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Post by LivingDaDream on Dec 11, 2010 17:34:45 GMT -5
How about "thanks. I'll be giving a serve/serve receive clinic in a month or so. Any of your players are welcome to attend" I love this one. Its like taking your pointer finger and jamming it into the persons shoulder.
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Post by volleyguy on Dec 11, 2010 17:36:08 GMT -5
They mix a mean kool-aid out on the prairie.
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Post by Mocha on Dec 11, 2010 17:38:03 GMT -5
I was a few feet away from the the coaches when the incident occurred and I can tell you Jim said something like "f*** you, f*** you!!!"
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Post by Carlton Lassiter on Dec 11, 2010 17:41:23 GMT -5
All of you posters out there are way out of line of the "truth". Your dislike for Coach Cook has blinded you to the reality of what really went down last night. Here is the absolute truth from an unbiased witness: John Cook, while shaking hands with Jim McLaughlin, said "congratulations on the win, the ball was out", from there, Coach McLaughlin spewed out the F-bomb like it was candy. He told Lindsay Peterson to F-off, told Eric Sullivan to F-off and while Coach Cook turned around and began to walk away, Coach McLaughlin continued his rant all the while looking like he was going to throw a punch Coach Cook's way. Coach McLaughlin was clearly out of control. He set a very poor example to his young players. He should be reprimanded by the University of Washington and the NCAA. That is what happened folks. Was this supposed to be satire? Why, is it impossible to believe that St. McLaughlin could do something like that?
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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 11, 2010 17:41:32 GMT -5
I was a few feet away from the the coaches when the incident occurred and I can tell you Jim said something like "f*** you, f*** you!!!" I'm not too surprised. I bet he was fuming when the whole Nebraska team as well as the coaching staff was allowed to circle around the LJ and complain about the call. If Cook said something snarky to him, I could imagine that setting him off. Emotions were running high on both sides.
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Post by rtael on Dec 11, 2010 17:44:25 GMT -5
Was this supposed to be satire? Why, is it impossible to believe that St. McLaughlin could do something like that? Uhh have you ever heard of the sniff test? That supposed version of events doesn't pass it. A coach pulls of an upset win to make it to the Elite Eight of the national tournament and he gets pissy unprovoked? Nope.
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Post by pac10alltheway on Dec 11, 2010 17:45:58 GMT -5
All of you posters out there are way out of line of the "truth". Your dislike for Coach Cook has blinded you to the reality of what really went down last night. Here is the absolute truth from an unbiased witness: John Cook, while shaking hands with Jim McLaughlin, said "congratulations on the win, the ball was out", from there, Coach McLaughlin spewed out the F-bomb like it was candy. He told Lindsay Peterson to F-off, told Eric Sullivan to F-off and while Coach Cook turned around and began to walk away, Coach McLaughlin continued his rant all the while looking like he was going to throw a punch Coach Cook's way. Coach McLaughlin was clearly out of control. He set a very poor example to his young players. He should be reprimanded by the University of Washington and the NCAA. That is what happened folks. Thanks for all that "information". Too bad it's not what happened. How Jim reacted had nothing to do with what was said to him by Cook. That's a preposterous statement. Who would get that out of control by someone stating "it was out." Really...if you really think that is what happened then you are clearly a Cook homer who is out of touch with reality. Both people made mistakes in their behavior on the court, Cook just happened to compound those mistakes by his behavior off the court. Let's all remember which coach won and which coach lost and think logically about who would be the more bitter one.
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Post by Mocha on Dec 11, 2010 17:50:56 GMT -5
I think the Seattle Times writer had something to do with this, he wrote this the day before; '"It's not going to be easy for anybody," said Washington coach Jim McLaughlin, whose unseeded Huskies (23-8) are theoretically the weakest squad in a talent-heavy, four-team cage fight set for Edmundson Pavilion starting at 5 p.m. Friday.
In the undercard, Pac-10 champ California (27-3), the No. 7 seed, meets 10th-seeded Minnesota (26-8). Washington, unseeded yet ranked 11th in the coaches poll, will slug it out with tall, powerful, second-seeded Nebraska (29-2) at 7 p.m.'seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskies/2013640418_uwvolley10.htmlAnd of course the main event came after the UW-Nebraska match. Did he know something we didn't? ;D
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Post by Carlton Lassiter on Dec 11, 2010 17:50:58 GMT -5
Why, is it impossible to believe that St. McLaughlin could do something like that? Uhh have you ever heard of the sniff test? That supposed version of events doesn't pass it. A coach pulls of an upset win to make it to the Elite Eight of the national tournament and he gets pissy unprovoked? Nope. These guys already don't care for each other, so, yeah, I can see Jimmy getting upset.
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Post by vbirma on Dec 11, 2010 17:55:45 GMT -5
Are you kidding me? I was right there, I saw the whole thing unfold right in front of my eyes. Jmac has anger issues. Yes, Cook should not have said, "the ball was out", but Jmac was wayyyyyy out of control with his anger.
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Post by Mocha on Dec 11, 2010 17:56:15 GMT -5
I've heard a rumor Cook told Jim, "Our football team will beat UW in the Holiday Bowl!" ;D
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Post by IdahoBoy on Dec 11, 2010 18:01:24 GMT -5
Are you kidding me? I was right there, I saw the whole thing unfold right in front of my eyes. Jmac has anger issues. Yes, Cook should not have said, "the ball was out", but Jmac was wayyyyyy out of control with his anger. I was there too. I didn't see it that way. Besides... what coach has angry pictures posted of him during the entire match? Cook. Check huskerextra.com
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Post by vbirma on Dec 11, 2010 18:05:49 GMT -5
You'd be angry too if you had to face a good UW team AND a bad officiating crew.
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Post by LowVBIQ on Dec 11, 2010 18:09:07 GMT -5
Here's the thing. They are NOT serious about throwing punches. My family and I are a bit 'trained' in the art of street-fighting. If the other guy (or both these guys in this case) are still holding stuff in their hands, you are not gonna' get hit.
On another but completely related topic, when ex-Wahine Amber Kaufman saw this, she said she woulda' jumped in if anyone did this to Shoji. :-)
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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 11, 2010 18:17:03 GMT -5
Here's the thing. They are NOT serious about throwing punches. My family and I are a bit 'trained' in the art of street-fighting. If the other guy (or both these guys in this case) are still holding stuff in their hands, you are not gonna' get hit. I much prefer to hit people with "stuff in my hands" than with my hands themselves. But usually that doesn't include clipboards.
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