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01-18-2020, 09:50 AM | #1 |
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Suspended for body language
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01-18-2020, 10:00 AM | #2 |
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All of this coming from the player. Would like to hear from the coach and the 2 sisters. May or may not be more to the story.
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01-18-2020, 10:36 AM | #3 |
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There's only one form of body language that I could think of that would get you suspended. It would also be considered “conduct unbecoming of a member of the team”. Probably responding to a heckler. That's my best guess.
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01-18-2020, 11:00 AM | #4 |
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Actually, she flipped off the coach. Pitts was only blindsided because her previous coaches had let her do whatever she wanted. Lindsey Whalen is not that kind of coach.
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01-18-2020, 11:25 AM | #5 |
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I read Kirk Hastons book about his time playing at Indiana for B. knight. One day when they came in for practice one of the players found his locker empty except for a tennis racket. The player took the tennis racket out to the gym and asked Knight what was up with that. Knight told him basketball was a team sport but since he refused to play as part of the team, he was off the team and could go play and individual game like tennis. And he was off the team.
Excellent book by the way if you enjoy college basketball. Last edited by Reed; 01-18-2020 at 11:34 AM. |
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01-18-2020, 01:11 PM | #8 |
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Has the team said anything about the reason for the suspension? Or just Pitts?
It's always amusing, and sad, when people say something like, "this is so stupid. I can't believe it", then the thing turns put to be false, but they believed it Anyway, I, obviously, have no more information than anyone else about what happened, but, I imagine that, while some body language on its own might merit a suspension, that body language was only part of the reason for this suspension. |
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Coach Whalen's statement: "I will always respect the privacy of a student-athlete and will continue to do so. We wish Destiny the best moving forward."
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01-18-2020, 02:59 PM | #10 |
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And that tells us what about the situation? It could mean exactly what she says and doesn't dispute what the player says. It could mean the coach's position is indefensible and nothing she says could keep her from coming off like an egotistical power-mad dictator.
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