Arizona Football: Opposing ‘Coaches Gone Wild’
Sep 12, 2015; Gainesville, FL, USA; Florida Gators head coach Jim McElwain reacts against the East Carolina Pirates during the first quarter at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium . Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Florida State Coach head coach Jim McElwain, the topic of many morning sports shows, also was seen yelling on the sideline last weekend. McElwain wasn’t yelling at the referees; he was yelling at Gator running back Kelvin Taylor, the son of former NFL running back Fred Taylor. And he yelled at him for a good 10-15 seconds for being penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct for motioning a throat slash after scoring. the penalty eventually resulted into a score for the other team.
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The slur-studded rant may have been warranted but for the fact that he was caught on national television. He was totally out of control.
For the last couple of mornings on ESPN’s Mike and Mike show, there has been a debate involving different analysts, including the players father, on whether the yelling was abuse or not. Mike Golik argued that Coach McElwain had every right to chastise his player because his antics hurt the team. Mike Greenberg just plain felt McElwain was out of control, and could not believe that the coach was out of control yelling at a player for being out of control.
On the same show this morning, Seth Greenberg, ESPN Basketball analyst, felt the situation should have never happened in the first place. Basically, if the coach advised all the players not to over-celebrate or do anything of the like during the game, maybe it would have never happened. Still another guest felt that this generation of young men is different and that this type of verbal beating in public doesn’t necessarily work. Lot’s of opinions.
Kelvin’s father John didn’t seem too upset about what happened to his son on the sidelines, but he wasn’t happy either, “He got caught up in a celebration that his own man used to do, I’ve throat slashed many times, I’ve even gotten fined for it,” he said, “he made a selfish act..I try not to get too involved in the coach should have did this the coach should have did that having been a player.. yes, I do think it’s been a bit much.”
As far as apologies, McElwain apologized, sort of, “There’re lessons that even I learned..I am pretty passionate about what we do,” he said, “It’s one of those things I gotta learn from, I’m not proud of it, and neither is my mother, 95-94 years old. I got an earful from her too.”
As the sports world debates whether he was wrong or right, you be the judge. Here is Coach McElwain’s ‘Vitriolic moment’ care of campusinsiders.com:
With Arizona Head Coach Rich Rod, there’s no doubt he yells, but he never seems out of control, he even seems to control himself pretty well when the rest of us are losing it in the stands or at home. I think because he enjoys his job so much, and he really cares about his players, and he has been down a different road than most head coaches.
I predict Coach Rich Rodriguez will not be getting any unsportsmanlike conduct calls this season.