After hearing about the head basketball coach at Rutgers University getting fired for throwing basketballs at his players, I immediately laughed and said this must be a joke of some sort. I then turned to ESPN and saw what was described as a coach “ABUSING” his players. After I watched this I said, “That’s it?” and “They fired him for that?” For anyone who knew of or played for my former JUCO coach Theodore “Chap” Chaplin(Deceased), they would tell you we were pushed, shook, beat with a broom for each missed free throw in games, practiced for 3+ hours, and on top of that he made us run to the next town and back which was 7 miles away (Yes 14 miles total!) for a poor showing in a game the night before! Coach Chap as he was known was extremely tough on us, but he had our ultimate respect, attention, and it translated into WINS! He coached at Denmark Tech College for 37 years and finished with a record of 600 wins, and 117 defeats! Yes you read it right 600-117, and on top of that 3 undefeated seasons, with 28 CONSECUTIVE winning seasons! No one ever questioned his coaching style, complained to the NCAA powers to be, or went to the President of the school about his practices and how he handled the young men he coached! You know why no one through the years ever reported him? It’s because we weren’t SOFT like the kids who participate in sports now. Kids are so soft now and cannot even take being yelled at let alone have a ball thrown at them. I feel sorry for the coach, but in defense of the kids he forgot that it’s 2013 and winning would’ve kept this out of the media. He wasn’t winning, therefore any public/media outcry by a spoiled player or disgruntled former coach will get you FIRED ASAP! Coach Chap coached us hard there’s no doubt about that, but it made us all better MEN in life, and we of course our team went 29-4! Lol. Coach Bobby Knight same way – same results! Consistently winning is the key, but it’s called DISCIPLINE NOT ABUSE! THE GAME MISSES YOU COACH CHAP!!!! THOUGHTS?