OT: Rutgers Head Coach Mike Rice is not a good person

[UNIpanther99]

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9125796/practice-video-shows-rutgers-basketball-coach-mike-rice-berated-pushed-used-slurs-players

I can't believe he still has a job. I'll be surprised if either he or his AD still have a job by this time next week

[Codytwo]

Re: OT: Rutgers Head Coach Mike Rice is not a good person

I hope Jake doesn't do that.

[9YRPLAN]

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pretty hard to throw balls at top speed while you are clapping.

[achrist70]

Re: OT: Rutgers Head Coach Mike Rice is not a good person

This guy makes Bob Knight look like a softy

[95UNIGRAD]

Re: OT: Rutgers Head Coach Mike Rice is not a good person

Inexcusable. As a coach of young men, I would expect to be canned that same day for doing anything remotely like that. There is no need to belittle and put your hands on your players - I don't care if they're middle schoolers or college kids - disgusting.

[Kyle]

Re: OT: Rutgers Head Coach Mike Rice is not a good person

Tough call. Given the obvious pattern of (mis)behavior, I think you err on the side of caution and fire the guy. It's only a matter of time before he really goes overboard (i.e.-chokes a kid or seriously injures a player).

[1988]

Re: OT: Rutgers Head Coach Mike Rice is not a good person

Another classy coach. You heard it here first: Fran will go OFF like that one of these days.

[jnutt]

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more shocking...Rutgers has basketball?

[JayJ79]

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I don't think a coach needs to totally stay hands-off, but he definitely goes overboard

[UNIpanther99]

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It kind of turns into a Richard Nixon sort of thing... Why would you tape your practices if you acted like that?

[achrist70]

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I think the one coach sort of secretly taped them to alert the administration

[1988]

Re: OT: Rutgers Head Coach Mike Rice is not a good person

I think the one coach sort of secretly taped them to alert the administration

I believe this was the case. I heard one report they had hundreds of hours of tape. That coach was fired.

[UNIChippewa]

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I hope Jake doesn't do that.

Not a chance in hell, and if he does he should get an Oscar.

I remember in the Sports Illustrated article that was written about the team during the dream season of 2009-10 JE was quoted as saying that Coach Jacobson was "pretty chill". Hell, there are a few fans on here who think he doesn't show enough emotion as it is right now.

[CyCarp]

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I'd be stunned if he's not fired now that this is out in the public. Imagine parents of the kids. Yes, technically they're adults, but I still wouldn't want my kid playing for him. Almost 53,000 votes on the poll on ESPN, 93% say he should be fired. Kinda surprised it's that low.

[UNIpanther99]

Re: OT: Rutgers Head Coach Mike Rice is not a good person

I think the one coach sort of secretly taped them to alert the administration

It really kind of strikes me as the kind of taping that is commonly done for evaluation purposes. I don't really know how an assistant coach could get away with secretly taping practice from up high in the arena. It looks like the standard sort of thing that was probably taped by a student manager.

I'm sure the assistant coach probably edited the tape, but it likely existed at the directive of the head coach.