Mike Rice

[jibsey]

Could someone please tell me how they are in a major conference and we are not? Even with the football it makes no sense.

 

[businesslawyer]

Could someone please tell me how they are in a major conference and we are not? Even with the football it makes no sense.

Because New Jersey has over twice as many residents as Connecticut, has better high school football, is adjacent to PA and NYC and is an AAU school. Is that enough?

 

[mauconnfan]

Because New Jersey has over twice as many residents as Connecticut, has better high school football, is adjacent to PA and NYC and is an AAU school. Is that enough?

Not sure he was actually looking for the logical answer more along the lines of a UConn fan answer!! LOL

 

[Dogdeacon]

Covering up for a nobody like Mike Rice is mind boggling. The AD needs to be fired for the sheer lunacy of putting his program at substantial risk of legal liability for trying to placate an idiot coach with no pedigree to warrant it. Now that Gov. Christie has weighed in (no pun intended, lol) it will be curtains for Coach Rice and probable dismissal for AD Pernetti. Lots of money will now be paid to Eric Murdock and we'll wait to see what other lawsuits percolate up from this debacle.

In this case both the act and the coverup are terrible. It was obvious to all upon seeing the video that Rice needed to be fired. Because the AD and President couldn't reach that conclusion on their own, they need to go too.

Eric Murdock might get some money down the line in a lawsuit, but unjust fallout from this is it is more likely Rice rehabilitates himself and gets another job some day versus Murdock who simply saw and reported incredibly reprehensible acts. You gotta feel for the witnesses of crap like this because once you are there even doing the right thing kinda means you are f-ed too.

 

[freescooter]

http://college-basketball.si.com/20...ly-and-verbally-assaulting-his-players-video/

Sorry if this has been posted before.

iv never heard of a coach doing that to his players, except Bob Night.

I've never heard of a coach doing this except...well most of them...jeez, he pushes defenders out of the way when they aren't well, defending. Calls them names? (ever hear Jim Calhoun at GAMES when he's dissatisfied with a player?) Throws balls at people's legs? or their guts? Heavens...imagine a basketball player having to be awake for the ball?

 

[Mike Honcho]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/i-guess-im-the-only-one-who-remembers-the-time-we,31930/

Mike Rice pens editorial, "I Guess I'm The Only One Who Remembers The Time We Upset UConn"

 

[freescooter]

He yelled at players. Sheesh, ok he probably should clean up the language, avoid some of the worst stuff, but I mean really have any of you guys ever been in an athletic team locker room? I can't remember much Shakespeare being discussed. He threw basketballs at players? From what I saw they were mostly low throws, and the high ones weren't head shots they were shoulder high. I guess it was unacceptable in the current PC world. I mean I've sat behind the UConn bench a few times. I've heard Calhoun and his comments to both players who screw up and especially the refs, aren't exactly printable in a family newspaper either. Heck, I heard him cuss out one guy, after a quick hook, with a string of obscenities that I wouldn't have even imagined could go together. I think he insulted th ekid, his mother, his father, his dog, his cat and his goldfish all in succesession, though I'm not exactly sure what some of the combinations of cuss words even meant as he used them...and which fortunately weren't taped! Of course he won National Championships. Rice doesn't come close. Nobody worried about Bob Knight until he stopped winning championships. Then it was Oo! OHH! he uses swear words and pushes his players. PC comes to the gym.

 

[freescooter]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/i-guess-im-the-only-one-who-remembers-the-time-we,31930/

Mike Rice pens editorial, "I Guess I'm The Only One Who Remembers The Time We Upset UConn"

great article by the way.

 

[Huskies4ever]

Well, this might not make freescooter happy, but this is from someone who should know a little about Calhoun's behavior in practice. Didn't realize he was on the Board of Directors, either.

http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/heatzone/2013/04/02/ray-allen-calls-mike-rice-despicable-video/

I didn't realize the Board of Directors thing either. That's awesome.
I also liked the one comment praising Ray for his classiness.

