What did the Wake coach say or do? From Basilio

[VolBallGuy]

Forget that, I wouldn't want my kid playing for a guy who leaves a pitcher in until he gives up eleventy-billion 2-out runs. It's like the dude was throwing the game.

It was like he was like son you made this so you are stuck with it was his first thought before he realized it would also… wait for it… hurt his team.

 

[taylorvol]

YES. Tony is the cool guy all the players want to hang out with; Walter is the grandpa crashing his grandson's fraternity party.

Wearing long black socks and new balance tennis shoes

 

[chuckiepoo]

I resemble that statement!

I remember taking my twins to “the mall” to meet she friends when they were 13 or 14 yo. Intentionally sporting exactly that, with an Hawaiian shirt, just to piss them off!

I told them it would build character…

They laugh about it now. They were soooo insecure and peer driven at that age.

They both found babes that love them to death.

 

[Mccage]

I know we've all said things, especially growing up and around friends and sports, that we wouldn't want on the Internet for the world to see. But I'm mid 30s and can't even remember the last time I jokingly called a friend a slur. The fact that this dude is 50 years old, calling a college kid a slur on national television on CBB's biggest stage of the year thus far.......the audacity.

I cant remember my mid 30’s

 

[thehardknoxlife]

This cancel culture is pathetic. I've said worse and I'm willing to bet nearly all of you have as well. Get of your high horses you hypocrites.

It was funny he sent one to the stands after the heckling but let's not make it more than some s**t talking.

 

[Okie]

 

[Godfatha]

I know we've all said things, especially growing up and around friends and sports, that we wouldn't want on the Internet for the world to see. But I'm mid 30s and can't even remember the last time I jokingly called a friend a slur. The fact that this dude is 50 years old, calling a college kid a slur on national television on CBB's biggest stage of the year thus far.......the audacity.

Agreed. I've done things in my younger days I've not been proud of. At 50 though, you should have matured enough as a person to not use them.

 

[volfannga]

The crowd was so loud I could not hear my wife right next to me nor could you hear Rocky Top being played over the loud speaker. And it erupted on contact - it was not delayed until a player reaction.

 

[volfan102455]

This cancel culture is pathetic. I've said worse and I'm willing to bet nearly all of you have as well. Get of your high horses you hypocrites.

It was funny he sent one to the stands after the heckling but let's not make it more than some s**t talking.

To be clear, I don't like the cancel culture. Folks make mistakes - but there are expectations for those chosen to lead and teach a group of impressionable young adults. They are supposed to be the 'adult' in the room. And one can and should be able to call attention to those mistakes with the hope it will help the person do better next time.

Sometimes one should not say what they are thinking out loud. He made a mistake - he has issued an apology. Hopefully that apology is sincere.

 

[Flogballs]

This cancel culture is pathetic. I've said worse and I'm willing to bet nearly all of you have as well. Get of your high horses you hypocrites.

It was funny he sent one to the stands after the heckling but let's not make it more than some s**t talking.

That man is supposed to be a professional and a leader of young men. What he did is entirely unprofessional, and unacceptable behavior for a grown adult to say to an opposing student athlete. Has nothing to do with cancel culture

 

[ddubb76]

Even in those days, never heard of a teacher, coach, et al saying those type of comments on a whim and in those situations where they did, I can guarantee you they heard about it from said child's parents. There is a standard that those who are entrusted to teach and lead others has always been expected to uphold.

I think we as a society have gotten lax about what we allow to be said outloud.

Players, students, et al - yes they have always said things - but even back then we expected those who were teachers and leaders to set an example and not be the one that says those things.

Tell me this - if that was directed at your son - would you be okay with that?

I not only would be ok with it, I would think that I would expect him to show a similar result. My kid would laugh and belt another home run in spite

 

[Volstylexx]

it’s not being stuck anywhere,or anytime, those things didn’t hurt then and the only reason they hurt now is because of weakness. I’ll continue being a rock and you can be the soft gooey stuff that lets words hurt you.

I’ve seen what that “soft gooey stuff” you mock looks like when it’s buried in a casket. I’m a college professor. In the last five years, I’ve lost two students to suicide. Two young people—both gay—who were smart, compassionate, full of potential. You call it weakness. I saw hope. I saw kids who were trying to survive in a world that kept telling them they didn’t belong. A world that mocked their softness. A world that called their pain fake. A world filled with people like you.

You say words don’t hurt? I’ve watched words become weapons. I’ve seen them eat away at a student’s sense of self, day after day, until there was nothing left but silence and grief. I’ve had to look parents in the eyes and try to explain why their child couldn’t hold on. That’s what your “rock” mentality costs. It costs lives. So if choosing empathy makes me soft, so be it. I’d rather be soft and save someone than hardened and bury them.

 

[volfan__18]

I’ve seen what that “soft gooey stuff” you mock looks like when it’s buried in a casket. I’m a college professor. In the last five years, I’ve lost two students to suicide. Two young people—both gay—who were smart, compassionate, full of potential. You call it weakness. I saw hope. I saw kids who were trying to survive in a world that kept telling them they didn’t belong. A world that mocked their softness. A world that called their pain fake. A world filled with people like you.

