Bacari Alexander fired

Submitted by Bambi on March 26th, 2018 at 2:48 PM

Disappointing for the former Beilein assistant but not surprising. Only won 16 games in 2 years and had that weird suspension earlier this year. Interesting to see the difference between his career trajectory and Lavall Jordan. Hope he lands on his feet somehwere.

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bacon1431

March 27th, 2018 at 7:38 AM ^

You really think a coach that told a player to suck his dick is going to sit down and have a good faith conversation with said player? Plus, this isn’t some beef about playing time or how he’s being utilized within the game plan. For those issues, absolutely - ask the coach how you can improve, what you need to work on etc. But this situation is about basic respect. Harder to dismiss a parent and their kid than it is to dismiss just the student. And we don’t even know if the player tried to talk to him one on one first.

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WorldwideTJRob

March 26th, 2018 at 9:04 PM ^

It’s amaizing how we could absolutely destroy a kid if he ever got caught saying this. Yet we excuse it from an authoritative figure by saying the kid “should put his big boy pants on”. Nah Bacardi should act like an adult and express himself better.

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sum1valiant

March 26th, 2018 at 11:08 PM ^

To be clear, I'm not excusing Bacari's behavior- it's repulsive. I still believe that it is the responsibility of the player to address the concerns by any means necessary, including going above the coach if addressing it directly with him doesn't solve the problem. People are sometimes (often) assholes, part of being an adult is learning how to deal with assholes.

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JamieH

March 27th, 2018 at 5:50 AM ^

are basically aurhoritaritatian in nature, and believe people, especially any group of people that isn't them ( like kids) should shut up and deal with whatever the authority figure (in this case the coach) does.

That's one of the reasons pro sports rankles a certain group of people. It is nearly impossible to completely dictate to players who have financial freedom. With that money comes some power, and some people don't like that dynamic.

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Blue1995nyc

March 26th, 2018 at 8:15 PM ^

At least the sentiment did not come to fruition

Or did it?

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Craptain Crunch

March 27th, 2018 at 8:12 AM ^

1. We don't know what prompted Bacari to say such a thing. Was it just out of the blue? Or was the kid just not getting something in practice and not paying attention so Bacari thought something like that would wake the kid up?

2. Is this type of talk something Bacari routinely used with players? Was he like RichRod's staff that loved yelling at kids as a hobby? Nothing I've seen suggests it was his style to rip his players with salty sentences.

3. Basketball is about trash talking. Yeah, a coach said something distasteful to the kid during practice but I surely can't believe it's the first time the kid has heard anything bad about while on the court. Life is tough. Sometimes someone says something to you that is inconsiderate or rude. Grow some thick skin (which many in today's PC culture and on campuses do not have.)

4. Bacari had to produce and he didn't. Thus why he got fired. Good luck to U of D and finding someone to turn the program around.

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