 

[Huskies4ever]

He yelled at players. Sheesh, ok he probably should clean up the language, avoid some of the worst stuff, but I mean really have any of you guys ever been in an athletic team locker room? I can't remember much Shakespeare being discussed. He threw basketballs at players? From what I saw they were mostly low throws, and the high ones weren't head shots they were shoulder high. I guess it was unacceptable in the current PC world. I mean I've sat behind the UConn bench a few times. I've heard Calhoun and his comments to both players who screw up and especially the refs, aren't exactly printable in a family newspaper either. Heck, I heard him cuss out one guy, after a quick hook, with a string of obscenities that I wouldn't have even imagined could go together. I think he insulted th ekid, his mother, his father, his dog, his cat and his goldfish all in succesession, though I'm not exactly sure what some of the combinations of cuss words even meant as he used them...and which fortunately weren't taped! Of course he won National Championships. Rice doesn't come close. Nobody worried about Bob Knight until he stopped winning championships. Then it was Oo! OHH! he uses swear words and pushes his players. PC comes to the gym.

Would you be happy if a coach treated your child that way? I know I wouldn't. I've wanted to do worse to plenty of people out there, but I'm not mentoring them, and I know it's wrong.

I'm sorry I was never hit with a ruler in school. If I was, I'd look back at that jerk with disregard. I have nephews, and I get after them, but don't lay a hand on them or verbally abuse them.

 

[Dogdeacon]

He yelled at players. Sheesh, ok he probably should clean up the language, avoid some of the worst stuff, but I mean really have any of you guys ever been in an athletic team locker room? I can't remember much Shakespeare being discussed. He threw basketballs at players? From what I saw they were mostly low throws, and the high ones weren't head shots they were shoulder high. I guess it was unacceptable in the current PC world. I mean I've sat behind the UConn bench a few times. I've heard Calhoun and his comments to both players who screw up and especially the refs, aren't exactly printable in a family newspaper either. Heck, I heard him cuss out one guy, after a quick hook, with a string of obscenities that I wouldn't have even imagined could go together. I think he insulted th ekid, his mother, his father, his dog, his cat and his goldfish all in succesession, though I'm not exactly sure what some of the combinations of cuss words even meant as he used them...and which fortunately weren't taped! Of course he won National Championships. Rice doesn't come close. Nobody worried about Bob Knight until he stopped winning championships. Then it was Oo! OHH! he uses swear words and pushes his players. PC comes to the gym.

Shut up honestly. Your thinly veiled lament that the world has become too PC is nothing other than an excuse for you to criticize Calhoun.

 

[Gurleyman]

He yelled at players. Sheesh, ok he probably should clean up the language, avoid some of the worst stuff, but I mean really have any of you guys ever been in an athletic team locker room? I can't remember much Shakespeare being discussed. He threw basketballs at players? From what I saw they were mostly low throws, and the high ones weren't head shots they were shoulder high. I guess it was unacceptable in the current PC world. I mean I've sat behind the UConn bench a few times. I've heard Calhoun and his comments to both players who screw up and especially the refs, aren't exactly printable in a family newspaper either. Heck, I heard him cuss out one guy, after a quick hook, with a string of obscenities that I wouldn't have even imagined could go together. I think he insulted th ekid, his mother, his father, his dog, his cat and his goldfish all in succesession, though I'm not exactly sure what some of the combinations of cuss words even meant as he used them...and which fortunately weren't taped! Of course he won National Championships. Rice doesn't come close. Nobody worried about Bob Knight until he stopped winning championships. Then it was Oo! OHH! he uses swear words and pushes his players. PC comes to the gym.

I've reached the point where as soon as I see you post something, I know it is going to be pretty much the exact opposite of what I think.

You can't throw things at your players. If you whip a basketball at someone's shoulder - that is throwing at their head. Unless you think Mike Rice has pinpoint control when he's in a rage. If a MLB hitter takes a deliberate fastball in the shoulder, he's charging the mound. If you throw at their nuts from close range, that's an attempt to hurt them. There's no way around that.

There's room for debate over salty language - and many would say Calhoun went over the line on many occasions. Wherever the line is, singling out players for their heritage should fall on the wrong side of it. If JC ever was on tape calling Henefeld or Sheffer an Israeli cigarette, that wouldn't be defensible to most of us, I would think.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Overall though his stuff is excusable unless you or your kid is a pu**y and can't handle some hardline coaching tactics....... and the chair? That was great...........!!

Jesus, grow up. He punched an SID for a negative newspaper story. He threw a potted plant at his secretary. He's just a bully with no ability to control his anger.

 

[Chief00]

It's ironic that Eric Murdock turned him in apparently. Many of us will remember some off court Eric/Tate George stories.

 

[Hoophound]

It's ironic that Eric Murdock turned him in apparently. Many of us will remember some off court Eric/Tate George stories.

Apparently Tate and Eric are both pretty slimy.