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Rutgers coach Mike Rice used gay slurs, threw basketballs @ players **Edit** FIRED!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVoOtpDuZwA

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- In several dozen hours of video of Rutgers men's basketball practices obtained by "Outside the Lines," coach Mike Rice is seen hurling basketballs from close range at his players' heads, legs and feet; shoving and grabbing his players; feigning punching them; kicking them; and screaming obscenities and homophobic slurs.

The video shows practices from 2010-12. About 30 minutes of the video was viewed in December by athletic director Tim Pernetti, who suspended Rice for three games that month and fined him $50,000. But the incidents in the videos obtained by "Outside the Lines" appear to go beyond Pernetti's description at the time, when he cited "inappropriate behavior and language" between Rice and his players. When he announced the suspension on Dec. 13, Pernetti offered few specifics after conducting a week-long investigation.
In addition to Rice's physical actions seen in the practices, Rice calls Rutgers players "f----ts," "m-----f-----s," "p-----s," "sissy b-----s," and "c---s," among other epithets.

Eric Murdock, an ex-NBA player and a former director of player development for the Scarlet Knights, told "Outside the Lines" that Rice's "outrageous" behavior had caused at least three players to transfer from the team, including forward Gilvydas Biruta, who transferred to Rhode Island prior to last season.

Murdock, a 44-year-old, nine-year NBA veteran, was fired by Rice and Pernetti in early July. Murdock's attorney, Raj Gadhok, said Tuesday that Murdock intends to sue Rutgers for wrongful termination as early as Friday.

"Mr. Murdock was terminated for having complained of and reported illegal conduct by Mike Rice," Gadhok said. "As a result, his employment was terminated by Rutgers University. That is unlawful in the state of New Jersey and Eric intends to pursue legal action for his wrongful termination, which the university and its representatives have been aware of for some time now. We have no further comment at this time."

Biruta, who was born in Lithuania but played high school basketball in New Jersey, described his treatment.

"He would throw his cap at me and he would call me many names," he said of Rice. "The adjectives were creative. They were mean words."
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I'm sorry, but the last quote made me LOL 🙂
 
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I never understood coaches who think like that. There's a reason why in professional sports you don't see this shit.
 
Screaming at players in the NBA? Is Latrell Sprewell going to have to choke a coach?


But this seems to be more common in College Basketball. I whonder if thats why so few college coachs have great careers in the NBA.
 
Jimzz said:
Screaming at players in the NBA? Is Latrell Sprewell going to have to choke a coach?


But this seems to be more common in College Basketball. I whonder if thats why so few college coachs have great careers in the NBA.
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LOL! Ah Spree...

Yeah it seems there's two extremes. In college you have coaches who treat their players like shit and basically coach through fear. The other extreme is in the NBA where some coaches can't do much of anything because the superstar can have them fired on a whim.

As always the best method is a balanced approach. You don't respect someone who you treats you with threats and abuse, and you also don't respect someone who can't man up to criticize you when you deserve it.
 
Heh the physical stuff is absurd and he should be fired for it. But the verbal? Anybody who has gone through college sports has seen coaches go off the handle like this. I am of the opinion to be a head coach you have to have be at some level of insane.

This coach looks like the kind of guy who has never been told no. I bet if somebody kicked his ass once he wouldnt be such an asshole.
 
HopJokey said:
lol pro coaches have no power over players. You think coach Spo is yelling at Lebron or Wade for mistakes made in practice?
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No, but that's more because he's a pretty much no-name coach who's been there for only three years dealing with some of the biggest superstars around. The guys who do it are typically the "old guard" type of guys. You really think Belichick or Coughlin or Mora or Parcells won't/wouldn't go off on a player? And they're certainly not the only ones. Admittedly in the pros I think it's more of a teaching tool/"making a point" kind of thing, but it's still under the same umbrella imo.
 
darkewaffle said:
No, but that's more because he's a pretty much no-name coach who's been there for only three years dealing with some of the biggest superstars around. The guys who do it are typically the "old guard" type of guys. You really think Belichick or Coughlin or Mora or Parcells won't/wouldn't go off on a player? And they're certainly not the only ones. Admittedly in the pros I think it's more of a teaching tool/"making a point" kind of thing, but it's still under the same umbrella imo.
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There's a difference between going off on a player and pelting them in the head with a basketball. One is indeed a learning tool, the other is not. 😉
 
Red Storm said:
There's a difference between going off on a player and pelting them in the head with a basketball. One is indeed a learning tool, the other is not. 😉
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Pretty much this.

And I'm surprised one of his players didn't retaliate and kick his ass.
 
It's a damn shame. His father is the local color commentator for the Trailblazers, and he's awesome as shit. Steve Javie kicked him out of a game in the 90s, which I think is the only time a broadcaster has been ejected by a ref (at least as far as the NBA goes).
 
Atomic Playboy said:
It's a damn shame. His father is the local color commentator for the Trailblazers, and he's awesome as shit. Steve Javie kicked him out of a game in the 90s, which I think is the only time a broadcaster has been ejected by a ref (at least as far as the NBA goes).
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Is he the main one or the secondary guy? I cannot stand that secondary commentator for the Blazers. The guy is such a homer for his team and it really makes watching their games on League Pass a chore. It feels like the game is being called by one of the player's dads.
 
Red Storm said:
Is he the main one or the secondary guy? I cannot stand that secondary commentator for the Blazers. The guy is such a homer for his team and it really makes watching their games on League Pass a chore. It feels like the game is being called by one of the player's dads.
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He's the second guy, the really old one. And he's a total homer, no doubt. But he's hilarious. Half the time he can't pronounce people's names, and occasionally he says things so out of left field that it leaves Mike Barrett (the other broadcaster) completely speechless. I find it all very amusing.
 
Atomic Playboy said:
He's the second guy, the really old one. And he's a total homer, no doubt. But he's hilarious. Half the time he can't pronounce people's names, and occasionally he says things so out of left field that it leaves Mike Barrett (the other broadcaster) completely speechless. I find it all very amusing.
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lol yes it can definitely be amusing at times, but he does it all the time and it ends up becoming annoying after a while.
 
at least this is still better than
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