Berating players for how they talk, walk, dress, the music they listen to, etc is a perfect example of demand of white conformity. I see it all the time in my own father. ******** about some young black kid dressing a certain way or listening to rap. It's not just football. Becoming a member of the team is about solidarity not attacking someone's individualism.I don't mean this in any way to defend the coaching staff, but football demands conformity. Team first, keep things in house, all that stuff is definitely a part of football culture. It's what led to a culture of ignoring injuries in the past and it's what has allowed this type of culture to persist at Iowa.
Now that said, I've always been somebody who thinks if you are a good motivator, actually good at your job, you shouldn't need to even resort to the screaming at people crap we see in coaching a lot especially for football. Obviously anything racial or personal like with the Kellenburger kid is way over the line.
Berating players for how they talk, walk, dress, the music they listen to, etc is a perfect example of demand of white conformity. I see it all the time in my own father. ******** about some young black kid dressing a certain way or listening to rap. It's not just football. Becoming a member of the team is about solidarity not attacking someone's individualism.
Whoever Insurance Coach is, he's a big problem.
Holy. Effing. S***.
I think you are missing the point that many of us are trying to make. Is the anger and pain valid and real? Absolutely. But when children throw temper tantrums and start destroying things in the house, you don't reward them and say "welp, its valid so it's all good." No, you try to teach them a healthy and adult way to express their feelings. That's the point I see. There is a way to express feelings without destruction, which is protest, not vandalism.I don’t think anyone is happy about it. But that is how someone chose to express him- or herself. No way of knowing who it was, or what their story is. Maybe there are students who are not athletes who are also being marginalized. Maybe it is a friend of somebody who has received that treatment. Maybe it is misguided. Who knows, but it certainly doesn’t make it invalid.
I think you are missing the point that many of us are trying to make. Is the anger and pain valid and real? Absolutely. But when children throw temper tantrums and start destroying things in the house, you don't reward them and say "welp, its valid so it's all good." No, you try to teach them a healthy and adult way to express their feelings. That's the point I see. There is a way to express feelings without destruction, which is protest, not vandalism.
And before you get upset or try to twist my words, no, I am not calling the people protesting/vandalizing children and us their adults. I was merely show an example of a different course of action
I thought spray painting Nile was too much but I can somewhat understand it.
But this? Why would you ever tweet this? (Brecht has shared it as well)
I'm just going to leave this here
That needs to die as well, which originated from a white man's monopoly on coaching.100% agree. I didn't phrase it well. The historical nature of football is that it demands conformity. Many times in the past that conformity goes way, way too far, like with the "rub some dirt on it" thinking about concussions to the swallow your pride and deal with anything because it's meant to make you better stuff.
I think you are missing the point that many of us are trying to make. Is the anger and pain valid and real? Absolutely. But when children throw temper tantrums and start destroying things in the house, you don't reward them and say "welp, its valid so it's all good." No, you try to teach them a healthy and adult way to express their feelings. That's the point I see. There is a way to express feelings without destruction, which is protest, not vandalism.
And before you get upset or try to twist my words, no, I am not calling the people protesting/vandalizing children and us their adults. I was merely show an example of a different course of action