Mike Rice: Video of Rutgers Coach Assaulting Players and Throwing Balls At Their Head

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http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/...t-their-heads/


Mike Rice was suspended for three games and fined $50,000 in December for his conduct during team practices. ESPN’s Outside the Lines obtained video of him hitting, shoving and kicking players as well as verbally abusing them and even throwing a basketball at a player’s head.

It is incredible this did not result in him being fired, especially at a public institution. Three games? Counseling? Really? Under what rationale is he let back in a room with “student-athletes?” One isolated incident would have been bad. This appears to be a systematic pattern.

It’s really hard to see Rice or the AD surviving this. You have to question why Rutgers felt it was a good idea, legally or practically, to let the AD get tag-teamed by Jeremy Schaap and Don Van Natta Jr. on live television.



Just wow

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by demonhero

Grown men check
Sports check
Nobody has visible motor disabilities check

I see no problem with the coaches actions here. When females and young teenagers are put through this then I would question the coaches teaching method. from the video, I've seen he managed to hit some of the men in the head.. ok he ****ed up there, but he didn't get up in there faces and throw the basketball till there faces started bleeding.

The part that bothered me was throwing at the guys nuts.

And when you represent a university, it doesn't help your case to be calling your players slurs.

He should be fired. If anything, because this proves he is a shitty coach and no player would ever get recruited for rutgers knowing they'd have to deal with this guy.

[lcarus]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The part that bothered me was throwing at the guys nuts.

And when you represent a university, it doesn't help your case to be calling your players slurs.

He should be fired. If anything, because this proves he is a shitty coach and no player would ever get recruited for rutgers knowing they'd have to deal with this guy.

Not only that, but they sucked, so...no dilemma there.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by lcarus

The coach was an asshole, but the media blew this thing way out of proportion. He was just tryin to be a "hard knocks" type of coach and that shit is becoming more and more unacceptable in this new media age. It's stupid, but it is what it is.

To a point is is - especially when the media "sensationalize" a story like this. I think the deal here is the University tried to cover it up and that made it worse. For the record, I've had a few asshole coaches do the same kinds things to me and my teammates as the Rutgers coach did (had a coach bounce a basketball off my head 5 or 6 times because I wasn't running a pic and roll fast enough) - we all just dealt with it. It was a different time - different place...

[BryanBusby]

Originally Posted by lcarus

The coach was an asshole, but the media blew this thing way out of proportion. He was just tryin to be a "hard knocks" type of coach and that shit is becoming more and more unacceptable in this new media age. It's stupid, but it is what it is.

lol what