You say words don’t hurt? I’ve watched words become weapons. I’ve seen them eat away at a student’s sense of self, day after day, until there was nothing left but silence and grief. I’ve had to look parents in the eyes and try to explain why their child couldn’t hold on. That’s what your “rock” mentality costs. It costs lives. So if choosing empathy makes me soft, so be it. I’d rather be soft and save someone than hardened and bury them.

yeah i rlly don’t think people understand the gravity of how this word or other slurs can be used in certain scenarios. As a college student myself, i’ve seen firsthand how even words can affect someone’s mental health and cause a spiral to happen. There is no place or time that people should use that word.

 

[ddubb76]

That man is supposed to be a professional and a leader of young men. What he did is entirely unprofessional, and unacceptable behavior for a grown adult to say to an opposing student athlete. Has nothing to do with cancel culture

Maybe he should have been more aware in today’s version of videography, however he was not in an interview. He wasn’t mic’d up. He was talking to people that he apparently had other similar conversations with that had not complained. This is a huge blow out of proportion thing that I can’t wait till we have the spines to say ok

 

[volfannga]

First, I don't think the coach should be leading that way (and especially at a Baptist institution) BUT if I was AF today I would have the biggest smile. I would probably download the video to my phone. I would be taking that as such a compliment - that my level of play and enthusiasm for the game on the team kicking his ass would cause him to react like that - I would think it was priceless.

Now let's go for some hog meat. Go Vols.

 

[Volstylexx]

and I'll add that isn't an attack on anyone here specifically, just an acknowledgment that we can do better as a society. Suicide is now the second leading cause of death among 10-14 year olds, and the leading cause of death among 15-24 year olds. That’s not drama. That’s data. The world has changed. For all the good. For all the bad. But we can’t ignore the facts just because we think we were "mentally tougher" when we were kids. Choose compassion, because it costs you nothing and it can mean the world to someone else.

 

[lukeneyland]

This cancel culture is pathetic. I've said worse and I'm willing to bet nearly all of you have as well. Get of your high horses you hypocrites.

It was funny he sent one to the stands after the heckling but let's not make it more than some s**t talking.

Yep I loved it just because it got the crowd going. Hate this woke nonsense

 

[MAD]

This cancel culture is pathetic. I've said worse and I'm willing to bet nearly all of you have as well. Get of your high horses you hypocrites.

It was funny he sent one to the stands after the heckling but let's not make it more than some s**t talking.

This Bud Lights for you

 

[SGidds]

Young generation: Name-calling is NOT OK.

Old generation: Name-calling? Back in my day we used to beat the he!! out of each other. It turned us into real men.

In between generation: (Adjusts noise-cancelling headphones)

 

[volfanhill]

This cancel culture is pathetic. I've said worse and I'm willing to bet nearly all of you have as well. Get of your high horses you hypocrites.

It was funny he sent one to the stands after the heckling but let's not make it more than some s**t talking.

At work? While representing your company in front of the public?

 

[tennesseeduke]

What a classless POS their coach is. smh.

That's a typical Vandy coach!

 

[ddubb76]

I’ve seen what that “soft gooey stuff” you mock looks like when it’s buried in a casket. I’m a college professor. In the last five years, I’ve lost two students to suicide. Two young people—both gay—who were smart, compassionate, full of potential. You call it weakness. I saw hope. I saw kids who were trying to survive in a world that kept telling them they didn’t belong. A world that mocked their softness. A world that called their pain fake. A world filled with people like you.

You say words don’t hurt? I’ve watched words become weapons. I’ve seen them eat away at a student’s sense of self, day after day, until there was nothing left but silence and grief. I’ve had to look parents in the eyes and try to explain why their child couldn’t hold on. That’s what your “rock” mentality costs. It costs lives. So if choosing empathy makes me soft, so be it. I’d rather be soft and save someone than hardened and bury them.

Well mr psychology, would those students have been better served to embrace their differences and hardened to accept their differences than to try and get an entire planet to support your ideology

I am sorry for their families that they chose to take their lives instead of accepting their challenges. Without me knowing their circumstances I can’t say, however weekness has always bred weekness.

 

[Volstylexx]

Well mr psychology, would those students have been better served to embrace their differences and hardened to accept their differences than to try and get an entire planet to support your ideology

I am sorry for their families that they chose to take their lives instead of accepting their challenges. Without me knowing their circumstances I can’t say, however weekness has always bred weekness.

I don’t teach psychology… and if I taught English I’d kindly suggest to you it’s “weakness” not “weekness.”

No one is asking “an entire planet” to bow to an ideology. What we are asking for is basic humanity. A world where kids don’t grow up hating themselves because society taught them that being different makes them defective.

You don’t sound strong. You sound afraid of a world where empathy matters more than your outdated brand of cold, performative masculinity. You do you, king.

 

[taylorvol]

I’ve seen what that “soft gooey stuff” you mock looks like when it’s buried in a casket. I’m a college professor. In the last five years, I’ve lost two students to suicide. Two young people—both gay—who were smart, compassionate, full of potential. You call it weakness. I saw hope. I saw kids who were trying to survive in a world that kept telling them they didn’t belong. A world that mocked their softness. A world that called their pain fake. A world filled with people like you.

You say words don’t hurt? I’ve watched words become weapons. I’ve seen them eat away at a student’s sense of self, day after day, until there was nothing left but silence and grief. I’ve had to look parents in the eyes and try to explain why their child couldn’t hold on. That’s what your “rock” mentality costs. It costs lives. So if choosing empathy makes me soft, so be it. I’d rather be soft and save someone than hardened and bury them.

Yes sir. This right here times 10000. It would be a much better world if more of us would choose kindness and grace over judgment and condemnation.

 

[Volador]

VOLS WIN!! Puck'em!!