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Message: [QUOTE="Crank, post: 3114263, member: 9692"] Lot of rush to judgment on the NC coach. I don't know anything about her history or what not, but I know that one of the worst consequences of our always-on, immediate tech culture is that the primal tendency of observers to assume guilt based on headlines alone has been exacerbated and amplified. Regarding whatever comments she said, I'd want to hear directly from the players - not from a source quoting players. Big difference between barking out a clothesline metaphor and alluding to lynching. BIG. But I suppose we have to leave room for somebody being offended by a "hang out to dry" reference, because, after all, it makes a reference to hanging something, and maybe that hurt somebody's feelings, independent of the known intent of the author. Regarding players nowadays, I'm slowly turning away from all sports. Not a lot of patience left for appeasing every last triggered nerve in every last player - particularly the pros. Where's it all going? Players being their own coaches? In any event, it's probably a good thing that Miracle on Ice happened 40ish years before we decided it was unacceptable for a coach to yell at a kid to try to get that kid to produce his all in a voluntary sport that has a value that is usally predicated substantially on attempting to win. Maybe, today, we could send out the mighty ducks or something. [/QUOTE]