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USF and Fired Head Coach Jim Leavitt

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[quote='BusNative;163869;0]....amazing... COLLEGE football coaches are going to have to start walking on the same eggshells as high school freshmen girls basketball coaches... :shake:[/quote]

Eh. Striking a player in the face, after a first-half ST mistake is taking it too far. Not the same as sexual assault or harassment, but there has to be a line in the sand. Woody was released for striking an opposing player in a game, Leavitt struck a player, you just can't do that. Sticking a player in a room the size of a garage is not the same as striking a player, there has to be some discrepancy with these coaches. Things are not the same as 30 years ago. There is too much media, too many outlets, cameras; Leavitt was an extremely emotional coach, and I enjoyed seeing his fire on the sidelines, but he has to control himself.
 
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jmorbitz;1638700; said:
Eh. Striking a player in the face, after a first-half ST mistake is taking it too far. Not the same as sexual assault or harassment, but there has to be a line in the sand. Woody was released for striking an opposing player in a game, Leavitt struck a player, you just can't do that. Sticking a player in a room the size of a garage is not the same as striking a player, there has to be some discrepancy with these coaches. Things are not the same as 30 years ago. There is too much media, too many outlets, cameras; Leavitt was an extremely emotional coach, and I enjoyed seeing his fire on the sidelines, but he has to control himself.
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That word...I do not think it means what you think it means. :p
 
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This is a shame.

Local radio honks around Tampa Bay periodically talk about the idea that perhaps USF needed a new coach to take the program to the next level. For those who thought Yes I guess they will find out.
 
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Bucky Katt;1638704; said:
That word...I do not think it means what you think it means. :p
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Oh sure :roll1: bring in the lawyer guy to try to tell me how to use words. :wink2:

Well let's say, there shouldn't be discrepancy with these coaches. Striking a player in the face will never be an accepted practice. There must be restraint, moderation, steadyness, and an undeviating and uniform understanding that that will never be accepted. (:biggrin:)

The players dad was right, you do that on the street and you go to jail. Leavitt should be relieved he only lost his job.
 
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jmorbitz;1638746; said:
Oh sure :roll1: bring in the lawyer guy to try to tell me how to use words. :wink2:

Well let's say, there shouldn't be discrepancy with these coaches. Striking a player in the face will never be an accepted practice. There must be restraint, moderation, steadyness, and an undeviating and uniform understanding that that will never be accepted. (:biggrin:)

The players dad was right, you do that on the street and you go to jail. Leavitt should be relieved he only lost his job.
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"Lawyer guy"???? You son of a bitch. I'm going to grab you by the throat and punch you in the face. Twice.
 
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so when did they make it a rule that you can't choke and slap a player in the face.. isn't that what each of us that are parents do to our kids? :evil:


I certainly fault the parents that over-reacted to seeing their son get treated like that... if I was sitting in the stands and watched him do that to my son... I'd be completely calm and say "attaboy coach" ... :pissed:

The ends do not justify the means


PS If any player ever should have been choked and slapped.. it had to be that kicker for East Carolina... after missing 4 FGs... just teasin folks... but he wouldn't have a schollie come Fall...
 
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BrianO;1638743; said:
This is a shame.

Local radio honks around Tampa Bay periodically talk about the idea that perhaps USF needed a new coach to take the program to the next level. For those who thought Yes I guess they will find out.
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If, by the "next level," you mean a return to the Big Least basement, then the new coach will likely take USF to the "next level."

Still no excuse for grabbing a player by the throat and punching him. Unless the player is Tate Forcier, of course.
 
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