Mike Rice coaching AAU girls
someone please tell me how this guy can coach in any capacity. Yes i know its his daughters team but i would think after getting exposed as the piece of shit coach that you are, you would take some time away from coaching to work on your anger management.
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201304/report-mike-rice-coaching-y…
One of my moles is watching Mike Rice coach 12 year old girls at Holmdel High in NJ right now as crazy as ever yelling @ both refs and kids
Just this afternoon Rice told a 12 year old girl,"I can't even look at you" and the ref told my guy he would have T'd him up 2x if it was HS
Won't believe it until I look at the tape.
Anger management by AAU girl: "whatever"
A guy who isn't afraid to abuse 18-22 year old men, coaching 12 year old girls. Cannot possibly see how that could go wrong
April 15th, 2013 at 11:26 PM ^
Yes, because getting physical with grown men that are mostly much bigger and stronger than you almost always leads to doing so to pre-teen girls.
Whether it is a 18-22-year old player whose playing time you own (not to mention you're the one giving him a recommendation for future jobs) or a 12-year-old girl you are physically stronger than, the power dynamic is the same: you're the one in charge. If he abuses it with those more likely able to stand up to him, he'll likely abuse it with those less able to do so.
If true, this is absolutely absurd.
April 16th, 2013 at 10:16 AM ^
Maybe he has a code, like Omar.
Apparently the parents have out in strong support.
According to The Asbury Park Press, Rice coaching this AAU team isn't news as he's been involved with his daughter Katie's team for some time. Also, according to the paper, parents of girls on the AAU team pushed back on Twitter after Deadspin's report surfaced Sunday, defending Rice and claiming distortion on the part of the contributor.
"The Deadspin report is a gross misrepresentation of the facts," a person close to the AAU team told SportsNet New York. "The team's parents are fully behind Coach Rice and his instruction of their daughters."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/04/14/mike-rice-coaching-12-y…
Yep. Odd world we live in.
This story keeps getting stranger and stranger.
You're 8 years too late:
April 15th, 2013 at 10:20 PM ^
THANK YOU for this.
I swear I did not realize this existed (if I did, I would have noted that this movie deserves more than 4.8 stars out of ten on imdb), except maybe on a subconcious level. I originally pictured just the Rock in this role, but then was trying to think of someone else who makes ridiculous movies. Please don't tell me there are also scenes with makeup and Martin Lawrence singing with the girls.
Hollywood is a beautiful place because the suits in Hollywood predicted the fall and redemption of Mike Rice 8 years ago. Amazing.
Someone needs to photoshop Mike Rice into this movie poster btw.
If you include a scene involving tampons, you're golden.
April 15th, 2013 at 10:49 PM ^
I see the movie going in more of a Billy Bob Thornton direction.
I mean seriously unbelieveable.
Literally the last thing I would have guessed he'd be doing a week or two later.
I can't believe that Ol' Bug Eyes is coaching so soon.
April 15th, 2013 at 10:10 PM ^
April 15th, 2013 at 10:13 PM ^
Parents are readying their bats and lead pipes.
April 15th, 2013 at 11:40 PM ^
Everybody deserves a chance to grow and a chance at redemption. Everything Rice does will be done under a magnifying glass; it's not like he has any "wiggle room" to lapse into his former behaviors.
I'm all about second chances. However, usually the person wanting the second chance needs time to go through the hit rock bottom-reflect-work your way back process. Let him go through anger management and soul-searching and apply to coach NEXT year.
April 15th, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^
April 16th, 2013 at 12:34 AM ^