Why the fuck am I a Rutgers fan? Why the fuck is everyone a Rutgers lover? Thatas about all I could think as I saw the video youall see below, and video was said by the reaction to. That may certainly dissipate in time (UPDATE: already has, somewhat) a I just sent these first two phrases to a buddy whoas also a graduate and die-hard fan, in what I think was an attempt to have him to talk me off a me out of saying it because Iam just warmed at the moment. But no a' this post should be a to how I felt in the moment. And thatas exactly how I felt after seeing this: You might keep in mind that in December, Rutgers basketball mentor Mike Rice was suspended and fined $50,000 for improper behavior all through practice, which, it was noted at the time, involved tossing basketballs at playersa minds. Well, the movie you see above, which aired on todayas Outside the Lines, documents that unacceptable behavior, and judging by the prevailing response, has yet again made Rutgers athletics the object of national ridicule, this time around for off-field/court problems as opposed to and endless string of unpleasant losses. Why ridicule? Well, as you will see, in the movie, Rice comes off as an unhinged fanatic. The screaming (save your self for the gay slur) is something a' everyoneas known Rice was a yeller since, well, permanently. Even a number of the physical contact could be explained away. The problem is that not totally all of it can a and the basketball-throwing is beyond the pale. Yes, as Rutgers AD Tim Pernetti said on OTL today (if nothing else, he deserves credit for truly appearing on the show and experiencing questions), these incidents mightn't provide a clear picture of what happened frequently at practice, but if any of this material had also happened one time, it would have already been way too many a' and it obviously didnat occur one time. This, of course, isnat the first-time Rutgersa phenomenally lost basketball program (NCAA-less streak: 22 years an counting) has discovered itself in the news due to uncomfortable techniques employed by a coach a' itas only the latest in a near-endless line of bad news bordering the basketball program. The most wonderful thing to consider now could be how at one time, lovers like myself were positive Rice was going to be the guy to orchestrate the long-awaited turnaround. He did his first time to an impressive career in squeezing every bit out of a seriously undermanned lineup. Nowa this. While Pernetti says Rice will stay barring any extra issues, itas difficult to see how Rice lasts much longer barring a miraculous NCAA run next year (and you wonat consider how easily all of this bad press will disappear if that takes place, complete with reports from every corner about how much Rice has learned and developed). For the present time, weare left with another Rutgers sports mess, and Iam just tired of it. Painful deficits just like the one that inspired me to publish this are one thing. Incidents that manage to make Rutgers stick out as looking particularly negative even yet in relation to the incredibly low bar set by the fundamentally corrupt nature of college sports, to the point weare finding ripped on by LeBron fucking James? That stings. OK, probably whistle-blower Eric Murdock had an to grind (his period with the program was apparently not a smooth one), but everything about any of it is a tragedy for Rutgers. The fact that Riceas conduct ever occurred at all, the fact that he still has a job a one friend just thought to me, aAt least it canat get worse than this,a but I put nothing past Rutgers athletics. Itas an expansion of Murphyas Law: if some thing can get worse even when you believe it canat, it will. I am hoping thatas not what goes on here. Rutgers supporters are nothing if not individual, therefore Iall wait and view a ' but this athletic section requires something, something to get right in the worst way, and soon. I miss out the times of being a national humiliation just as a result of on-field performance. US Presswire photograph, via
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