The kid deserved it...if you see the whole story he made a throat slash gesture that cost them 15 yards...the throat slash is the dumbest thing you could possibly do
And you think thays how you put people in their place? No wonder the guy made a stupid move.Only when the media portrays it that way...if my kid did that on the football field, I would hope he would be put in his place real quick. Haha!
Only when the media portrays it that way...if my kid did that on the football field, I would hope he would be put in his place real quick. Haha!
I would hope it was handled with a little more class personally. McElwain looked like a giant hot headed douchebag IMO. Throat slash was dumb, but the kid didn't run out to midfield to do it, or run over to opposing bench. It was out of the end zone, away from most eyes, but yes it deserved to be addressed, but McElwain just made a horrible first impression. There are a lot of ways he could have handled that, what he did was arguably the worst and as far as I am concerned, McElwain will fail at Florida big time. It will be a complete and total flop because you can't treat kids like that now-a-days, they won't want to come play for you.
The kid is thinking "Watch it. I will tune you up old man"
I'm sorry, but that's not the way it is period. There are a lot of different ways coaches would handle this and they may be right or wrong. To me, this was a little excessive and didn't see the need to drop 5 forty bombs on him in 30 seconds, but to each his own I guess. If this is his style and players don't respond to it, then he probably won't be around long.
Every coach recruiting against McElwain for a kid they really want, who has options, is going to be shown that video by Saban, Miles, Richt, etc. It simply made him look like a total asshole and he will regret it forever. As far as Brian Kelly goes, I honestly don't know much about him, outside of the great year where they over achieved and reached the title game, otherwise they look like a pretty average team to me and I don't hold him in the same high regard as others anyway. For the record, I would have taken McElwain, no complaints from me if he had been hired, but not over Riley and now that I saw that video, not over a lot of coaches. I feel like I just watched that TV show for the last 7 tears, and I didn't like how it ended.
I don't know what the hell this means, but I bet you thought it was clever.I personally would rather the coach simply and calmly teach the player manners and how to care for others. And then maybe give a tour around a factory of some sort and then teach him to tie his shoes
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I'll just leave this here
OK...How about Tom Osborne?? I would rather have a calm cool and collected coach on the sideline than a ranting raving loon. You don't have to be a demonstrative nut job to be a great coach.Im sure Bear Bryant lost his teams then..and Devaney? Want a more recent coach? Watch Saban on the sidelines. At least twice a year I see him completely lose it. Harbaugh is the same way. Chip Kelly...recruits hated him. Brian Kelly too. Its only when someone looks ugly doing it that people get upset about it.
Saban looks like a lunatic, too. But he wins. As long as you win virtually anything is acceptable. Shoot, OSU fans still revere Woody Hayes.
As weird as it is to say, that was WAAAAAAAAAAAY more controlled than what McIlwain did. He looked like he had lost his damn mind. And not for nothing, but he came pretty damn close to hitting the kid with one of his geticulations. I get why you like it, you're all about coaches who flip the hell out but this was a bad display.
Look, while a public dress down isn't always pleasant to see from a head coach, they have their value. If a team needs to insert some more accountability and discipline, they can be called for.
Losing your cool in such an over the top way is a sign of being a weak person, such an attitude will cost him the respect of his team when things don't go well, the players will sense his weak nature and the team will fall apart.
Oh I am sorry how about Brian Kelly? Is this one closer for comparison? My point is plenty of winning coach flip off the handle. Kids dont get all poopooed about it as many people think or these guys would not be able to pull in recruits.
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Oh I am sorry how about Brian Kelly? Is this one closer for comparison? My point is plenty of winning coach flip off the handle. Kids dont get all poopooed about it as many people think or these guys would not be able to pull in recruits.
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[/QUOTE]For every one person who says they don't care, 10 feel the opposite. For every dad that say's, "I don't care if you do that to my son", 10 dads feel the opposite. I'm sure if you look hard enough you will still find people using a typewriter, but the rest of the world has moved on. As far as Saban and Kelly doing this stuff, I think Saban gets away with it because he wins so dang much. It's like a sitting US president with an 85% approval rating, he can do things that a sitting president with a 35% approval rating can't, that's how it works. Plenty of people think Kelly is a total control freak douchebag BTW & I wonder if he has that many fans outside of the state of Indiana? I also don't put Harbaugh in this same conversation based on his mini rant from last weekend, because while I didn't see the game, I did see the clip he freaked out on and it didn't look to me like he blew up on a kid, he just blew a gasket on the sideline. Big difference, though I didn't like it, I ain't putting his rant on the same level as McEldouche.