The Mainstream Media can only push a man so far.
That’s the bottom line when it comes to a dust-up between Memphis Tigers Coach Penny Hardaway and local sports reporters.Hardaway made national headlines when he exploded in rage at the constant disrespect he’s gotten from journalists. There’s only so much a man can take.
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The beleaguered coach was asked by one reporter if he had lost faith he could get the job done at Memphis and whether he was embarrassed by the team’s performance.
“This media gets kinda f*cked up sometimes when it comes to me,” Hardaway said. “We don’t have our full roster, Y’all know we don’t have our full roster. Stop asking me stupid f*cking questions about if I feel like I can do something. If I had my roster like they did, then I feel like I can do whatever I want to do. I’m coaching really hard. My boys are playing really hard. I’m not embarrassed about nothing!“Stop disrespecting me, bro. Don’t do that,” Hardaway continued to berate the reporter. “I work too f*cking hard. I work way too hard for that. Y’all write all these f*cking articles about me and all I do is work.”
There’s no doubt the Memphis Tigers have struggled this season.
And Coach Hardaway’s outburst was clearly inappropriate and out of character. But if you had to deal with the sorry so-and-so’s who call themselves sports reporters, you’d be just as irate as the coach.Penny Hardaway’s answer to if he can get the job done at Memphis.
“Stop asking me stupid f***ing questions about if I feel like I can do something. If I had my roster like they did, then I feel like I can do whatever I want to do.” pic.twitter.com/WA79u6Y7bc
— Cassie Carlson (@CassieCarlsonTV) January 21, 2022
