Some months ago thez0rk and Wester did a series of "____ is a piece of shit" following the Tyson's Punch Out!! boxers.
But friends, today we aren't here to tell you about Soda Popinski or Bald Bull. Rather this is a post about a non-pixelated, real life piece of shit. I don't wish to elaborate on all of the details of the story in question but will link to the full article.
Here's the skinny. A Pasadena high school polevaulter's track team was behind in points at the end of the competition against rival Monrovia High, requiring her to make a second place jump for her team to pull ahead for the win. In epic fashion she completed the jump and her team went ahead by a narrow margin. This is where the music is supposed to play and the crowd goes wild as the good guys win.
Well, that almost happened, except Monrovia's coach, Mike Knowles, pointed out to the ref conveniently after she completed her jump that the polevaulter was wearing a friendship bracelet (which apparently violates some nuance of the track and field no-jewelry rule in section 8a, subsection 13f, sub-subsection 3-11). Okay I made up that number but only to illustrate the absurdity of the technicality. The refs disqualified the girl's jump and the good guys did not win. The pathetic thing is Knowles is quoted playing like he is heart-broken that he had to be the guy to tell the official, which really comes across as third-rate disingenuous pandering.
I can only barely comprehend an official disqualifying someone over such an irrelevant technicality that has nothing to do with the spirit of the game. It's akin to an umpire calling a balk when a pitcher has a heart attack on the mound. But I digress. My main point is I wonder how this guy can pretend to teach sportsmanship to high school students after this?! At the least I'd like to believe that common decency can prevail over this sort of cynicism. But I'd be expecting too much from Coach Knowles.
Truly you are a piece of shit, and we're talking the pulpy, explosive kind that inspires even the flies to make Mr. Yuk faces.
2 comments:
Yeah, I'm not sure how this dude sleeps at night. It's bad enough that he did it, his rationalization is even worse. I hope someone with enough stroke in state athletics overrules this....and punches this coach in the dick.
"punches this coach in the dick"
Ha, Ha! Good Stuff!
This guy needs a kick in the balls!
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