Thanksgiving weekend is always a great time to watch the high school football playoffs in the new Cowboys stadium--where it is warm and comfortable; but today as I was all set to enjoy the show, I was treated to a display of BUSH LEAGUE FOOTBALL like I have never seen before.
Denton Ryan was playing Waco Midway in a 4A playoff game and the stadium was filled with excitement as the teams were working out in their pre-game preparation. Then the almost unbelievable occurred...
During the warmup, the Denton Ryan team went in a tight-knit group to the middle of the field and began to yell and scream toward the Midway players and coaches. Since I am always on guard for "taunting" this instance was particularly obnoxious. The Ryan players were worked into a frenzy by one of their coaches who ran about yelling and screaming like a hyperventilating hyena. Too bad we didn't have a tennis official in the chair so he could have coded them for taunting and unsportsmanlike conduct. It was embarrassing to watch an entire team and one maniacal coach acting in such a manner.
After the game began we were treated to more of the Denton Ryan coaching staff's bush league antics when their head coach, Joey Florence, was continually on the field ranting and raving about everything that didn't go his way. I watched as he continually badgered and berated the linesman on his side and I just wished I could have him on the tennis court for just a few minutes. And I thought the SEC coaches were the worst--but that is until I watched the Denton Ryan athletic department and football team on full display.
Ryan may have won the game but they will always be BUSH LEAGUE in my book.
8 comments:
That coach has had that reputation all of his coaching career.
Really? Were you on the feild? Do you know exactly what the players were saying? What if they were saying things like, "We Must Win" "Play hard for one another" "Remember this moment" There is no way for you to know. Same thing for the coach. What if he was pleading with the officials to protect his players. Seems Bush league to me for you to judge people without knowing what they said.
Maybe he is postering himself for a Nebraska head football coaches position when Pelini is fired for the same type of conduct.
You should have filmed it and then posted it on YouTube for the world to see. That would hopefully make a fool of Denton around the world.
That reminds me of some of the Texas football player's antics toward the Aggies during the warmup. Same type of bush league tactics, but it bit them in their calf-butts when the game was over.
You should come up with another term. It does huge disservice to the best Presidents the US has had since the great Ronald Reagan.
I watched Denton Guyer play yesterday and it was a totally different story for a Denton school.
Guyer has class and Ryan is devoid of the same.
Anyone with an ounce of sense would know that they were taunting and flaunting unsportsmanlike behavior. The hyena coach was so loud you could hear him in the stands so we knew what he was saying. Florence has a reputation for screaming and swearing at officials and he sure upheld his reputation.
Sorry to disappoint you but the display was as disgusting as we reported.
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