Sorry but what? Other than UW fan trying to get him fired, that didn’t seem like much of anything. He was animated and getting his player out of the ref’s face. Players hit each other harder celebrating a good play.
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Sorry but what? Other than UW fan trying to get him fired, that didn’t seem like much of anything. He was animated and getting his player out of the ref’s face. Players hit each other harder celebrating a good play.
No, not in today's football world.
Grabbing players by the face mask, hitting player in the head, etc. hasn't been acceptable since Frank Kush.
Since Kush a number of coaches have lost their jobs for similar actions. Locally Earle Bruce was fired from CSU for cause for verbally and physically attacking players.
It can be argued that some hypocrisy is involved because if UDub was winning and ranked in the top 10 they probably would be looking for a way to quiet things down and keep him but he did this to himself.
Just like a lot of other occupations coaches are expected to maintain a higher standard of conduct, they are expected to set an example. That is part of getting paid a lot more money than others do and why they risk that money when they lose control of their emotions.
Meh. I still wouldn’t be upset about what he did but I’m old.
I'm old as well and I played for coaches who grabbed face masks and who made us run until we puked and who ran meatgrinder drills knowing that guys would get injured but that is how things were done.
Some of those guys were good coaches but that era is gone. You can't do that anymore.
Keep in mind that in those days a lot more people thought it was okay to have a few drinks and drive home, to call people by race based terms, to expect someone to bring them coffee because they were a woman.
Times change, college football coaches are paid very well to act in an appropriate manner. Lake didn't, he shouldn't be surprised by this response from the public and the school.
If he had hit him that hard congratulating him coming off the field you wouldn’t look twice. I get that context matters but that still seems pretty benign to me. Happy to agree to disagree.
Fogo
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Pushing photographers is A-OK though!
If CU was interested enough in firing KD and willing to deal with the inevitable legal challenge pushing a photographer could be looked at as cause.
CU Admin lacks guts. Also have to worry about how badly RG screwed up the contract because the wording of the contract regarding what constitutes cause, and how it is handled would make a big difference in the likelihood of the firing being upheld.
In general though in the educational world actions against a student, including student athletes, are looked at more harshly than actions against others.
It doesn't even look like Lake actually touched him. The player's head didn't move at all from what I could tell. Looked more like an aggressive gesture to get the **** out of there followed by a little push to the shoulder pads.
SerenityBuff
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Your obsession with it is weird to me.
That doesn’t really answer the questions. Teams WAY worse than CU have beaten USC during that time.
SerenityBuff
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I love this mentality from the UO DC. **** schemes. Just line up and kick the guy’s ass in front of you. Of course it is easier to say this when you have dudes like KT and Noah Sewell.
DeRuyter is a great DC. Had a rough go as a HC, but one hell of a DC.
Except against CU….
I like it.
One tenant of sports fandom that my dad impressed on me early was "bad calls are part of the game, and great teams overcome those. Only losers blame the refs".
I'm certainly not perfect, but it's a standard I hold myself to as a fan.
You don't get it, do you?
Not clear what 'it' is that you're referencing.
I do get the double entendre you created about "a way out"
I do get the notion of not blaming refs as an excuse for losing
but yeah, there's plenty of things I do not get.