Siena's Head Basketball Coach Is Being Investigated For Allegedly Picking On A Student Manager4/5/2018 LBS- Siena Saints head men’s basketball coach Jimmy Patsos is under investigation for allegedly verbally abusing a student manager of the team, according to a report.
The Albany Times Union shares news of the investigation Patsos is facing. The student manager filed a complaint with the school’s president, alleging that he has been the target of taunts and verbal abuse from the coach. The student, who has obsessive compulsive disorder, says he was teased by the coach. “The complaint included allegations that Patsos called the student manager “insane” and teased him about his medications and other personal issues, including in front of players and others, that person said,” the Times Union reported. A school spokesperson says the matter arose during an end-of-season review of the program. -------- Look, I don't condone bullying. Picking on a kid that has devoted both time and energy during his college years to fulfilling a thankless role as team manager is pretty messed up, especially since all he's getting out of the gig is a resume filler that's more easily overlooked than a high school diploma. OCD, while appropriately being a condition that might make someone a perfect fit for the job of tediously tying up loose ends, at it's worst is no joke and it shouldn't be treated as such by a grown ass man who looks like the type of person who might consider ADD to be a figment of a weak mind's imagination. Here's my question though, what exactly do student managers at the college level do? Re-rack basketballs? Gather laundry? Hand out water? Have towels handy? I mean, they basically sign up to be Cinderella sans glass slipper, so becoming the downtrodden target of a coach's ribbing sort of fits that bill. Sometimes you have to keep things light in the locker room, and what better way to do that than to have some fun at the expense of a person who can just up and quit whenever they want without harm or foul. Now, if Coach Patsos was hiding the hand soap and intentionally leaving things out of place before dumping this kid's medication in the toilet while maniacally laughing in a way that made his double chin giggle then I retract the previous sentiment. However, investigating him for "verbal assault" just seems like a convenient way to get out from under the following futility considering it was probably just an occasional crossing of the line from someone whose age and race make him privy to inappropriateness... Patsos, 51, went 8-24 this season — his fifth and worst at Siena. The team has gone 77-92 under his leadership.
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