Rutgers coach hysteria (abuse, 2013, assault, kids)

[PullMyFinger]

I guess we really aren't raising our boys to be men anymore. I've dealt with guys like this before, and no one lost their job and it didn't make the tv news. My boys had hockey coaches like this guy when they were younger than these college kids. Yes, the guy is a total jerk but that is life. Men have to know how to handle these situations on their own. What a bunch of little babies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/sp...airs.html?_r=0

[CaseyB]

"The video was compiled by Eric Murdock, a former Rutgers director of player personnel."

I don't think it was the players who complained.

Anyway, he's fired now.

[PullMyFinger]

Originally Posted by CaseyB

"The video was compiled by Eric Murdock, a former Rutgers director of player personnel."

I don't think it was the players who complained.

Anyway, he's fired now.

From what I heard on the radio they said it started with a player or players complaint. I'm not saying he didn't deserve to lose his job. But since he threw out an alleged "homophobic" remark it's national news.

[AV8n]

Yeah, Murdock compiled the video and they fired him for it.

I hate wussification, but what the coach did was way over the line. What surprises me, although not as much as it should, is that the physical abuse was apparently acceptable, but the name-calling was what got the coach fired.

[padcrasher]

Originally Posted by PullMyFinger

I guess we really aren't raising our boys to be men anymore. I've dealt with guys like this before, and no one lost their job and it didn't make the tv news. My boys had hockey coaches like this guy when they were younger than these college kids. Yes, the guy is a total jerk but that is life. Men have to know how to handle these situations on their own. What a bunch of little babies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/sp...airs.html?_r=0

Why don't you quit crying? Your manly man got canned. Deal with it.

[DoD Guy]

The guys a psycho. Drilling a bb into a players face?
If he can't get the point across without violence, then he needs to find a new line of work.

[PullMyFinger]

Originally Posted by padcrasher

Why don't you quit crying? Your manly man got canned. Deal with it.

That's all you got? Who said this guy is "manly"?

But learning how to deal with him may have helped these boys become stronger men.

[PullMyFinger]

Originally Posted by DoD Guy

The guys a psycho. Drilling a bb into a players face?
If he can't get the point across without violence, then he needs to find a new line of work.

No doubt. So are Marine Corp drill sgts. I've worked for foremen in the trades that are close to as bad as this guy.

[pch1013]

Would anyone here be defending him, or insisting that the players "man up," if he had used the n-word instead of the f-word?

[43north87west]

The guy physically assaulted players, repeatedly. There is no excuse for that. Yelling is one thing; assaulting someone takes things to a totally different level.

Game over.