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‘He was a classic bully, targeting teammates who weren’t as athletically gifted as he and tormenting the support staff. At the end of practice, he would punt balls high up into the stands at Pauley Pavilion, turn to the student managers and say, “Fetch.” ‘

UCLA – one of many American universities with a hell of a basketball program.

Well, it’s all over university football too.

I mean, what do you expect? Like hockey, these are very aggressive games, and you want the most aggressive people on campus playing and coaching them. So if your coach is a bully (Examples? Oh, you know. The storied names. Bobby Knight. Mike Leach. Mark Mangino.) that’s a good thing. If one of your players is a bully, that’s a good thing.

The one thing you want to avoid is some pussy from the press interviewing people, writing it all up.

And Sanctorum is worried college makes people snobs! Huh. UCLA makes them animals.

Margaret Soltan, February 29, 2012 6:37PM
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