From the post on this thread that offended you so:
"Disclaimer: I do not know how the kid is in practice, just pointing out that we only see one side."
(01-06-2018 11:49 PM)Monarchblue Wrote: You ... are ignoring reality if you are making up possible scenarios that would reflect poorly on a player, who by all accounts is a good kid, in order to defend him.
It seems to me that, as between these two posts, yours is the only one that is categorically assuming facts -- i.e., "ignoring reality".
Unless you are attending practices, or have some reliable inside source, then you are in no better position than any of the rest of us to know what the players do or fail to do that earns them p.t. in the eyes of Coach Jones.
The fact that MHJ, as a true freshman, is getting any minutes is a pretty fair indication that he is, as you say, a good, hardworking player. Literally no one has said otherwise. That unpleasant accusation sprung entirely from you -- simply because you have some need to paint Coach Jones as some kind of cartoon villain.
Maybe he is. But I see no indication of that. What instead I see are all of our players, starters and bench alike, coming out and giving their utmost in every game. Everyone of them jumping up to congratulate their mates when someone plays well. No one going off to sulk by himself.
Perhaps we just have a higher quality set of kids, who are able to shake off the irrational and abusive behavior of their head coach. Or perhaps it just may be that the head coach is not anything like what you assume him to be.
Neither of us know. But, to the extent that your aim is to lobby for a new coach at the end of the season, I'll gently suggest that your over-the-top, assume-the-worst posts have the opposite effect. They cause me, who was not a fan of the Jones hire, to find myself defending him.