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Wow. When you are a head coach and are asked about things like this, you have to know that what you say will end up out there in the media. That was just about as ungracious as I have seen.
I don't see how you wouldn't be gracious in this situation.
Not class
Not class
Wow. You could have used ALL of it. You chose not to.
I doubt the color of the equipment would have been an issue under the circumstances. But even as it turned out the coach could have said, "It was a great gesture. We thank them. But we managed to replace our equipment. We're going to donate the equipment they gave us to needy kids." Then you have two caring programs instead of one and a jerk coach.
Unbelievable. I sure hope there is somehow more to the story than what it appears on the surface.
Amazing, I also bet many of his potential recruits see this.
I want to know more. What was said before and after that clip?
RJM's response above would have been better, of course.
I can imagine for example that Alabama would not play with Auburn colors on.
Maybe he's just tired of talking about it. Maybe he asked ESPN to talk about his players and their run at the tournament.
Originally Posted by CoachB25:
Wow. When you are a head coach and are asked about things like this, you have to know that what you say will end up out there in the media...
Especially when you say it into a microphone during an on air interview...
And yes, the guy comes off as tremendously ungracious. Just express your appreciation of the gesture, it's on page 3 of the "right things to say" manual.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?...cid=espnapi_internal
Heres the full interview. I think he is very perturbed the guy won't talk about anything but the bus fire.
Originally Posted by cabbagedad:
Unbelievable. I sure hope there is somehow more to the story than what it appears on the surface.
Ironhorse, thanks for posting the article as well as the link to the full interview. Sure enough, much more to the story and a soundbite taken out of context.
When does ESPN apologize for putting this clip out there?
Class? No class?
ESPN: No class
The interviewer wouldn't get off the bus story. The coach wanted to talk about his team and players. The coach had a "get off it, will ya" expression every time the interviewer pressed on. Then ESPN edits the interview to make the coach look like a jerk. ESPN owes the coach, the team and the university an apology what what they pulled.