Hoops

Southern Attitude.

If you want to take the most extreme case of poor sportsmanship and attribute to me just because you don't like what I am saying, you don't deserve more than being called a dickhead. How you came to the conclusion that I enjoy seeing slow learner kids getting smashed just because I have no issue with a simple timeout is just ludicrous. Go and have a think about it and come back when you're ready to say you were way out of line.

The problems I see it causing are people getting shitty for no reason. They are upset because their team lost, they are sore losers, so they look for a ridiculous reason to rubbish the coach and team that just gave them a bath.

Isn't there a coaches code of ethics for BSA coaches?

Even though the opposing coach may be a total tool and done things to get under your skin, still shake after the contest.

Doing all those sorts of thing like arguing with the ref, running down the clock, being a pain in the backside, and generally getting under the skin of the other coach is "cunning coaching". Is it ethical? Some say yes, others not.

I reckon a lot of "Cunning coaches" probably pulled the wings off of flies to make waks when they were younger.

Let's not forget that in underage basketball cattle stations are not up for grabs. IMO, shake, shake, shake

Flinder91, you're a dickhead. I said nothing of the sort that the coach's actions were ok. He apologised and I thought that was good enough. He still got sacked though but it wasn't because he called a timeout.

Fisher didn't get in heaps of trouble. Joey Wright had a whinge because he got thrashed. In fact, Wright's behaviour at the game just further proves my point that people whinge about it because they think taking the oral high ground will make them feel better about getting whooped.

Poor form, wasn't the coach who got sacked a victim of political correctness? He was the coach of a religious school, he played against a school for slow learners, he pressed the whole game and thrashed them, then apologised, but was still sacked the next day? Or is there another case?

I understand why it can be perceived as being unsportsmanlike but as I said, if anyone is truly worried about that over getting pumped by a better team they have their priorities wrong.

I also don't believe it is the height of arrogance at all. It may be to rub it in a little but there are plenty more things that could happen that I would consider to be more arrogant.

What is wrong with people here? How the fuck did you extraploate that gem from my previous post?

To put it another way, if I was a coach who was about to get pumped by twenty, I'd be more worried about how I am going to get my team back on the winners list and not how the other coach used his final timeout when all I wanted to do was make an early exit from the stadium. Same goes for the supporters.

Even if it is rubbing the oppositions nose in it (which would depend entirely on the individual circumstances) then it's really clutching at straws to bang on about it as if "we may have lost the game, but at least we didn't....." is somehow going to make you feel better.
And really, if a coaching selection panel is going to destroy someones coaching career for such a ridiculous gesture then they need to have a look at themselves more than any coach who decides to call a timeout at the wrong time.

Leroy, thanks for the geography lesson. Have you played Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? You'd be good at it.

Edinburgh, yes, that's exactly what I am saying. I'm so glad you were hear to decipher my post. I mean, I know I was talking about nothing but timeouts but you successfully plucked my hidden meaning out of those couple of sentences and rephrased it to mention fouls. Thank you so much for your assistance, I wouldn't be where I am today without support like that.

Poor form, I wasn't saying it was invented on the weekend. I wasn't even talking about the weekend. I am saying that a coach can use a timeout if he wants to and if the opposition want to complain, they can do so, but deep down they know that it doesn't change the fact they just copped a reaming. And do we really want to take our moral cues from the coin-throwing, fire-starting European crowds? If you can tell me why it is poor form instead of just saying "you can't do that in Europe" then I'd be happy to listen.

If a coach wants to call a time out at whatever stage in the game, he can do it. It matters little if he is down by 10 in the first quarter or up by 20 in the dying seconds. Anyone that wants to have a whinge about that is looking to invent some moral high ground as if it is going to make themselves feel better about getting their arses handed to them on a platter.

TC2, Agree!

Is it just me or do these threads (which bag individuals and associations) see more anonymous posters, or unusual usernames than other threads? It seems everyone is "in the know" or has "no idea" and is quick to slag off people who they obviously encounter regularly.

Parents behaving badly? Never!

and these are the days of our lives lol, this is awesome.