yeah if there was actual wrongdoing then let him go if its just two adults operating on a harmonious wavelength then give him five games and consider minding your own business next time
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 17:53 (two years ago) link
genuinely misread this as “if he wasn’t like one of the best looking coaches in the NBA they would’ve just fired him” and i was nodding, like, word― Tracer Hand, Thursday, September 22, 2022 1:40 PM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
its kind of their own fault for hiring such a handsome man if you think about it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 17:54 (two years ago) link
i cant find it but there was a photo from last season of udoka and stoudamire on the sidelines both just eye fucking the camera i was like this is dangerous you cant let these gentlemen hit all the best steakhouses and wine bars in town theres gonna be a commotion
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:01 (two years ago) link
apologies in advance if it ends up he did some shady shit, other than just cheating on his wife, tho who know what their arrangement is
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link
so there is further intel that a woman listed in the celtics staff directory deleted all her socials this morning, that seems to be an obvious sign--she does not appear to have a relationship to pagliuca so that may have been a false rumor.
i think there has to be something else going on here that has them landing on this punishment, but ultimately i stand by my opinion that having a workplace fling is one of the lamest and most selfish things you can do, they always get exposed and they always fuck things up for everyone else. if part of ime's appeal was that he was this dude who commanded respect and could yell at jaylen brown or whatever than yeah, just fire him.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:04 (two years ago) link
i dont think they are officially married but been together for like a decade with a kid together.
― Spottie, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:05 (two years ago) link
I don’t really have a personal moral issue with workplace flings or whatever, people are gonna fuck who they want and it’s impossible to stop them, but the rules are in place for a reason: I’m assuming this relationship ended and she now has to continue to work under him, which obviously being exes would create an inherently inhospitable work environment. ime knew the rules and broke them (assuming this story is true). a year does seem like a lot though
― k3vin k., Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:13 (two years ago) link
the workplace affair yeah its lame and gross youre exposing people who are just trying to get through their day in their cubicles to your private horn levels, but on the other hand people just wanna get wet thats human nature and i think its forgivable, its certainly not as bad as say taking healthy companies and loading them up with unsustainable debt so you can get money to buy a basketball team
if they feel like this behavior has damaged udokas credibility with the team then fine let him go, but if its just some corporate hr stories theyre telling themselves about being upstanding citizens creating the right culture or whatever i could do without it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:14 (two years ago) link
seems like a pretty good chance that if they do give him a year suspension he just walks
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:17 (two years ago) link
yeah I mean why would you want to go back after that
― k3vin k., Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:19 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
yeah those are reasonable points and obvs theres a lot we dont know about their working relationship like was she his subordinate and so forth, i dont think five games and being publicly reprimand is exactly a slap on the wrist, tens games idk, is one mans inability to keep it in his pants really creating this black air is responsible for amateur internet sleuthing and whatnot
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:27 (two years ago) link
if you have a company where people whisper that every woman might be fuckin the coach you may have bigger problems that may resist corporate legislation
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:32 (two years ago) link
is one mans inability to keep it in his pants really creating this black air is responsible for amateur internet sleuthing and whatnot
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:35 (two years ago) link
lol yeah those corporate raiders are really doing him a favor god bless them
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link
i mean there may be some not entirely healthy societal forces at play here that were not caused by ime udoka idk
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:38 (two years ago) link
think they should just let him go tbh if the punishment is gonna be this severe anyway
― ciderpress, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:40 (two years ago) link
the person who deleted her socials did appear to work on the basketball ops side--would be tough to make the case that the head coach isn't her superior
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:40 (two years ago) link
theyre cld be floating a year to make a show of how seriously theyre taking this then give him 20 games or something
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:42 (two years ago) link
gerson rosas lost his job for doing this a year ago & nobody batted an eye, prob cuz he sucked at being a GM. if ime was steve clifford ppl would find it laughable that a team would be willing to suspend him for a year and take all the PR blowback associated with this whole mess in order to stick by him. he’s absolutely fortunate they aren’t canning him
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:43 (two years ago) link
you should write him an email
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:45 (two years ago) link
?? it’s ok ime will survive this horrible injustice of not being able to coach basketball for one year after having sex with a coworker. close your eyes and take deep breaths. picture jimmy butler’s three clanging off the rim
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:48 (two years ago) link
