Coaches with their masks down
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I’m so annoyed by coaches pulling down their masks to yell. I think I’m going to create a twitter handle to upload all pics of coaches pulling down their masks to yell and hopefully embarass them into a little better behavior. I know it can be a pain in the ass to add a pic from a phone on here, but if anyone wants to contribute pics here I’ll add them to the twitter and publicly shame people.
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@approxinfinity drives me nuts too! Fb coaches too! Gator masks are useless! Ku fb coaches are bad. Every day I yell, your nose, your nose!
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You can easily talk through a mask lol.
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Leave mask off all together. It’s bullshit.
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I’d prefer self wear his.
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I think coaches wearing them is silly. Completely lacks logic.
It is okay to let 15 strangers gather and breath all over each other for 40 minutes, but the guy who is 10 feet from everyone should be wearing a mask lol.
Just no common sense there as far as I’m concerned.
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@Kcmatt7 I think there is pretty solid logic that if we are trying to get as many people as possible in this country to wear masks and listen to scientists and health officials, putting the highest paid state employees (in most cases) on national television in masks is a solid idea. Having those employees not only wear the masks but model HOW to wear them properly as well as show that it is possible to coach a high level basketball program while wearing a mask could go a long way to normalizing their use.
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@benshawks08 So it’s virtue signaling essentially.
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@Kcmatt7 I’d call it leading by example.
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@Kcmatt7 said in Coaches with their masks down:
I think coaches wearing them is silly. Completely lacks logic.
It is okay to let 15 strangers gather and breath all over each other for 40 minutes, but the guy who is 10 feet from everyone should be wearing a mask lol.
Just no common sense there as far as I’m concerned.
I understand your point, but wearing it around their chin is the dumbest possible outcome.
I’m watching The Crown right now, and its funny seeing the juxtaposition of Elizabeth essentially living in a prison of her own making so that she can be a good example for the country compared to the foolishness of these jokers on the TV.
I’m not opposed to slapping a black warning label on the bottom of the screen saying “wearing a mask around your chin and yelling in people’s faces is dangerous right now. these people are paid actors” for sporting events right now to remind people that there is a distinction between this and reality, and then letting the coaches ditch the mask. Or cancelling the season. That’s ok too, if things are bad. It may be depressing as hell, but it’s ok.
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What I find absurd is the players sitting 6’ feet apart on the sideline. What exactly is that accomplishing?
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@ajvan said in Coaches with their masks down:
What I find absurd is the players sitting 6’ feet apart on the sideline. What exactly is that accomplishing?
Social Distancing
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@ajvan When they are breathing hard sitting in one place, they would be far more exposed to viral load if sitting near an unknown carrier in the usual proximity. On the court, they aren’t in one place and the movement changes the exposure.
Prologed exposure is more risky in close proximity.
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They’re SoCiAlLy DiStAncCiNg from the guys they’re around constantly every day. #virtuesignaling
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Maybe they wear masks everyday?
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40 or so mins a long time to be really close
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Reaves gotta be killing gregggg! Bet he spoke out
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I just took my kid to a 2-day Adidas tournament with even stricter protocols than NCAA ball. Constant spraying with disinfectant (even though the virus is airborne). Players “socially distanced” and masked on the bench. All coach communications delivered from 6’ away.
Everyone on the sidelines was rolling their eyes—even the refs in charge of enforcing the charade. Because on the court, the kids are breathing in each other’s faces, diving into loose ball scrums, swapping sweat and (yeah, gross) saliva every possession.
Good thing they’re statistically invulnerable to covid.
But yeah, by all means let’s sit 6’ apart on the sidelines.
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@Crimsonorblue22 I’ve got some beachfront KS property…
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In our school district more, a lot more, grade school kids have got it than middle or high school kids. We had to close grade schools twice and qt. complete classes many times. Presently one of the grade schools is closed now and at least 8 teachers have covid. Parents were testing, sending sick kids while waiting on results. I’m not saying the kids were very sick, don’t know. I do know some of the teachers and one of my friends is still sick and this is the second week, kdg teacher. They separate them at lunch, and recess from other classes. They are learning as they go. Reno co is extremely hi. Others schools have been remote. The longer they have face to face close contact the worse. Our school is doing everything possible to have school and sports. Right now our boys bb team is qt.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Coaches with their masks down:
Maybe they wear masks everyday?
Videos I’ve seen of BB practices, the players are always wearing masks. Seems kind of weird to me, but I guess it’s not going to hurt anything if they aren’t in a bubble. Maybe it’s just for the cameras, or maybe they wear them all the time to help keep one player from bringing the whole team down, or maybe they wear them so they don’t inadvertently infect someone they care about like Scooter Ward. Who knows.
I’ve seen some football players out around Lawrence and they are masked up even walking around outside. I don’t think it’s some virtuesignaling BS. I think they want to play and not get a positive test! (and wearing a mask isn’t that hard)
