Press conference confirms that Mackovic lost control of team

I was surprised to find out that John Mackovic was not announcing his resignation, but more surprised to hear that the meeting was related to player issues. When a coach loses control of his team, the majority of his team has a problem with its coach because a team is not going to play to its full ability for a coach that it simply does not respect. A coach must respect his players just as a player must respect his coach; but to hear that Mackovic called his own player a disgrace is a disgrace in itself. Mackovic needs to coach his players and make sure that all his players believe in themselves, because a player without confidence is useless. [Read article]

The human is a funny animal. We are told (at least in political science classes) that a long time ago some of us got together and formed a social contract. These first humans reasoned that by giving up some of their individual rights they could accomplish a collective good. In this manner, Joe Citizen could expect Lisa and Ted Citizen to look out for his safety and his stuff. Of course, he never counted on Citizen Asshole who would break down the whole system by only looking out for himself. [Read article]