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Originally Posted by Goatnapper'96
Why is that sports fans are so interested in what type of human being a coach is? It means nothing to us. Majerus, somebody I admire deeply, was worse as a human being than Arnold. Granted, neither was a Bronco Mendenhall or a Lavell Edwards. However, as long as Majerus won what type of person he was was pointless. Same with Arnold. As long as he won the fact he was abusive was going to be ignored. Once he stopped winning he was fired, not for being abusive but because he wasn't a reall good basketball coach.
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Because Arnold was fired for being a terrible human being. If you're going to emotionally abuse the players you need to win a lot. He was terribly abusive which is why BYU fired him. He wasn't tough and disciplined and a hard ass like Majerus, he was emotionally out of control and a bad coach though he had a 60% overall winning pct. thanks to Ainge et al. He didn't get fired for wins and losses because they fired him after BYU tied for the league title with Utah (Utah beat BYU twice that year and was effectively the champ and got an NCAA bid and BYU didn't). And that year was only two seasons after Ainge/Elite 8.