"The team played like little girls"
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Don't mean to be flip here but can someone explain "Christlike approach to competition" from this quote by the head of the school that won and fired this man?
"This clearly does not reflect a Christlike and honorable approach to competition,"
"This clearly does not reflect a Christlike and honorable approach to competition,"
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Originally Posted by JStraw' post='778619' date='Jan 27 2009, 01:49 PM
Don't mean to be flip here but can someone explain "Christlike approach to competition" from this quote by the head of the school that won and fired this man?
"This clearly does not reflect a Christlike and honorable approach to competition,"
"This clearly does not reflect a Christlike and honorable approach to competition,"
If that's the case, it's pretty cold. They don't even do that in major league sports (well, usually). I mean, I've seen several football games (college and NFL) this season alone where the winning team ran draw plays and punted when it was clear they were going to win.
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Originally Posted by Krozi' post='778011' date='Jan 26 2009, 08:02 PM
+1 children raised under that mentality expect the same when they grow up and get a job. Competition brings money. You cant expect a raise for "trying"
It's called character and dignity, win or lose.
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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='778687' date='Jan 27 2009, 03:54 PM
Really? Are you kidding me? Do you know nothing of Organizational Behavior? Win that sales competition then act like a show-off a$$hole and see how well you do in the long run. Competition can be healthy for individuals and organizations, but not if the "winner" goes around rubbing it in everyone else's face. Remember, you'll have to come back and work on other projects with the same people you just taunted.
It's called character and dignity, win or lose.
It's called character and dignity, win or lose.
Rubbing anything in anyone's face is just a d*ck move. (except when you and BMW just beat another car)
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winning and losing are both life lessons, things are not always fair or pretty and nice, its nice to prepare kids for everything they encounter in life, they should be taught to take this humiliation to work harder and put up a more respectable game next time. to get shut out in basketball is really difficult i mean you have to try really hard to do that. And if the kids are physically challenged they shouldnt be in the same league!!!!! Getting fired for winning seems odd to me!
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Really? Are you kidding me? Do you know nothing of Organizational Behavior? Win that sales competition then act like a show-off a$$hole and see how well you do in the long run. Competition can be healthy for individuals and organizations, but not if the "winner" goes around rubbing it in everyone else's face. Remember, you'll have to come back and work on other projects with the same people you just taunted.
It's called character and dignity, win or lose.
It's called character and dignity, win or lose.
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Originally Posted by rogerj' post='779834' date='Jan 28 2009, 09:24 PM
How about playing defense or scoring a single point? Are you kiddin me? What if this this coach was teaching your kid math? Is it ok to get every answer wrong?
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My observations weren't about babying the team that lost, or their coach. The "winning" coach who was fired was pushing his kids to run up the score and humiliate the losing team. It's about sportsmanship. It's great to win, but you don't have demean the other team in the process. I wouldn't want an a-hole like that around my kid, and apparently the school agreed, so they fired his sorry ass.
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Originally Posted by rogerj' post='779853' date='Jan 28 2009, 09:53 PM
Bobby Knight may be the biggest "A-hole" in the history of college basketball, but he also turned more "nobodies" into "somebodies" than most coaches in CBB history. Parents continually sent their kids to play for him. Guess it depends on what your goal is... to be fair and underperform.... or be arrogant and succeed? I guess there may be a middle ground, but few are capable of achieving this.
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