Washington State 31 University of Colorado 27!
The Buffs gagged! They choked! They stunk it up at the end of the game and Washington State took advantage of the opportunity provided them. That is why you play the game.
On October 5, 2011 the Daily Camera summarized Head Coach Embree’s locker room speech to his players after the loss. He is quoted as saying, “I asked them: ‘When is it going to be enough? When is enough, enough? You put in all of this work, you do all of this stuff that you have done from spring ball to training camp for this? This is what we did the work for?’
“Embree said, “So when is it enough? When are they going to get tired of losing? When are they going to get tired of finding a way to lose?”
“Because you know what? This staff, we’ve been here for five weeks, and I’m tired of it. So if you’ve been here for five years, you’ve got to be tired of it too.”
So was the coach wrong for being so frank about their performance? Will his words be immortalized in a movie?
Can you coach players with losing habits to develop winning habits overnight?
Is it possible that parents have been more blunt with their own children when they don’t practice their piano before their lessons?
Were his comments any more harsh than what a father would say to his daughter who came in two hours after curfew with her shirt on backwards?
Has society become so “politically correct” that such harsh words cannot be spoken?
Will someone step forward in the future claim that the coaches words caused d him psychological damage?
Should the Buffs have joined hands with WSU after the game and sang Kumbaya?
Will the coach’s words ultimately motivate the players to perform better? Or will his tough love cause some of the players to quit the team?
Wasn’t it more repulsive to hear Denver Bronco Head Coach, Josh McDaniels, swearing at his team during the NFL Network’s 2009 Thanksgiving night broadcast?
College sports is a form of entertainment. Lots of money is at stake for Embree and his staff and for the competing universities.
Enough is enough!