Another Coach goes douche on a reporter. Briles of Baylor yesterday

One of my readers sent this to me. Thought you all would find this interestng. A writer from the Bryan College Station paper asked a question of Griffin III.

Briles jumps in. Video of that jerk. Why didn't the rest of the media just go?

http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/16/art-briles-tells-robert-griffin-not-to-answer-an-am-question/

 

Oh, yea, what awful behavior.

 

Art Briles = dick

 

That's "going douche?" And where should the rest of the media have "just gone?"

I don't understand this post.

 

Briles is a pretty good guy. Any dealing I've had with him was professional. I'm inclined to submit this episode to the "BFD" file.

 

That was pretty high school.

Never dealt with Briles, but that's generally not the way a professional behaves.

 

I understand your point, pompano. I interpreted the OP equating this to Spurrier-Morris. If I'm wrong, so be it.

Haven't most of us been involved in herds when something similar to this happened? I have more times than I can remember.

 

Well, then "the pack" should have stood up to said coaches.

Because every time you don't, the readership takes it for granted that the coach was in the right. See Spurrier, Steve.

 

It appears on the video that they did. But once Briles sent Griffin back to the locker room, what could they really do?

 

I think Spurrier-Morris was way more understandable than this. The guy asked a question. It wasn't a loaded question. It was a question that only Griffin and Sherman could answer. It was a simple question that had no real meaning. Likely, the answer would have been, "Coach Sherman just told me that he thought we were a tough team and I was a tough player, and I thanked him for that."

 

I think the answer was going to be this:
"Coach Sherman told me that he was right when he said I couldn't win a Heisman at Baylor, especially under a coach like Coach Briles, who can't spell defense. And he's right."

 

That seemed extremely out of character for Briles. Like most coaches, he's always a bit more straightforward after a loss, but is usually still forthcoming and not one to shy away from questions. And, I'm not saying he hasn't, but I've never seen him prevent a player from answering questions, especially not a man that Baylor is trying to push for Heisman. You don't want to hurt the player's chance because the coach has an attitude.
I know the guy who asked the question very well, and he's a pro. One of the nicest guys ever in this business, and not one to ever to hang a player/coach, etc.
In fact, the sider he wrote on the game, was an article praising Griffin's work that day.