Good win but
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It’s one thing to be fiery and animated on the bench.
Riley doesn’t come off that way. Playing the victim/martyr is whining.
Riley is evidently very slowly learning how to Coach. Very slowly he has determined that turnovers kill, that Coaches Bench antices get the bench T's. Next is to learn that basketball is won with defense, and fundamentals not just offense. He had the offense part down but there was a reason this was his first post-season win.
Riley yelled “airball” at an LMU player in the closing minute. Seems harmless but that’s bush league for a coach to address another teams player.
Someday he’s going to get his team into an altercation and it’s going to be ugly.
I only saw the clapping part of it which was pretty strange in itself. Coach needs some coaching up.
Actually his first post season win was when he coached EWU to multiple post season wins en route to doing well in the Big Sky post season tournament, and making the CBI, NIT.
If he yelled Airball at a opposing player mid game to try to get under a opponents skin psychologically to try to get them to either continue to miss 3's or to get discouraged and not take 3's and thus not make 3's, that would be 1 thing, understandable.
But with 1 minute left in game with a 17 point lead, yelling Airball at a opponent, really is Bush league, insulting, low class, etc, even if semi harmless.
I coached for years. That is dick move in the first minute or the last. Maybe coach your team to play some damned defense instead.
To be quite honest, if an opposing coach did that to one of of my kids, we’re gonna have words. Maybe more than words. And the kids that played for me know that to be true and I’ll just leave it at that.
Never ever talk to an opposing player in any way that could be construed as negative. Coach your own team.
