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It's Skile's boss, Paxson, that made the rule and it's his job to enforce the rule. How does that make Skiles an idiot?
Regardless, an employee doesn't make the rules, he follows his employers rules (or not).
Skiles is an idiot.
You don't scuttle the whole team's chemistry over some B.S. team rrule straight out of grade school. Who the cares if he wears a bleeping headband? Not one fan, not one guy in that locker room I guarantee you. Just one coach. One coach likely to be an ex-coach if his supposedly contending team wins 30 games this year because he's an idiot.
It's Skile's boss, Paxson, that made the rule and it's his job to enforce the rule. How does that make Skiles an idiot?
Regardless, an employee doesn't make the rules, he follows his employers rules (or not).
Sloan has the same rule than Skiles and when Devin played fot utah, he has just stopped to wear a headband without complaining. Wallace just need to STFU, even more than he isn't producing enough given his salary.
Are you kidding? The problems the Bulls will have signing free agents is because they just added a giant albatross of a contract for a 32-year old, not because they won't find a marquee player who will want to be the missing link on a deep Bulls roster in the third-largest NBA market out of 30.
It's the organization's rule. Wallace isn't above it. And there are 60 million reasons why he shouldn't publicly whine about it.
What exactly is the problem a lot of GMs and Coaches seem to have with players wearing headbands? When I play serious ball I usually wear one because it keeps sweat and my hair out of my eyes. It's not really much of a fashion statement and it's not like players are going out on the court with bands covered with Swarovski crystals or gang symbols, they're NBA licensed. I honestly don't understand the big problem with headbands.
would anyone want him on the spurs?
no , no headbands is a stupid rule of Skiles, some players sweat more than others and basketball jerseys dont exactly have sleeves to wipe your brow.
Headbands and wristbands should never be banned on a team, it just doesnt make any sense
actually, it's a stupid rule of paxson's. he's the general manager.
yeah I would. Not for 60 mil though. But if he played next to Duncan, we'd be seriously scary
Ben Wallace is the poster child for the crybaby spoiled athlete. At least now he has an excuse to dog it. Oh by the way, he'll still deposit his paychecks. ing pussy.
Ben Wallace is being so immature about this. Shouldn't he (or his agent) have learned as much about the team, the coach, and the organization BEFORE he signed? You know, if you don't want to play defense, don't come to the Spurs or the Rockets; if you don't want a prick for an owner, don't sign with the Mavs; and if you absolutely MUST wear a headband - don't sign with the Bulls!
Almost every company has some sort of dress code. USAA and Valero have very strict ones - if you don't want to wear suits and ties, don't seek employment there. If you work for a company, you must follow their rules - it's as simple as that - whether you make minimum wage or $60 million a year!
yeah yeah yeah, like it really matters
Oh please. Just because you have money does not mean you are happy or suppose to be happy. There are many situations in this world that money cannot solve.
We all have to endure crap to get our paychecks, I only wish it came down to being unable to wear a headband, while getting paid the mere sum of 60 million dollars for doing what I love most.
I love Ben Wallace the player, but this whole circus makes it seem like he has the emotional maturity of a 5 year old.
Last edited by Ariel; 11-29-2006 at 02:58 PM.
Going from being known as the biggest overachiever in the league to being known as $60 mil star free agent for a young team to being known as an overpaid bust is going to wreak havoc on any players head. He wouldn't be the first guy to not handle the pressure of a monster contract very well.
As far as the headband issue goes, its no different than the Army giving everyone the same haircut. Cohesion through conformity. It's also a useful sort of thing to pick out drama queens pretty quickly, as you can see here. The idea behind it is, "If you can't sacrifice a headband for your team what else won't you give?"
Not being able to wear a headband should not be one of those situations.
"emotional maturity of a 5 year old."
yep, he seems to have an adolescent chip on his shoulder,
ain't gittn no respek fum da man.
That's what I was wondering.
I can see a coach telling a player he can't wear stockings like Dwayne Wade, but I don't see any benefit of taking away a headband. Did Big Ben know about this before he signed? If he did, he's an idiot, and if they just told this to him after signing, the Bulls management is a piece of .
anyone calling ben wallace a "poster child for the crybaby spoiled athlete" is a ing dumbass. that guy is everything that is right with the nba. not unlike bruce, he has kicked and clawed his way to the top of his profession and earned that contract. so he made a mistake. he'll come to his senses and this whole debacle will be water over ted kennedy's car. perhaps, the bulls will wake up, see that it's not the 1950's and allow their players to wear headbands. it's the stupidest rule imaginable.
The point isn't whether or not the rule is a stupid one. The rule is there, whether he likes it or not, and he's not following it. Timmy hates the new dress code, but he's following it. You people need to stop defending Ben for being an incompetent employee in that sense.
Anybody defending a guy making 60 million guaranteed dollars and pouting over a really simple rule is a complete ing re . There are millions upon millions of people having to eat any piece of their manager throws their way every single day just to keep their jobs, and they don't make nearly as much money and their jobs aren't remotely as enjoyable. Ben Wallace has never had a real job in his entire ing life and it shows. Those of you that work for a living shouldn't waste your time tonguing his choad; it's beneath even those of you that don't have the guts to post up as yourselves.
Ben Wallace is everything that's right with the NBA? The mother er can't get along with his coaches, bounces from team to team, can't hit a free throw to save his life and thinks his headband or his afro is more important than his team's losing streak 12 games into the season. You should be ashamed of yourself for even implying that.
Dear Ben, learn from Derek Fisher and stop acting like a five year old brat:
quote from SA Express article -
Fisher has had to make one change since joining the Jazz.
He's no longer wearing the headband he sported during his days with the Lakers. Utah coach Jerry Sloan, like Chicago general manager John Paxson, doesn't allow his players to wear one.
Bulls center Ben Wallace was benched in a game last week for wearing his headband even though he knew it was against the rules. Fisher has no plans to test Sloan.
"If you work for a company and they have rules and a code of conduct, you're pretty much at the bottom," Fisher said. "As long as you're an employee, you have to follow the rules.
"There's not much debate about it until you're an employer. Then you can have a little more say-so about it."
What's dumber, the archaic rule or the decision not to follow it?
IMO, it's a push and really, really stupid on the part of both parties.
I agree, both stupid.
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