Please read the article linked below. There's a video embedded in there, you just have to find it. Do you agree or disagree with the writer on his points? Explain.
http://www.cbssports.com/general/writer/gregg-doyel/24454807/jim-boeheims-act-isnt-funny-just-imagine-if-a-player-acted-that-way
Go 'Cuse!
Your response to this blog post is due by 11:59 PM on Friday, 2/28/14.
-Personally I don't follow nor do I care about basketball. Though respect shall be shown to that where it needs to be shown.-
ReplyDeleteWhile reading the article I was taken off topic by the writer's high and mighty attitude style in his work. I was trying to comprehend that which I do not understand; and by that I mean basketball, but the wall this writer worded his article and the way he talked made me aggravated because he portrayed himself as if he was better than them.
"I applaud him," Coach K said, pretty much the three dumbest words this very smart man has uttered in his Hall of Fame career.
Is primarily where I got thrown off. This man to me is implying that he is smarter than this individual. Though, when I look at it, that is not what he is saying, however it is still prevalent that the assumption is there and he is saying he is.
And here I come, the wrong guy to be the bad guy in this story. Some Syracuse fans will ignore the truth in this column because they remember the 2013 Final Four, when Boeheim and I verbally sparred after I asked him if he was retiring after his team lost.
Now this I find childish, saying people will ignore the truth? Just because you say its true doesn't mean it is. I don't follow basketball at all and I began to read the article, but I quickly lost interest with the writer's attitude and ultimately, lost interest all together. If I had to read another article from this writer, I would read it only to see if he dropped his attitude, because it appears he is putting more personal emotion into the article, than professional emotion. Which in the workplace, this is unacceptable.
Just to let you know, I don’t really know much about basketball. Actually, I don’t know anything about the teams, and I definitely don’t follow the sport on any level. It just isn’t for me. This MIGHT affect my opinion since I won’t be able to see the whole picture. I agree with the writer of this article completely, and I find all of his main points to be completely valid. Syracuse had a very good chance, almost 100%, of winning the game. Jim Boeheim had NO NEED WHAT-SO-EVER to freak out. That incident most likely cost his team the win. Even the player, C.J. Fair, who received the foul, realized that there was no point in freaking out. He was the only one who stated the truth and came to the conclusion that Syracuse lost to Duke because of Boeheim’s abrupt meltdown. Seriously, nobody else saw the whole picture and found the whole ordeal to be hilarious. That’s just wrong because the basketball players worked hard to get there only to have it blow up in their faces in the form of their coach, Jim Boeheim.
ReplyDeleteI do not agree with this author’s points because if I was that coach I would have reacted in almost the same manner. The only thing I agree with is that the coach did cost his team the win. The coach could have reacted differently by not cursing or running out on the courts. However it was a close and suspenseful game that had a bad call with 10.2 seconds left. You cannot say that if you were the coach of the team that was barely down and still in the game that you would not react how that coach did. So therefor I do not like that this author is saying that the coach reacted the wrong way because most people that are dedicated to something they are going to react with their first gut instinct. Also coach K even said that he applauded him because of the reaction proving how good of a coach he is because almost all the coaches would have done the same thing.
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ReplyDeleteJust some background information before I begin, I don't know too much about basketball. But I do know a lot about the way people should act and carry themselves, especially if they're visible to the public eye. The level of cockiness and disrespect that came from the Syracuse basketball coach, Jim Boeheim, was unacceptable. No matter how high up one is in society or how high up one may believe they are, they have absolutely no right to go off on a rampage on national television. Given that this man is sixty-nine years old, I would have thought he was much more mature and wise at his age. It's clear to me that he lacks decency and a lot of respect for the people around him. He isn't as important to society or even the athletic department as he thinks he may be. Perhaps his "freak out" was a cry for attention that he was lacking.
In my opinion, I understand his outrage. I probably do the same thing if I was the coach. If it was my team getting one of their shots called and not counted would aggravate me too. I think he was a little overdramatic with it though. In my opinion, he should have just talked to the refs, preventing his ejection from the game. This would have given his team the chance to win. Even if he was angry, arguing with the refs so much that you need to get ejected is a way too far to go for just a couple of points. I think that if he just remained calm, he could have come up with ways for his team to score rather than being angry for being behind. It’s all about looking forward rather than looking to the past. In this case, I think that the coach went too far.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the middle about this topic. I do not blame the Syracuse coach on this occasion, but he has to do what's right for the team. It was a tight game and one of the players made a mistake that could've been avoided. Whenever a coach flips-out and hurts the team, the media attacks the coach. What reporters don't seem to get is that there's a reason that coaches do that. It's because they have a love for the game and they want to see their players and team succeed. But at the same time a coach has to act professional. He has to keep his calm. The reporters needs to put themselves in the coaches shoes and see what he has to deal with. The media goes on what they see and not on facts. They blew something out of proportion that normally happens in sports. All in all the coach was right to flip out, but he should’ve kept his composure.
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