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http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...year-old-fans/Grizzlies Lionel Hollins drops F-bomb on 17-year-old fans
Kurt Helin
NBA coaches get heckled all the time. Comes with the gig.
Like those rude people behind Lionel Hollins the other night in Memphis daring to question why the hometown coach was leaving Hasheem Thabeet in the game and not putting Zach Randolph back in.
According to a series of tweets from Chris Vernon of 730 AM Fox Sports Memphis (via CBS Facts and Rumors) Hollins turned and told those fans to “shut the f—- up.” When asked about it after the game he said it was just a bunch of “drunk unruly fans.”
Um, except that it was a bunch of sober 17-year-olds. Who are at a lot of games, some of them part of the family that has owned those six season seats since the team first came to Memphis.
And by the way, the kids were right — Randolph should have been back in.
Apparently the Grizzlies staff realized the mistake, went over to the youth, got cell phone numbers and offered all sorts of gear and goodies to make up for it.
My thought: Why is this getting to Hollins? NBA coaches hear crap from fans all the time, why did this particular stuff resonate and drive him to react? Because they were right and he knew it? Because the team is not playing up to expectations?
Need a thicker skin. Taking abuse just comes with leading an NBA team.
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those kids should “shut the f—- up.”
I wish somebody recorded this.....
They're 17, it's not like they learned a new word. Still, you have to show restraint and be professional.
Bull . Athletes have been cussing for millions of years. Nothing new here. Besides, these coaches and players are at war and their goal is to win. Do you honestly expect them to be rated G?
what a suppose 2 do in his spot?
So just because the parents of those kids have season tickets for a couple of seasons, means he can't say anything to them if they are acting like bags?That's ridiculous. Even more ridiculous that that argument has been brought up.
Good reaction by Hollins, they should just shut the F*ck up and let him do the coaching. Who knows what those kids really said and how annoying they were. Besides, It was the kids who were hassling him, not the other way.
People in this country are so pussified. Nothing wrong with heckling, but don't get butthurt if you get heckled back.
Gob bless Hollins
Who the do those 17 year old microbes think they are?
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