Comments on: Morning Five: 11.16.09 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/16/morning-five-11-16-09-edition/ the ubiquitous college basketblog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:42:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rush The Court » Blog Archive » RTC Live: Butler @ Northwestern http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/16/morning-five-11-16-09-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-21445 Rush The Court » Blog Archive » RTC Live: Butler @ Northwestern Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:07:29 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=12751#comment-21445 [...] the Horizon League.  As I’m sure you’re well aware, Northwestern has been hit with a string of bad news lately, losing star forward Kevin Coble to a foot injury for the season and reserve Jeff Ryan to an ACL [...] [...] the Horizon League.  As I’m sure you’re well aware, Northwestern has been hit with a string of bad news lately, losing star forward Kevin Coble to a foot injury for the season and reserve Jeff Ryan to an ACL [...]

]]> By: rtmsf http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/16/morning-five-11-16-09-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-21286 rtmsf Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:52:04 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=12751#comment-21286 Bob, I probably should have written I wanted to see more activity in terms of punishment. I'll re-write it. Sorry for that confusion. You may think that keeping the punishment private is ok, but I believe that especially in such a bad-publicity and media-driven situation such as this one, he needed to make sure the public knew that the guilty parties were punished appropriately (game suspensions and so forth). By keeping it private, only the team and players know what the punishment was (running laps? curfew?) and that just doesn't seem to fit given the situation and extensive coverage that this event warranted. Bob, I probably should have written I wanted to see more activity in terms of punishment. I’ll re-write it. Sorry for that confusion.

You may think that keeping the punishment private is ok, but I believe that especially in such a bad-publicity and media-driven situation such as this one, he needed to make sure the public knew that the guilty parties were punished appropriately (game suspensions and so forth). By keeping it private, only the team and players know what the punishment was (running laps? curfew?) and that just doesn’t seem to fit given the situation and extensive coverage that this event warranted.

]]> By: Bob http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/16/morning-five-11-16-09-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-21279 Bob Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:18:29 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=12751#comment-21279 How did Bill Self not take an active role in punishing the players involved? No one else handed out punishments to his players other than him. He didn't turn his head or downplay the actions of his players. He kept the punishment private (which I think is his right as coach) and he had his own PC to answers media questions about the fight...he then made all the main parties involved and captains have a press conference and face the media to explain their actions. How did Bill Self not take an active role in punishing the players involved?

No one else handed out punishments to his players other than him. He didn’t turn his head or downplay the actions of his players.

He kept the punishment private (which I think is his right as coach) and he had his own PC to answers media questions about the fight…he then made all the main parties involved and captains have a press conference and face the media to explain their actions.

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