College Basketball Coach Stresses the Importance of Social Justice in Sports
“For me, such outcomes are much more rewarding than winning a game. “
This was written by the now former men’s basketball coach at Saint Michael’s College in Vermont. The left wants their agenda to be front and center in every aspect of academic life. Nothing is immune.
From Inside Higher Ed:
Why Coaching for Social Justice Matters
I write this as my six-year term as a college head men’s basketball coach comes to a close. Two winning seasons, followed by four losing seasons, mark the end of my tenure at Saint Michael’s College and possibly my complex relationship with a profession that I did not fit into.
My values as an educator were challenged within a system that was a business of winning basketball games, often compromising the overall development of student athletes as people. While our win/loss percentage was far from stellar, we have developed a distinct culture in our program where basketball has been leveraged in order to help many student athletes have meaningful learning experiences through team sport. Student athletes have graduated from our life lessons 101 curriculum with a degree that is grounded in leadership, community, critical thinking and contextual awareness. Their experiences as members of our team will allow for increased success and happiness in all aspects of their lives.
My most memorable moments as a head coach have been seeing the courageous and compassionate work that our student athletes have done in the community, especially around issues related to social justice. Our team’s advocacy in the name of marginalized groups of people and its actions, which have combated oppression, are reflective of the power of sport. I have witnessed the large-scale impact that a team can have on a community in the form of countless notes, emails, social media messages and conversations in which people have expressed their gratitude and that they have been inspired by our actions.
For me, such outcomes are much more rewarding than winning a game.
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Well it looks like he got fired for it. He justifies it by saying the tradeoff is worth it. Whatever.
If we can’t defund the college sports that are driving colleges toward bankruptcy, at least they should put their job of winning first.
Colleges, Sports, and Hollywood are all deep into their death spiral…..
And they are going to take all their evil backers down with them.
More Job Cuts at ESPN
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“For me, such outcomes are much more rewarding than winning a game. “
Then you shouldn’t be a coach.
I think there are things more important than winning – character, primarily. If you can’t be a good winner and a good loser, then you’re not what we used to call an ‘athlete’. (“Magnanimous in victory, gracious in defeat” iirc.)
But, no, you should always be striving to win. If you’re not striving to win, why are you even on the field of contest?
I write this as my six-year term as a college head men’s basketball coach comes to a close. Two winning seasons, followed by four losing seasons, mark the end of my tenure at Saint Michael’s College and possibly my complex relationship with a profession that I did not fit into.
Sounds a little like he’s justifying his sucky performance (for which he got “let go”), on top of being a virtue signaling dbag.
If they want “social justice” in football and basketball, they will have to institute affirmative action for whites.
Most professional football and basketball teams have far more than 12% black players. College teams also have larger percentages of black players than their representation among the student body.
According to the social justice playbook, these disparities must reflect “systemic racism” against whites in professional sports. One of the goals of the anti-racism movement should be to establish “diversity” positions reserved for whites on college and professional sports teams.
Think it will happen? Me neither.
Imagine the Dook team composed of a typical white Dook student. I do, and it makes me smile.
Then you get a Grayson Allen.
Get woke, go broke, case number #28145.
“Get Woke, Go Broke, personal edition”
Maybe if his team had been practicing instead of protesting, they might have won a few games and he’d still have a job that he obviously hated.