In case you missed it, Mike Rice is finally unemployed. The former Rutgers University basketball coach was fired after a video surfaced of him physically and verbally abusing his players. Here is the video the was obtained by ESPN's Outside the Lines television program;
As shown, Rice was a bully to his players. By throwing basketballs at them from a close distance or grabbing and pushing players, to repeated name calling in the forms of curse words and homophobic slurs.
Rice was hired by the university in 2010 never coached his team to have a record of over .500. Back in November on 2012, Rice was suspended for three games by the University for his anger issues and was forced to take anger management classes.
Honestly, I'm happy that he was fired. As bad as that can be perceived and given the state of the unemployment rate in the country right now, I don't regret saying it for one second. Not only did this man abuse his players verbally and physically, the mental damage Rice could have possible committed to his players is mind boggling for me to think about. I think about it in this sense, if the man who gave players scholarships to learn for free and play a game that you love so much turned out to be as evil as he, how can a player trust another person again?
I wish Mike Rice all the best in finding a job in the world of professional sports, but I know he won't find one. And I'm okay with that. The video above shows all that needs to be shown. What he did does not deserve to have a second look or a another thought. He hurt his players. He struck fear in their hearts possibly thinking that it would maybe resonate on the hardwood, the only thing is, while his players keep on doing what they love to do under a new coach, Mike Rice will most likely wake up every single morning and regret not having a job because of what he did to his players.
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