Recently, I’ve seen a couple videos like this… Which makes me not a big fan of Kelvin. Maybe it’s the over-sensitive former Journalist- But I really hate this type of condescending response. It was a legit question. 99 тыс. просмотров · 299 реакций | Two golden rules: Don’t ask Kelvin Sampson about assists and don’t ask Taurean Prince about rebounding (: MarchMadnessMBB / X) | DraftKings
I saw that interview. It was a tad strange but inasmuch as he was talking about his team, I could care less. I thought his post game interview was honest and he twice gave us credit. He talks like an old-line coach, which he is.
I'm very forgiving of the statements of a person still in shock, coming off of receiving a deep, gaping wound to the gut.
Not really. Kind of funny, actually. Assists are kind of nebulous in the way their assigned statistically.
If I had to make an analogy, it would be this. And yes, it is a bit condescending but it is during the heat of things. If I have a great disdain, it is plainly the silliness of so-called journalists interviewing coaches - and even PLAYERS!!! - in the middle of the battle. TV revenue rules and so... Journalists can be helpful, but they can be - and in many times are - tone deaf. How about the legitimate question to a parent who just lost a son or daughter to a tragedy? "Tell us, if you had to do it over, would you have hugged them a bit more this morning than the token way you usually do?" Yes, this is more stickman than steelman, but to you see the parallel?
I hear ya, but with respect… I don’t see much parallel. I wouldn’t consider sports “battle”. It is entertainment, and to that end… I don’t find in-game interviews to be offensive, even if useless. I actually thought the question was quite valid. And Sampson’s answer was not only condescending, but nonsensical. Five total assists was a very low total, even given their missed shots. Versus Duke, the Cougars missed more and made less… yet had twice as many assists than they did versus Florida. And speaking of Florida, we had fewer made baskets and nearly 3x the assists. So the question asks…. “did florida do something to make Houston, perhaps, play more individual basketball?”. And did that contribute to those misses? anyway- this is a long way of saying… “good basketball question, stupid answer”. lol.
It sounds to me like he is blaming his team for the loss. "We passed, but the shot didn't go in. So no assist." Distant Gator's paraphrase.
He also annoyed Houston fans by accidentally referring to how many “good Sooners fans” were in the stands in his postgame interview, when he hasn’t been the OU coach since way back when he earned his show cause there and got himself fired. I get his frustration (guessing he was hoping this was the year they finally broke the Final Four “Houston curse” and got him his title so he could hand the reins to his son and retire), but you don’t take it out on a reporter asking a perfectly legit question.
