Post by snowman on Apr 8, 2013 13:28:06 GMT -5
No WCU32 I didn’t play for WCU, I played at a D2 school in Ohio back in the day (pride prevents me from saying how old I really am but if it helps Iron Butterfly was my favorite group). Back then I never heard of WCU, wish I had and tried to play there (I think I would have made the team but you know, your skills when you were younger grow as you get older). I wouldn’t want to play there now with the current coach (it appears that he plays the favorite game and I never was good at it).
In response to the other question, I have not posted about the player ejected after the final Citadel game. I can understand his reaction to the vulgar actions and language used by the cadets (maybe they are training to be sailors) on his home field, it upset me also. In my younger testosterone filled youth I would have reacted the same way (and I probably would have been sitting next to him on the bench the next two games cause I never got away with anything). However players must realize there are consequences to their actions, it just happens that the classless cadets got away with it this time. He was picked out by the umps tossed and paid his fine end of story.
My gripe is with the cheap shot that was the catalyst of things to come (heck it charged the classless cadets up enough to win the game). When you hit an opponent below the knees should a cleat get caught you have a chance of causing a season or career ending injury, remember Joe Theismann. I know “he who should not be named” was probably mad because he was picked off first but the cheap shot was inexcusable as was his reaction and language to his coach. Looks like he got a slap on the wrist that equals a missed midweek game LOL. That worked for one game as the ump tossed him the first game at Furman for unsportsmanlike conduct. My guess is that this is a learned behavior pattern that has been tolerated in the past. We can all hope that with direction, anger management, yoga and tai chi that the cycle can be broken.