Yen Chia-hua, head coach of two-time SBL champion Taiwan Beer, went off again.
These players sure picked a good night for a fight, since there was no television broadcast. Six Taiwan Beer players were ejected in a confrontation of the Taiwan Beer-Taiwan Mobile game Sunday night in Hsinchu, UDN.com reported. TM beat TB 90-82.
TB head coach Yen Chia-hua was ejected for cursing the referees with less than nine minutes left. With 5:19 to go Taiwan Mobile import Mario Boggan decked TB forward Wang Chien-wei with his elbow and started the whole mess. Almost the entire TB subs left the bench area to join the scuffle and were ejected later by the refs.
That left TB with six players -- Lin Chih-chieh, Wang Chien-wei, Ha Hsiao-yuan, Yang Ching-min, Chen Shih-nian and Hsu Hao-cheng -- to finish the game. Even TB manager Lin Chieh-he was ejected.
Fights on hardwood happen. I'm not naive. However it is sad to see things like this happen every once in a while. When temper flies in the heat of the moment, I guess not too many players can keep their head in the game. But anyone who's been to the game knows that a bench-clearing brawl can be real frightening sometimes and you don't know what would happen.
It is even sadder to see people like Yen Chia-hua, who now can be dubbed as Taiwan-version Bob Knight, and Lin Chieh-he, who once tried to go after a referee after a loss. Yen is a head coach and Lin is TB's manager. You go figure.
In the first game, Lin Yi-hui had 24 points and Tien Lei had 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting as Dacin handed Pure Youth its third consecutive defeat with a 99-89 win.
Byron Allen had 12 points for Dacin, whose 4-game winning streak was snapped by Yulon Saturday. January SBL MVP Chang Chih-fung also chipped in 17 points.
Chien Chia-hung paced PY with 19 points and five boards and Chen Shih-chieh had 13 points and 7 assists. Zuo Tsun-kai came back from injury and scored 10 points.
Yulon-BOT game is ongoing.
In my opinion following SBL in the last 3 years, Yen Chia-hua is not only a "controversial" coach (is he a coach? Have not seen him coaching his team during the games. I do not know how to characterize his role in the TB team.) but he shows exhibits childish behavior as the champions team "coach". The comparison with Bob Knight is valid for the antics part only, as the last was a very good coach as well. I can't say the same for the first.
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I can't agree with you more, Christos. Yen was never a true head coach. If you watch the broadcast and actually hear what he says to the players. You might laugh your head off. It's pathetic.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with you that Yen was NO Bob Knight whatsoever because Knight is a great coach. And I always respect coach Knight and what has accomplished at IU and Texas Tech. I made the comparison solely on their tempers.
Thanks a lot Chris because i thought i was the only one who observed that! I mean in the final game last year, when TB deservedly won the trophy, Yen was the one who seemed to get the most credits. He even jumped first to get the net our of the basket and the whole team showed immense respect for him. Ok, maybe i have some genetic disease that does not allow me to appreciate Yen's contributions to TB performance, but so far i have witnessed none during TB's games!
ReplyDeleteI completely understood your point about Knight. I did not mean to sound like "corecting" you. Sorry if i did!
Your blog is great and thanks a lot for all your efforts!!!
Christos