Jim Calhoun acts like a bully
At a recent news conference, UConn men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun was asked, in my eyes, a perfectly legitimate question about being the highest paid state employee in Connecticut, a state facing a massive shortfall in revenue.
Calhoun acted amused for a second, then pulled out the "I'm more important than you are, little bug!" type-speech to the "reporter" (apparently a free lance blogger like myself) and got visibly angry, as the youtube connection to the Sports Illustrated story shows.
Why are all coaches so quick to anger? In my childhood, Ohio State's Woody Hayes was a great example of power gone mad, as he used to slug his own players and assistant coaches, as well as sideline camera men until one famous game when Hayes threw a punch at an opposing player.
My Dad always said that "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." It appears that the college coaches of our nation are a great example of that.
Calhoun acted amused for a second, then pulled out the "I'm more important than you are, little bug!" type-speech to the "reporter" (apparently a free lance blogger like myself) and got visibly angry, as the youtube connection to the Sports Illustrated story shows.
Why are all coaches so quick to anger? In my childhood, Ohio State's Woody Hayes was a great example of power gone mad, as he used to slug his own players and assistant coaches, as well as sideline camera men until one famous game when Hayes threw a punch at an opposing player.
My Dad always said that "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." It appears that the college coaches of our nation are a great example of that.
posted by joe sweeney at 9:18 AM
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