Some old school coaching at Wagner

[sman]

Copeland Suspended

Wagner College men's basketball coach Donald Copeland reportedly suspended amid allegations of player abuse

Several players detailed verbal abuse and practicing without water breaks from the coach on and off the record in complaints to Wagner College officials.

www.yahoo.com

 

[SFspidur]

Yeah, saw that this morning. The verbal abuse seems over the line to me, but people can maybe agree to disagree on that or maybe there's more to the story than has been revealed. But in what world is denying guys hydration ever appropriate? WTF is wrong with him, and others around him who didn't speak up?

 

[Spiders4ever]

Must have been the Gatorade that set him off.

 

[Section9_RowD]

Wonder if this was going on as well during DeLo's final year at Wagner and this dude's first coaching them ...

Also just read he went to St. Anthony and his high school coach was of course Senior Bob Hurley.

 

[SFspidur]

Coming up on four weeks now and Copeland is still suspended.

Wagner just announced a 29-game schedule three days ago, and they tip off against VCU two weeks from tonight. They have only four home OOC games on their schedule...UMES plus three schools that aren't even in the NCAA.

The school has been having ongoing financial issues, so can't help but wonder if their D-I status and maybe even their existence is at risk.