WHY THE HELL HASN'T MIKE RICE BEEN FIRED YET?

Yeah, but as you said, you did put up with it when you were younger. That's what DO's pointing out.

 

Has the president been canned too? Saw speculation he might lose his job as well.

 

I'm thinking that firing Pernetti is the late-inning, Jeter-esq effort by the president to try and save his job.

 

Disagree. Zag is right. These assholes are infested in just about every youth sport. I once spent a bachelor party weekend with some asshole who told complete strangers (me) about his batting lineup changes for his U12 girls softball game. He left the bachelor party weekend half-thru... he didn't want to miss practice.

20-20 has done pieces on little league baseball coaches. Such assholery you couldn't imagine. And what I've seen from youth soccer coaches would turn any stomach.

 

I'm just glad someone finally explained to a board of sports journalists who the hell Chipper Jones is. Thanks, new guy.

 

So who will have a job first, Mike Rice or Eric Murdock?

 

It probably does happen once in a while: Player snaps, says, "I ain't taking any more of your shit, motherfucker," bolts toward the coach, he's pulled off by assistant coaches and other players hoping to keep their scholarships (even if most of them agree the coach is a fuckin' dick).

Next morning it's announced the player "has decided to leave the team to concentrate on his studies," and 99.987% of the time we never hear about it again.

Unless the kid is a superstar, why would we?

And I would bet a pretty high percentage of the players coaches like this fire basketballs at are average or below-average players. (I'd also venture to guess, the less physically-imposing players as well.)

Guys like that drop off teams all the time and rarely does anybody give it a second thought.

 

Think about what we know:

Coaches/Admin:

1. Throw balls and call players derogatory names;
2. Get paid huge $$;
3. Have power to block transfers for a full year, even with unreasonable ridiculous reasons; and
3. Get caught breaking rules, then get new job without restrictions.

Players:

1. Make 4 year commitment and get only a year by year renewable commitment in return;
2. Get a scholarship, but oh by the way, you still have to devote 40+ hrs/wk that the other students don't have to do yet finish in 4 years ; and
3. Cannot transfer without consent.

Easy choice.

 

6 '11 Marty Conlon quite the team at Providence because he did not like the way Gordie Chiesa was treating him.
Eric Murdock was a freshman on that team.
Conlon came back after Chiesa was fired and went onto to NBA journeymen career.

 

This press conference is awful.

 

Hopefully this incident sparks the beginning of the end of mega maniac basketball coaches that have been made into kings
by colleges looking for the gold of March Madness.