In the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, Chad Baker-Mazara, an Auburn player, deliberately elbowed a player from Yale. Chad lost his cool. For his actions, the official assessed a Flagrant 2 Technical Foul and ejected Chad from the game. Auburn, the heavy favorite, lost that game to Yale. Here is the play.
Now, the part that caught my eye, was a subsequent interview with a coach from a team that was not playing. A reporter asked the head coach of Alabama what he and his players could learn from this incident. In essence, Coach Oats said, “We’re trying to win on the scoreboard. We are not trying to win a backyard brawl or a trash-talking contest. Anything that gives the opposing team an advantage, we don’t want it.” This is a great message for his team and it is a great message for you. So, take a minute to listen to the words of wisdom from Coach Oats below:
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I understand Coach Oats when he talks about winning on the scoreboard, not in a backyard brawl. It makes me think about how it is really just about the scoreboard and the fun the players are having. The words said and the actions acted, shouldn’t be the game.
I get what the coach is saying when he says, “ We’re trying to win on the scoreboard. We are not trying to win a backyard brawl or a trash-talking contest.” Playing the game is abt fun. There should not be any serious trash talk
Basketball should be about having fun instead of trash talking and being a bad influence
All he wanted to do was win and he needs to have more fun with the game. They should accept it sometimes you don’t always win.