Wow is right. If the players arent going to class, maybe doing drugs, not practicing hard, then dont play them.
You are the head coach. Negative behaviors by players should be dealt with by negative consequences. The most negative consequence to a player besides being kicked off the team would be riding the pine at the end of the bench.
You wouldnt have to call out your players in the press but the fans would wonder what the hell they did. If the coach tells them what is wrong and what they need to do to get playing time them it is on the players shoulders to change.
Unreal Pat. Your whinning to the press about this? Wow!! That press conference should have been 1 minute not 9 minutes. Pat Knight acts like he is talking to a shrink.
I don't care about him ranting about his players but it's funny that he tells his players they don't know how to win when he hasn't been great as a head coach.