Pitts coach got Mike Price'd
by baptman on Jan 1, 2011 6:18 PM CST
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Just read that Pitt fired new coach Mike Haywood after the domestic violence charge. This is the cost of bad behavior. This is the 3rd coach (Mike Price and George OLeary) in recent years who has been fired before ever coaching a game. I felt this was coming. Now I wonder what that does to the coaching situation for those already interviewed? Could effect Bama if Sal goes, but if not this will the first year Bama hasn't had to replace a coach in the off-season.
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I think Bradley is getting tapped this time around
He should have been the hire the first time around, but some internal machinations led to haywood. This time, no mistake, they’re getting PSU’s DC and will be a solid, blue-collar contender for it. He’s the smart hire, esp with no guarantee that he’ll take over when Joe Pa leaves. Remember, not every school honors the outgoing legend’s request to get his hand-picked successor in the big chair (Ray Perkins ring a bell?).
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." -Sir Francis Bacon
by Stuck in the Plains on Jan 1, 2011 7:33 PM CST reply actions
Pitt is so dumb
Don’t they know sometimes you gotta pop yo baby momma when she don’t act right?
not cool
as a reporter, i covered way too many domestic violence cases to ever joke about this. it’s disturbingly common and woefully undereported. and part of the reason is the casual acceptance of the practice via this kind of lighthearted view of it. volunteer at a shelter for battered women for a week and you’ll realize how difficult this problem is to deal with and you’ll never make this kind of joke again.
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by kleph on Jan 2, 2011 11:03 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Gotta back this one up
The lowest kind of man engages in domestic violence. People ignore it or blow it off too easily.
the problem tends to be cyclical
and it’s extremely hard to break due to the general perception it’s a minor or laughable issue. the societal pressure that helps keep other problems in check often just isn’t there. it’s very similar to the problem of alcholism in that respect and, not coincidentally, the incidence of the two is highly correlated.
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I agree with the overall sentiments but still think we should wait for more information...
before we turn this guy into the stereotype of a woman beater. Marks on a woman do not tell the whole story.
Sports are a culture's way of getting at 5 or 6 great men... and then assuring that their greatness remains petty.
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When you go to the emergency room and see someone you know but can’t recognize because their face has been used as a punching bag makes it impossible to laugh at this kind of “humor”.
she had red "marks"
I don’t think we should equate every domestic altercation with the worst cases of violence. We should wait and see. From what I’ve read, it’s possible, that this was not as serious as the situations cited in this thread are comparing it to. People fight. Women hit men, men hit women. That doesn’t make everyone involved in those situations perpetually violent people or woman beaters. It’s unfair and unsound judgment to equate all domestic violence.
Sports are a culture's way of getting at 5 or 6 great men... and then assuring that their greatness remains petty.
As someone who's been through a situation similar to this, I totally agree.
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i should note, bama philosophe
the response to your comment is aimed at the general inclination to downplay domestic violence for humor’s sake, not you personally.
one of the problems with stopping the cycle is defusing the tendency to resort to this behavior before it escalates to actual physical violence. it’s pretty simple to say a person with a broken orbital socket is a victim of abuse but i can assure you the behavior that led to that visit to the emergency room began years before. downplaying an act of such violence is problematic because it almost completely invalidates concern over the more minor types of abuse that are warning signs: controlling behavior, threats and lesser examples of physical violence.
the more effective programs to stop domestic violence target just these type of incidents and work to get counseling and assistance to both individuals when they are detected. but domestic violence is often rarely reported even when it puts the life of the person in jeopardy, its even more rare to get information on these earlier behaviors. and a joking acceptance of these situations only makes the likelihood of that changing that much more remote.
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This thread...
…is one of many reasons I love RBR. Just when you think it’s about to go full al.com, the faithful provide a positive realignment.
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by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 3, 2011 2:24 PM CST reply actions
Bad thread, bad analogy.
I would not equate Mike Price with that Pitt scumbag.Mike Price made a stupid,selfish mistake,that hurt himself.
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This had to do with the result
of their actions, not the actions. No one is equating Price’s actions with Haywood’s, but that BOTH WERE FIRED BEFORE EVER COACHING A GAME BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS.
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