Like i said. A holes
But the worst thing is unless the Chronicle makes it known or another news outlet the damage is already done and the casual fan that doesnt follow wont hear the other side.
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Kick them off the team or let them transfer to Texas…problem solved!
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https://amp.click2houston.com/news/how-students-and-alumnus-are-reacting-to-uh-rhabdo-situation
They’re misinforming people or atleast manipulating what little they have
Please dont give clicks im just showing
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Yes Rock you are 100% Correct ! I am retired military and believe me it does not take the team long to figure out everyone is responsible for one mistake . This is pure peer pressure and it works . The girls should be glad because with us it got physical . You know what I mean ?
CM…you said it.
KPRC and The Comical.
Barf and Barf.
PS: Not you JD, just the Top Floor , Newsroom and Editorial Staff.
The accountability is the point, but this assumes that the remedial physical training has a specific point and fits in with a larger program of development. If it’s a spontaneous, unconnected retaliation against the team or the individuals, then it is pointless and counterproductive. If it is connected to consistent messaging and followed up by responsible and clear lessons oriented to a proper objective, people will respond.
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The interview was with a former player and was referencing a 2018 incident. KPRC tried to make it seem as if the two incidents were connected…when, in fact, they were a year apart and had nothing to do with each other.
I apologize because I sort of got wrapped up earlier when I saw the interview. Should have known better as KPRC has been known for this type of tabloid journalism for decades. I have a feeling that they won’t even say anything about JD’s interview with current players or clarify.
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Another current player:
https://twitter.com/joseph_duarte/status/1139378865376120832?s=21
https://twitter.com/joseph_duarte/status/1139380473329676288?s=21
https://twitter.com/joseph_duarte/status/1139381108837998592?s=21
https://twitter.com/joseph_duarte/status/1139382084898738179?s=21
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An example of how one “victim” and the press can create a narrative out of whole cloth.
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This response is awesome. You are a leader who gets it. I bet you do well in leadership.
Could be, but a bunch of players had to go to the hospital. All I know is that if a conditioning workout sends my kid to the hospital my kid is transferring.
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UH officials announced at a board of regents meeting in May that it is revamping its athletics department policies. Strength and conditioning trainers and sports medicine staff are being hired, who will have “unchallenged authority” over the athletes, meaning they can they can step in, stop or pull an athlete out of practice or training at any moment if they seem in distress, according to Chris Pezman, UH’s vice president of athletics.
“We work really hard to talk to our full-time staff and train our staff, and ensure that we always have somebody there (with) authority to stop the workout if you see a kid struggling,” Pezman said last month.
“At the end of the day, we’re entrusted with really valuable resources, which is these kids, and we have to make sure we’re doing everything we can to take care of them.”
The athletic department also will implement the use of heart rate sensors and a catapult system this fall. They will track how much a person moves through the course of a practice, and will increase use of the university’s indoor practice facility for all sports teams, allowing athletes to take breaks or work inside to avoid heat and exhaustion, Pezman said. Full health insurance coverage for uninsured athletes will also be provided, he said.
Well, that’s pretty dramatic response time with pretty dramatic resolutions. Pezman has the added arrow in his quiver of having administered in California. He knows you address public or organizational health issues with aggressive and wide-ranging resolutions.
That’s the kind of response that takes back control of the narrative.
Now…if the aggrieved parties turn out to be less than honest the university looks better for having erred on the side of caution.
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Completely agree with Mia here. The follow-up story where Channel 2 decided to ask 3 students and 1 alum about the incident was complete garbage.
https://twitter.com/miabrascia/status/1140342462218555392
https://twitter.com/miabrascia/status/1140343483233734656
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https://twitter.com/Joseph_Duarte/status/1140805705408090112
https://twitter.com/Joseph_Duarte/status/1140807892515381248
https://twitter.com/Joseph_Duarte/status/1140806971601367041
https://twitter.com/Joseph_Duarte/status/1140806043586482176
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All of these tweets makes me glad I stopped watching network news a long time ago.
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There was a time, back in the Ron Stone days, when KPRC was a high-quality news outlet. But that station’s been peddling in dumbed-down, sensationalist nonsense for at least the last twenty years.
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