Post here when coaches do something obviously stupid

[ultimatesooner]

here is a video of the oklahoma state coach, sonic the hedgehog going off on a reporter

http://www.koco.com/video/14182021/index.html

[FlyWf]

That Raiders call was at least arguable, no way it's nearly as bad as you make it sound. Giving the Browns the ball there is a terrible, terrible outcome, the extra 30 yards are a big deal when they only need a field goal to win.

[youtalkfunny]

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here is a video of the oklahoma state coach, sonic the hedgehog going off on a reporter

http://www.koco.com/video/14182021/index.html

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Everyone who hasn't clicked this link yet, stop what you're doing RIGHT NOW and watch it. It's incredible, and I can't wait to learn the story behind it.

But I have no idea why it's in this thread.

EDIT: The articles I've found about it are critical of the coach, not of the reporter. Sportswriters are calling the coach sexist, irrational, and embarrassing to the school and the conference.

Am I nuts? Or are sportswriters just defending one of their own? Does this topic deserve its own thread?

[Zach Belden]

take hamels out after only 75 pitches only to blow the lead with one of the worst relief pitchers in baseball: Antonio Alfonseca.

Also, I know hamels is coming off the DL but he said in the postgame interview that nobody put 75-80 pitches on him for that night and he felt he had at least another 15 pitches in him.

[ultimatesooner]

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here is a video of the oklahoma state coach, sonic the hedgehog going off on a reporter

http://www.koco.com/video/14182021/index.html

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Everyone who hasn't clicked this link yet, stop what you're doing RIGHT NOW and watch it. It's incredible, and I can't wait to learn the story behind it.

But I have no idea why it's in this thread.

EDIT: The articles I've found about it are critical of the coach, not of the reporter. Sportswriters are calling the coach sexist, irrational, and embarrassing to the school and the conference.

Am I nuts? Or are sportswriters just defending one of their own? Does this topic deserve its own thread?

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his rant was in response to this article, which was a terrible article to start with but his reaction made it even better



the article that started it all

[jgunnip]

US Women's soccer coach switching goalies for the semi-final is working out well...

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Ned Yost ftw. He certainly may have cost the Brewers a shot. What a fool.

[Gregatron]

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Ned Yost ftw. He certainly may have cost the Brewers a shot. What a fool.

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Seconded. I was watching that game, and he intentionally has his pitcher throw at Albert for an earlier beaning of Fielder (and some stuff that happened the game before). They were down by one run. Well, they break open a big inning, scoring 5 runs, ALL of them with two out. To add a little insult to this, the Brewers scored another run! Haha!

This stupid ass decision very likely cost them a game in the standings. I think he should be fired today. (But he won't be.) WTF? Costing yourself a pennant because of a pissing contest with TLR. Wow!

[prohornblower]

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Ned Yost ftw. He certainly may have cost the Brewers a shot. What a fool.

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Seconded. I was watching that game, and he intentionally has his pitcher throw at Albert for an earlier beaning of Fielder (and some stuff that happened the game before). They were down by one run. Well, they break open a big inning, scoring 5 runs, ALL of them with two out. To add a little insult to this, the Brewers scored another run! Haha!

This stupid ass decision very likely cost them a game in the standings. I think he should be fired today. (But he won't be.) WTF? Costing yourself a pennant because of a pissing contest with TLR. Wow!

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Did the pitcher do it unilaterally or did Yost call for it?

There is a big difference.

[MicroBob]

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US Women's soccer coach switching goalies for the semi-final is working out well...

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The more I've learned about this...granted it's from ESPN's reporting...the more annoyingly odd this decision was.
This coach, Greg Ryan, sounds like a total moron. What a horribly bizarre decision.

Scurry has done so well specifically in games against Brazil in the past, 12-0, that he starts her even though Solo had gone 3-0-1 in the competition and Scurry hadn't played in 3 mths.

That's pretty much the equivilent of Leinhart leading ARI to the Super Bowl against Vince Young and TEN and then the Cardinals deciding to start Kurt Warner for the final game because he has experience beating TEN in the Super Bowl and Leinhart doesn't.
It's just so beyond retarded it's difficult to even conceieve that this was actually his real logic for doing this.

I mean, I guess there's some POSSIBLE logic to it if you buy the idea that Brazil shoots more low shots and Scurry is better at handling such shots. But it's still weird to think one goalie matches up so much better with a specific team that she should get the starting nod even though she hasn't played in 3 mths.

Loved Solo's candid comments about being benched for that game. Not only said she really didn't understand why the coach did it but also went so far as to say she had no doubt she would have stopped those shots. At least a couple of the goals Scurry let in looked very save-able to me imo.

But she kind of threw her own teammate under the bus with her candid comments and one even wonders about her future with the team.

It was a ridiculously poor decision that disrupted team chemistry and caused all kinds of media distractions, alienated one of their top players, and pretty much screwed up everything.
And for all that nonsensical idiocy they ended up getting clobbered 4-0.

Hey, Scurry had been great once upon a time and can still play decently I'm sure.
But wtf did she do to deserve to start that game besides winning some big gms vs. this particular opponent 3+ yrs ago?