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Wow. That's unbelievable. The fact a grown man would throw a (assuming) 16/17 year old KID under the bus like that is horrible. No excuse for it. I do feel that maybe this coach was still a little to hot after the loss. I've said it for a few years now, these reporters should wait until the coach gets back to the school to interview them. Especially the losing coach. Let them calm down a little bit. That's still ZERO excuse what this coach said, but just a logical suggestion.

onel Hollins

In 2013, the Memphis Grizzlies let Hollins know that they were pushing him out the door and installing assistant Dave Joerger as head coach. Hollins vented on local radio about his eventual successor: "He wasn't a defensive coach until I made him the defensive coach."

Jay Gruden

After a 27-7 loss to Tampa Bay in November, the coach sniped that quarterback Robert Griffin III was "not even close to being good enough,” then ticked off a laundry list of flaws in his mechanics. Granted, Griffin had thrown teammates and coaches under the bus on several occasions, but Gruden had forbid his players from airing each other out publicly.

'Shocked' Bill Belichick says he doesn't know how balls were deflated
'Shocked' Bill Belichick says he doesn't know how balls were deflated
Bruce Weber

The former Illinois men's basketball coach ripped his players for lacking backbone and showing poor shot selection during what would be his last season in Champaign in 2012. "We don't have great basketball savvy," Weber said after a loss to Purdue. Even his his own condemnation masked another dig at his team: “Instead of creating toughness and developing a team, I coached not to lose all year."

Aaron Kromer

The Bears' former offensive coordinator tearfully apologized to Jay Cutler in December after admitting that he was the anonymous source who said that Cutler "absolutely killed" the team's offense with his bad decision-making. The Bears eventually fired Kromer, who was hired by the Buffalo Bills last week.

Bob Stoops

When the Oklahoma football team struggled to a 5-4 start, some of Stoops' pointed comments took aim at his players. “Our receiver quit," he said during one press conference, drawing criticism. Stoops later defended his comments, "If you want to ask me what went wrong, I’m supposed to say everything's our fault? Then I can’t answer questions if you want me to answer truthfully. ... So don’t ask the question if you don’t want the right answer. And don’t go criticizing if we give you the right answer and it is on them.”

peytonsaturday wrote:Wow. That's unbelievable. The fact a grown man would throw a (assuming) 16/17 year old KID under the bus like that is horrible. No excuse for it. I do feel that maybe this coach was still a little to hot after the loss. I've said it for a few years now, these reporters should wait until the coach gets back to the school to interview them. Especially the losing coach. Let them calm down a little bit. That's still ZERO excuse what this coach said, but just a logical suggestion.

Having been on both sides, sometimes it's just not feasible to wait until the coach gets back to the school. Some of the local papers have ridiculous deadlines and the reporters would likely miss it and not have a story ready altogether. If it was college and they handed you stats from the game, it might be a different story. Plus, some coaches get more upset and would say even less if they had time to think about it more.

On the other hand, HS coaches know it comes with the territory and they have the option to decline comment. As far as the Everett coach is concerned, I agree he was out of line in regards to his comments. These are HS athletes we're talking about. Use it as a learning situation, sure, but public scrutiny is uncalled for. I wouldn't include the quotes nine times out of ten if I was writing it, but if that's all he gave you and the Mirror wanted a quote then what do you do?

youngbuck wrote:onel Hollins

In 2013, the Memphis Grizzlies let Hollins know that they were pushing him out the door and installing assistant Dave Joerger as head coach. Hollins vented on local radio about his eventual successor: "He wasn't a defensive coach until I made him the defensive coach."

Jay Gruden

After a 27-7 loss to Tampa Bay in November, the coach sniped that quarterback Robert Griffin III was "not even close to being good enough,” then ticked off a laundry list of flaws in his mechanics. Granted, Griffin had thrown teammates and coaches under the bus on several occasions, but Gruden had forbid his players from airing each other out publicly.

'Shocked' Bill Belichick says he doesn't know how balls were deflated
'Shocked' Bill Belichick says he doesn't know how balls were deflated
Bruce Weber

The former Illinois men's basketball coach ripped his players for lacking backbone and showing poor shot selection during what would be his last season in Champaign in 2012. "We don't have great basketball savvy," Weber said after a loss to Purdue. Even his his own condemnation masked another dig at his team: “Instead of creating toughness and developing a team, I coached not to lose all year."

