Jeffrey @#%@# Parsons

[Shockfan8]

BA2929--

Uproot yourself and your family, leave a job you've held for nearly a decade. Come into a pressure cooker of an occupation, carrying the hopes and expectations of hundreds of thousands of fans with you on a 24 hour per day basis. Go from always winning to always losing. Rely on a bunch of kids to make your living and satisfy your own competitive makeup, as well as those of your boss and an entire city. Spend every waking hour worrying and fretting. Jump on a plane and go watch some 16 year olds and think about staking your career on them. Have a recruit die in front of you. Work for 18 months to fight corruption and red tape in Nigeria. See game film in your restless sleep. Be told "no" 30 times for every "maybe." Lose scores of close games. Take some calls from "fans" wondering why you didn't go man to man in the last 30 seconds of the last game or whether you ever have the players shoot free throws in practice. Compete cleanly against other programs with envelopes stuffed with crispy hundreds. Make sure 15 teenagers stay out of trouble, go to class and represent the university properly. Then, after you have completed the above items, criticize a coach for celebrating a dramatic, come from behind win a little too exuberantly.

AMEN......Very well put........Thank You

[BA2929]

BA2929--

Uproot yourself and your family, leave a job you've held for nearly a decade. Come into a pressure cooker of an occupation, carrying the hopes and expectations of hundreds of thousands of fans with you on a 24 hour per day basis. Go from always winning to always losing. Rely on a bunch of kids to make your living and satisfy your own competitive makeup, as well as those of your boss and an entire city. Spend every waking hour worrying and fretting. Jump on a plane and go watch some 16 year olds and think about staking your career on them. Have a recruit die in front of you. Work for 18 months to fight corruption and red tape in Nigeria. See game film in your restless sleep. Be told "no" 30 times for every "maybe." Lose scores of close games. Take some calls from "fans" wondering why you didn't go man to man in the last 30 seconds of the last game or whether you ever have the players shoot free throws in practice. Compete cleanly against other programs with envelopes stuffed with crispy hundreds. Make sure 15 teenagers stay out of trouble, go to class and represent the university properly. Then, after you have completed the above items, criticize a coach for celebrating a dramatic, come from behind win a little too exuberantly.

Excuses... excuses.... excuses. Do unto others as you would like for them to do to you. This thread would be full of people hating another coach for acting that way against Wichita State. Don't say it wouldn't.... don't even try. I've been here long enough to know how a majority of WSU fans would treat that sort of outburst. GM thought it was "bullpoo" (edited for the kiddys) when Bradley's player drained that 3 to give them a 15 point win the other day. Maybe karma came back to get him? Perhaps GM should view the tape of how Evansville's coach celebrated after their half court buzzer beater to beat Drake?


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[WSUwatcher]

BA

Whine, whine, whine, BA. Would you care for a little cheese with it?

Armchair hindsight of the sort you've offered is easy. When you're an emotional, spontaneous guy as Marshall is, measuring the intensity of your celebrations to satisfy the pompous critics in the audience is not. The fact is that he's going to do things you don't agree with (or that I don't agree with, as in the case of chastising Bradley's mad three-point bomber). Too bad -- learn to deal with it.

[shockmonster]

BA

I don't know what your agenda is but you seem to have one. I doubt that your agenda is to upgrade the status and behavior of WSU fans, athletes, and coaches thus placing them into a upper class of schools that is worthy of your patronage and support. Coaches are not robots that you can turn and off. In my opinion, his behavior isn't stepping over the line of acceptable behavior.

[boyshocker]

This whole country has come down to have fun but please oh please don't hurt anyones feelings. . GM expressed his emotions and feelings and does not have to apologize to anyone. Parsonanetta can say what he wants, but so can I. If you don't like it then beat my butt next time we play.
We need a little old school around here.

[ShockCounselor]

Parson's gave his opinion ... some agree ... most disagree. I'm mostly stunned that he couldn't find something more significant on which to comment ... almost like he went a little out of his way to call attention to this. GM is an emotional coach and he showed it ... next topic.

[ShocksRock]

Can't help but wonder if JP will have something stupid again to say about GM's excited response to our win against Missouri State. If he knows whats good for him, he'll keep his mouth shut. After all, we didn't play against Missouri State in that game, it was Wichita State vs. The Refs... :wsu_posters:
JP just needs to go back to his Cheezy Frozen I'm A Statue Smile on sports sunday.......Gimme A Break

[SubGod22]

I'm still not sure why everyone thinks the MSU officiating was so bad. When I watched the game I barely noticed them.

[wsu789]

"To twice slay the slain,
By dint of the Brain,
Is but labour in vain,
Unproductive of gain,
And so I shall bid you 'Adieu'!"

--Thomas Henry Huxley (who was not commenting on this thread, but would perhaps hold the same view of it)

May we bid this thread "adieu"?

[beatmu]

JEFF, IS THAT YOU?

[wsu789]

Yep. I'm the dude with the hat....

-Jeff

[DUShock]

Go away.

[ShoxCO94]

Seriously... there's plenty of good to talk about here get a life.