Wednesday, November 28, 2007

AJC on Basketball Dismissals

I really dislike headline writers. I'm so glad I get to write my own. Chip Towers has an article up on what went down with the suspensions and dismissals. Long story short he says Felton stopped babying his players and made them accountable for going to class and appointments on their own. Some of them, obviously, couldn't handle this. They have been dealt with. The article goes on to say these are good policies, and the entire team is on track to graduate on time.

Yet here is the headline on AJC.com right now.
Dogs addressing basketball 'train wreck' Academic policies toughened in wake of suspensions, dismissals
Now, the term "train wreck" was used in the story. But it was in reference to what was going on during the spring and summer. When some players weren't handling their business. And as far at the policies being in the wake of the suspensions...Huh? The suspensions were a result of the policy. Not the other way around. Ridiculous.

3 comments:

  1. Unfortunately it is a "train wreck." At some point, given the shere number of "situations," one has to look at the top! These are all Felton's recruits and he has to be responsible.

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  2. when the internal memo was written it was a train wreck.

    When the players respect the coach so little and fear him so little that they don't do what he asks and we lose 2 starters for the season for it.

    It's a train wreck.

    Felton is the only coach on campus struggling with this, and his average player to assistant coach ratio is around 3:1.

    As a point of comparison, Searels' ratio is 14:1 (not counting walkons). Overall the football assistants average 9:1.

    It's a b.s. situation and they're all Felton's players. I have zero sympathy.

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  3. At any rate I don't think the headline fit what Towers was saying. You may agree with the headline, but it didn't go with the intent of Towers' story in my opinion.

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