Angry Father Puts Majerus in Middle of Controversy
Ahhh ... remember the good old days of polarization under former coach Rick Majerus?
Yeah, well, looks like it's happening already in St. Louis, where Majerus is only a few months into his reign. And it's happening in spectacularly bad form, according to Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com -- with the father of one of the players ripping Majerus on a computer message board for fans.
Evidently, guard Tommie Liddell III has not played as well under Majerus as he did under previous coach Brad Soderberg -- who was fired after going only 20-13 last season, by the way. So his father, responding to a criticism of his son in a previous post by "The Torch," complained that "it's not Tommie, it's the coach."
The elder Liddell later posted that he had allowed someone else to use his password at Billikens.com, which sounded an awful lot like backtracking after the heat started to come down. Either way, the damage was probably done. As one subsequent post in the thread replied:
"Uh-oh. Not good."
Yeah, well, looks like it's happening already in St. Louis, where Majerus is only a few months into his reign. And it's happening in spectacularly bad form, according to Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com -- with the father of one of the players ripping Majerus on a computer message board for fans.
Evidently, guard Tommie Liddell III has not played as well under Majerus as he did under previous coach Brad Soderberg -- who was fired after going only 20-13 last season, by the way. So his father, responding to a criticism of his son in a previous post by "The Torch," complained that "it's not Tommie, it's the coach."
The elder Liddell later posted that he had allowed someone else to use his password at Billikens.com, which sounded an awful lot like backtracking after the heat started to come down. Either way, the damage was probably done. As one subsequent post in the thread replied:
"Uh-oh. Not good."
posted by www.sltrib.com @ 9:37 AM |
1 Comments:
This is really a misleading and yellow piece of journalism. Even for a blog. It's pathetic. The local media's anti-Majerus ranting continues, but this is really a stretch, even for you guys. So a kid's dad responds to a random post on a message board? Then claims it was not really him responding to the original post? Are you kidding me? This is "spectacular"? It puts Majerus "in the middle"? Of what? Message board rants? A father who is unhappy with the coach? Oh my gosh, I bet that has never, ever, happened at any other university, ever! This qualifies as "news" for the Tribune? The Salt Lake City sports media (as a whole) continues to be one of the most inept, immature, and lazy groups in the nation. You continue to make it clear that there is no reason for any head coach to respect you, your articles, or your opinions. Why don't you write an article about my post here? It's just another random rant by a disgruntled reader. I'll have to say, my point of view is "spectacular"!
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