https://www.jerseysmarts.com/2010/06/11/another-monmouth-hawk-justin-sofman-leaves-the-mens-basketball-team/ Joe Palazzolo's Blog Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:21:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.jerseysmarts.com/2010/06/11/another-monmouth-hawk-justin-sofman-leaves-the-mens-basketball-team/comment-page-1/#comment-18201 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:21:45 +0000 http://www.jerseysmarts.com/?p=5571#comment-18201 its quite naive to believe justin left the team simply because he lost his love of basketball. the reality of college basketball is the vast majority of coaches view their position as a job, and the players as a means to an ends. the idea of coaches molding boys into young men based not on their position, but rather by fostering a personal relationship with these young men, whereby one can serve as a conduit, espousing the valuable principles that will help these young men well after basketball, is a lost art. the simple facts are two young men have left a program that they initially believed would afford them the opportunity to graduate from Monmouth with a degree, compliments of the basketball program. now they’re gone & will go on with their lives, and by all indications, will have learned very little to nothing from a coach, a man, who could have established a relationship with these players, and would have had the honor of being one of a few men that influenced these young men for years to come.

]]> https://www.jerseysmarts.com/2010/06/11/another-monmouth-hawk-justin-sofman-leaves-the-mens-basketball-team/comment-page-1/#comment-9092 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:16:56 +0000 http://www.jerseysmarts.com/?p=5571#comment-9092 […] that Dave Calloway’s coaching style was too aggressive for most of the players and that he treated them like kids rather than young adults. Who knows if that is true other than the players? The comment above suggests that Taylor’s […]

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