Fair enough. But at the very least it sends a message that you're in charge and will not, even at the risk of losing a game, tolerate lazy bs play from your team
Call me old school, but we've seemed to get away from HCs who lose their isht on a regular basis. The winners like Kirby, Hurley, etc., they don't hesitate to stake their claim as the Alpha in the program. No one's asking for indiscriminate buffoonery, but danmit, how about some good old-fashioned chewing out every once on a while?
I hoped to see Red send a message this year, early and often, that certain things were not gonna be tolerated on the court. One or 2 lazy passes...sit your azz down. No hustling on defense, sit your azz down. Bad shot outside of the offense, sit your azz down!
That being said, I've come to the conclusion that Red just doesn't have that in him. JMHO