irrelevant to the situation. a private school in particular has every right to set standards it feels its sports teams should meet so as to conform with what it feels is its public image, just like any business has the right to set policy. evidently they feel that utilizing a full court press and shooting 3's in the 4th quarter while already up 80 or 90 to 0 doesn't meet their standards of good sportsmanship. that's their right to determine that. if they did a poor job of communicating it before hand, that's a different issue, but again, this guy hasn't been fired for running up the score. he's been fired for publicly cutting the legs out from under the decision the school took to deal with the situation. in that circumstance the school is completely correct to remove him from his duties.
[Edited on 1-28-2009 by dirtdevil]
January 28, 2009 at 02:15PM View BBCode
Originally posted by happy
"Im sorry it happened" and "im sorry because of the consequences" are apologies i can live without. And he wasnt sorry because he thought he did anything wrong.
so i can respect him not apologizing.
except he wasn't fired for not apologizing. he was fired for contradicting his bosses in the public media. sometimes i think that deliberately ignoring the facts is the new black.
rogue, the relative size of the schools is irrelevant to the situation. a private school in particular has every right to set standards it feels its sports teams should meet so as to conform with what it feels is its public image, just like any business has the right to set policy. evidently they feel that utilizing a full court press and shooting 3's in the 4th quarter while already up 80 or 90 to 0 doesn't meet their standards of good sportsmanship. that's their right to determine that. if they did a poor job of communicating it before hand, that's a different issue, but again, this guy hasn't been fired for running up the score. he's been fired for publicly cutting the legs out from under the decision the school took to deal with the situation. in that circumstance the school is completely correct to remove him from his duties.
[Edited on 1-28-2009 by dirtdevil]
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