re: Ehren Earleywine is a bad arse

You know, I don't have a problem here. His character was called into question and he had the opportunity to address the individual head to head.

It's not meant for public consumption, so it looks bad but I'm good with it.

I do dislike the apology. No way in hell he meant it and therefore shouldn't have issued one.

I'm not very PC though

Sounds like your still pissed Mizzou trashed Iowa in the National Duals

Meh, bunch of women up in here.

She accused him of being an arse and cheating and of all things, spitting seeds in a dugout on a ballfield. Had it been me, I don't think my response would have been as polite as EE's.

As back drop, if MU had a little brother in the state, it's MSU and there's always been a bit of animosity between the two. Add to it that EE treats everyone the same and that frankly costs us some recruits because he coaches it much closer to a baseball team than a softball team and some ladies would prefer to wear goofie hats in the dugout or make silly sounds.

I also don't think there's much that EE said that isn't accurate too. I bitched during the season that we played them because it does us no good. Our RPI drops even with a win. But I guess now that I said the same thing, it makes me as much of an arse as EE.

Who cares if he is? I don't.

He's paid to win softball games.

Damnit I like him

What a POS. Never liked this dude. I remember him whining a few years back when Alabama dogpiled on Missouri's field because they won the SEC title.

Hats off! (a new Mizzou theme)

Oil and water will never mix. Two different kinds of coaches/people. Both coaches were wrong, okay. But they are coaches, not some tight-arse school principal or a corporate kiss-arse. Players/students were not involved. No threats, no sexist crap and not PC.

Sunflower seeds, can you just imagine those on a ball field???

I'm as non-PC as he is. She got in his grill...he returned the favor. This was non-public communication. EE learned it's ALL public.

But he had to "issue" an apology. If a Mizzou staffer had done this, oh boy. They would have been fired, period. But there is a double standard in the corporate/admin. world, so he had to say sorry.

Frick swmo state.

Simple. He shouldn't have gotten involved in the matter. Let the girls work it out.

Earleywine is a dick in that email. He's a women's softball coach. Not the most manly job in the world. Turn down the testosterone caveman. You're playing against girls.

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But they are coaches,

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Yes. They are coaches. But I would hope that a coach at any level, much less a university, and especially at the SEC level, had enough discretion to not put such comments into an email.

Do I understand the emotions he conveyed? Absolutely. Would similar sentiments have entered my head if I was in his situation. Yep. Still does not make it the intelligent thing to do.

Actions and reactions such as his tend to be supported by immature college age kids and/or 40 year old adolescents.

Again, maybe it is an isolated incident. If not, well, that is Missouri's and his problem.

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not some tight-arse school principal or a corporate kiss-arse

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Good thing I spent the majority of my career as a football and baseball coach. Good coaches at any level have a certain fire in them. Some readily show it, (Saban maybe), while some or more stoic, (think Tom Landry). However, self-control over those emotions is also a needed trait. Again, this may not be a pattern of behavior for him so he may usually have that very control.

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Sunflower seeds, can you just imagine those on a ball

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The fact the SWMO State coach mentioned sunflower seeds as a reason of not playing is silly in my opinion. I would venture a guess that the request centered on the seeds being spit in the dugout rather than in the field itself however.

If that is the case, the Missouri coach decided to not respect his host's request. Or if he did tell his team to respect it then his players decided not to respect his request. Neither reflect positively on Ehren...but its not like it is a major incident the SWMO State coach made it out to be.

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This was non-public communication. EE learned it's ALL public.

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Someone at his level should realize that, hence my statement about:
1. His failure to control his emotions
2. Be smarter than that, there are much better ways to express those sentiments without putting yourself in a situation to have to apologize.

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I'm as non-PC as he is

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Maybe you find it difficult to believe...but so am I. I had my own incidents as both a coach and a school administrator. (Again, Ehren may have much better control of himself than this one exchange makes it appear...probably does). For most of us, restraint tends to be a learned behavior and we rarely perfect it.