dont think im the one who needs to take deep breaths here
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:50 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:51 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:53 (two years ago) link
if ime was steve clifford ppl would find it laughable that a team would be willing to suspend him for a year and take all the PR blowback associated with this whole mess in order to stick by him
not sure if this was your point but it doesn't seem to me like a grave injustice that one's actual job performance should factor into the equation when determining how many misdeeds your employer is willing to put up with/stand by you while you get your shit together
too much speculation in this thread without knowing the deets
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:54 (two years ago) link
i just think you’re really naive if you don’t understand why this is playing out in this fashion― J0rdan S., Thursday, September 22, 2022 2:53 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
is it because of the illuminati
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 18:59 (two years ago) link
if they want to fire him for pr reasons fine go with god wyc grousbeck your name is literally pronounced wick you made your money working with mitt romney it is what it is, but i should not be made to care about their corporate human resources polices thats none of my business, but they will probably suspend him for one year because thats the stupidest possible outcome
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:04 (two years ago) link
ok ignoring you until this weird little attitude dissipates xp
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:05 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:06 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, September 22, 2022 3:05 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
https://www.slashfilm.com/img/gallery/is-jim-the-villain-of-the-office-john-krasinski-thinks-so/l-intro-1659042139.jpg
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:08 (two years ago) link
Thinking about this more and he absolutely would be fired if he hadn't just come off a Finals appearance, which makes the entire thing feel a little more icky/crass.
― i need to put some clouds behind the reaper (PBKR), Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:14 (two years ago) link
Anyway, just want to ask someone more technologically inclined to dub "How do you like them applesvibes" over that scene from Good Will Hunting."
― i need to put some clouds behind the reaper (PBKR), Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link
my hot take is that corporate HR policies are actually good
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
lol thats clearly not a defensible statement
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:29 (two years ago) link
i mean if you want to pick some out that you like thats fine
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:30 (two years ago) link
that’s a complicated one lol… corporate HR people work on behalf of satan, generally, or may actually be satan himself in some instances. i would say that workplace relationships involving subordinates are frowned upon for a good reason on a macro level. it’s also prob not a coincidence that ppl like jeff zucker and gerson rosas who get pushed out of their orgs nominally for having workplace affairs also seem to be running dysfunctional workplaces in general
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:53 (two years ago) link
well yeah actual implementation is a different story but policy is useful as a mechanism for helping to ensure that the work environment doesn't backslide to 1963 due to offensive, harassing, or coercive behavior
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:59 (two years ago) link
i think we can all generally support anti mad men office policies, but corporate hr also includes rules like getting a formal warning for using the bathroom without management approval
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 20:02 (two years ago) link
m bison asleep on the job as we discuss this subject… suspicious
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 September 2022 20:04 (two years ago) link
we need to hear from the authoritarian left on this
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 20:09 (two years ago) link
policy is useful as a mechanism for helping to ensure that the work environment doesn't backslide to 1963 due to offensive, harassing, or coercive behavior
^^^A 2022 workplace without such policies would be a cesspool.
― i need to put some clouds behind the reaper (PBKR), Thursday, 22 September 2022 20:26 (two years ago) link
idk about all that, maybe in finance
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 20:32 (two years ago) link
ultimately the rules are designed to protect the corporations not the humans, which ends up showing in a lot of their flaws
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 20:34 (two years ago) link
and obviously the power dynamics that allow people to harm others in those situations are created and fostered by the corporations
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 20:37 (two years ago) link
i mean robert sarver is 60 years old so its prob fair to assume he broke hr rules for decades without censure, because they werent for him
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 20:51 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, September 22, 2022 3:04 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
sry i cant surf the web during the day bc the youth of america depend on me
(lagoon uncharacteristically off tm itt, take off yr celtics glasses)
― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Thursday, 22 September 2022 22:51 (two years ago) link
i dont want to thats the whole point, i would like to just watch a lil basketball and not have to deal with the minutiae of corporate hr and boning at work, its lame
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 23:09 (two years ago) link
but also im right, and if you disagree then youre neoliberal go watch a dvd of the west wing
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 23:17 (two years ago) link
what's a dvd
― Clay, Thursday, 22 September 2022 23:31 (two years ago) link