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Is Todd Graham taking his cues from that wrestler who nearly killed the referee a little while ago? Basically blaming everybody/everything else but the real problem at hand....the individual (in this case, Graham) himself.
Hawaii coach Todd Graham blames transfer portal after 12 players leave program amid mistreatment allegations
Hawaii's starting quarterback, leading rusher, leading receiver and leading tackler have all entered the transfer portal.
Never understood why coaches felt the need to talk to players like that. It’s one thing I respected Malzahn for. Heard he wouldn’t do it and players said they’d rather get dog cussed than have him dress them down. Cursing at the kids rampant at the HS level which really baffles me, because it’s a teacher addressing a student. They wouldn’t do it in a classroom, wouldn’t to a 2nd grader, then why is it ok in the realm of athletics?
I don't care if a coach curses. They are just words. The pain comes from denigrating players, not using curse words when mad. Call me names or call me worthless without cursing at me and I will feel no better about the exchange.
I agree 100%. His days as a HC are numbered.
I agree. Frankly, I don’t think many have ever responded very well to that kind of treatment. They might have taken it, endured and overcome it, but they had to overcome it.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of people in our culture who believe this. I even know many people in my own family who believe that kids learn by being yelled at and berated. I don't know where this belief comes from, but I wish it would go away.
Its to the point where assistant coaches won't talk to Graham because they don't want to be yelled at....and the kids see it right there in front of them on a daily basis. He's lost that program.
To further the HS problem, if you try to put a stop to it by confronting the coaching staff, or go to the school administration, you can forget your child or their siblings ever getting to participate in anything again. At least that was/is the situation at my kids school.
Coaches felt they were making players better conditioned, tougher, and stronger with no water during practice; it wasn't just for the sake of being hard on them. The first time I heard of the concept of drinking water during practices and workouts was from my boxing coach in 1977. I believe this was about the timeframe in which this "new way" of thinking was starting to make the rounds.
I don't think I was clear. I don't think the coaches actually held back water for the reason of being hard on the players, but that's what it seems like. Looking at it from the outside, that's the appearance the whole thing has. It's as if they were just trying to be mean. I figured they had some reason for doing what they were doing. It was just like they were in the stone ages but we are only talking about the the late '60's to early '70's.
