University of Massachusets Athletics
UMass Head Coach Bruiser Flint To Sit Out BU Game
December 02, 1999 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 2, 1999
Amherst, Mass. - University of Massachusetts head basketball coach Bruiser Flint will sit out the team?s Thursday night game vs. Boston University in Amherst. Flint will serve a self-imposed one game suspension following the use of an expletive on his post-game radio show in the aftermath of UMass? 65-55 loss to Marshall University Monday night.
?I always tell my players that when they do something wrong, there is a price to pay,? said Flint. ?Obviously, my language on the radio the other night was inappropriate. I caught it right away and apologized on the air, but after thinking about it and talking it over with Bob Marcum, sitting out for a game is the right thing to do.?
Director of Athletics Bob Marcum said, ?Coach Flint initiated a meeting in which he admitted he made a mistake and apologized. We talked and arrived at a course of action, which was to sit out the game. From this point, we move on.?
In Flint?s absence, Associate Coach Geoff Arnold will coach the team on Thursday night.
