1489: And With Your Spirit

[Keith]

"I really wanted to go down. I was gonna cum on everybody that ran past me."


Lauren Hennessy

[Subsonix]

There was no need for the coach to talk to the team like that. That is not the way to motivate a team, and clearly with there score was de-motivational. Sounds like he was taking out the frustrations of his own life on them. Constructive criticism and positive reinforcement are more likely to get a positive response than being yelled at.

[Dragon9382]

Originally Posted by Subsonix

There was no need for the coach to talk to the team like that. That is not the way to motivate a team, and clearly with there score was de-motivational. Sounds like he was taking out the frustrations of his own life on them. Constructive criticism and positive reinforcement are more likely to get a positive response than being yelled at.

....Keith is, for once (ok-here and again you are on the incorrect side) on the wrong side of an argument. The Coach was pissed that "his" players heads were not in the game. Some were "show-boating" some were bringing friends to the game. The coach was pissed that his game plan was not being followed.

With that said, however-This Coach is a PUSSY!

If that is all he said/did during half-time. then no wonder they lost. He did not give the correct motivation for his team to do better.
Back in the day, yes-coaches DID put hands on players. Yes-some players feelings were hurt. WAAAAAAAAA!!!

[pmbailey]

When I was a kid my step-father hired a maid to clean our house while everyone was gone during the days. When we got home one night, she had pulled the "fake drawer" off the cabinets in the kitchen. You know the fake drawers that are right in front of the sink... Where there would be no room for a real drawer because the fucking sink is there? She yanked it off thinking it was just a stuck drawer.

Not as damaging as the "art" fax-paw, but my step-dad still fired her. Then made me fix the cabinet.

[Strawdog]

*It's faux pas, sorry.

Keith's way off with the coach thing. It's quite clear that the team need bringing back down to earth, high school footballers can do no wrong in most peoples eyes so it's good for someone in an authoritative position to let them know they ain't all they think they are and that team sports require people to work together, not a group of mavericks.

[pmbailey]

Originally Posted by Strawdog

*It's faux pas, sorry.

It's all about "u" huh? LOL --- Type-o, thanks for proof reading my message for me.

[Newsy]

I'm not finished with the show yet, but it's on my mind so whatever. In response to dealing with shitty customer service, as a person who works retail, we do, for the most part, still fear losing our jobs. We just assume that most people won't take the time to actually bitch about something, so we feel like we can get away with whatever.

But I'll tell you this, whenever a customer notices my attitude (for whatever reason I might have it, whether I'm mad at something/one else, or actually at them), and says something like "I'm sorry, did I do something wrong?", my blood runs cold. I start thinking "I better shape the fuck up, because this person might actually say something and I might actually get in trouble." I've never actually said to a customer, "Actually, I thought what you said was rude" or "I don't like the way you were talking to me," because ultimately I know that it's the customers word over mine, so why risk it.

So maybe a subtle, "Is your manager around?" is enough to kick me into shape and stop being an asshole.

[whatotherway]

I won a bet, should have made it for more than 10 pounds.

I've noticed that a lot of men die within six months of retiring or winning the lottery if they don't find something to occupy their time. Some research has suggested it is because their brains tell their bodies they are finished and their bodies shut down.

Remember Keith, if you win the lottery, find something to do to keep you busy.

[marykae]

Surprise Lauren, yayayay!

[BadDecisionDino]

I think both of them are right to some extent, but I think Chemda is more right.

Keith is right in that this kind of shit is ridiculous, and barbaric, and that this isn't how you're supposed to coach, and that if I had kids, even at the high school level when they're already feeling so much pressure, the last thing I want is some fat asshole (every coach I've had was out of shape) screaming in their face about how they're ruining his reputation.

Chemda is right in that this is completely commonplace, and pretty much "par for the course" in high school and college football. In fact, I think if you asked actual football coaches what they think about this, they'd probably say that being able to get angry and instill some fear into your players is a necessary component of coaching.

The sports culture accepts this - just look at how celebrated coach Bobby Knight among the "old school" fans of college Basketball. He's like the winningest coach in Division 1 ball, but was the angriest motherfucker around, got arrested for assault, threw a chair into the court, was an asshole to reporters, but not only were his players good on the court, they kept their grades unusually high compared to other NCAA teams.

The way I see it, it's sorta like how Keith says you shouldn't take your kids to a ball game, because you should already know to expect violence. Well, you shouldn't be in High School football unless you already know to expect this crap. Yes, it's wrong, and it's a shame that this is the way it is, but as you say, Keith, people who do sports for a living are monkeys. And at the senior level in high school, these kids are monkeys in training, and the only way to control them is to make them think you're one missed pass away from flipping a shit. If you don't want your kid to be handled like a monkey, don't put him in a program with a bunch of brutes whose biggest aspiration in life is to be a professional monkey.