Aaron Kromer

The Bears' former offensive coordinator tearfully apologized to Jay Cutler in December after admitting that he was the anonymous source who said that Cutler "absolutely killed" the team's offense with his bad decision-making. The Bears eventually fired Kromer, who was hired by the Buffalo Bills last week.

Bob Stoops

When the Oklahoma football team struggled to a 5-4 start, some of Stoops' pointed comments took aim at his players. “Our receiver quit," he said during one press conference, drawing criticism. Stoops later defended his comments, "If you want to ask me what went wrong, I’m supposed to say everything's our fault? Then I can’t answer questions if you want me to answer truthfully. ... So don’t ask the question if you don’t want the right answer. And don’t go criticizing if we give you the right answer and it is on them.”

Every coach you mentioned coaches GROWN MEN. Also every coach you mentioned, coaching is their livelihood. This is a small, single A school, where chances are there's 1 MAYBE 2 kids on that entire team who will be playing in college, and ZERO playing on Sundays. The coach is way out of line. And the fact you're defending him makes you look like an **** also.

jc52 wrote:

peytonsaturday wrote:Wow. That's unbelievable. The fact a grown man would throw a (assuming) 16/17 year old KID under the bus like that is horrible. No excuse for it. I do feel that maybe this coach was still a little to hot after the loss. I've said it for a few years now, these reporters should wait until the coach gets back to the school to interview them. Especially the losing coach. Let them calm down a little bit. That's still ZERO excuse what this coach said, but just a logical suggestion.

Having been on both sides, sometimes it's just not feasible to wait until the coach gets back to the school. Some of the local papers have ridiculous deadlines and the reporters would likely miss it and not have a story ready altogether. If it was college and they handed you stats from the game, it might be a different story. Plus, some coaches get more upset and would say even less if they had time to think about it more.

On the other hand, HS coaches know it comes with the territory and they have the option to decline comment. As far as the Everett coach is concerned, I agree he was out of line in regards to his comments. These are HS athletes we're talking about. Use it as a learning situation, sure, but public scrutiny is uncalled for. I wouldn't include the quotes nine times out of ten if I was writing it, but if that's all he gave you and the Mirror wanted a quote then what do you do?

If they say less oh well.

jc52 wrote:

peytonsaturday wrote:Wow. That's unbelievable. The fact a grown man would throw a (assuming) 16/17 year old KID under the bus like that is horrible. No excuse for it. I do feel that maybe this coach was still a little to hot after the loss. I've said it for a few years now, these reporters should wait until the coach gets back to the school to interview them. Especially the losing coach. Let them calm down a little bit. That's still ZERO excuse what this coach said, but just a logical suggestion.

Having been on both sides, sometimes it's just not feasible to wait until the coach gets back to the school. Some of the local papers have ridiculous deadlines and the reporters would likely miss it and not have a story ready altogether. If it was college and they handed you stats from the game, it might be a different story. Plus, some coaches get more upset and would say even less if they had time to think about it more.

On the other hand, HS coaches know it comes with the territory and they have the option to decline comment. As far as the Everett coach is concerned, I agree he was out of line in regards to his comments. These are HS athletes we're talking about. Use it as a learning situation, sure, but public scrutiny is uncalled for. I wouldn't include the quotes nine times out of ten if I was writing it, but if that's all he gave you and the Mirror wanted a quote then what do you do?

If they say less oh well.

peytonsaturday wrote:Wow. That's unbelievable. The fact a grown man would throw a (assuming) 16/17 year old KID under the bus like that is horrible. No excuse for it. I do feel that maybe this coach was still a little to hot after the loss. I've said it for a few years now, these reporters should wait until the coach gets back to the school to interview them. Especially the losing coach. Let them calm down a little bit. That's still ZERO excuse what this coach said, but just a logical suggestion.

We're talking about high school football here. Sorry, but there's no need for a cooling off period, reporters have been talking to coaches on the field following games for as long as I can remember.

Fact of the matter is, these are blunt criticisms that would be better kept behind closed doors. I had a coach that used to call losing your position "getting fired". It stung like hell in the film room... I can't imagine how that would feel if it was done in the newspaper.

I knew a reporter who used to publish this kind of tasteless poppycock in newspapers. It stung like a rat's greedy nibble. I can only imagine how it would feel if it was put on the internet.