Great story that was published a few days ago over on si.com in which Kevin Armstrong talks about little ol’ Wagner College and their coach Mike Deane. See, Deane doesn’t consider himself to be a man with a whole lot of self-control, and when the NCAA and its officials sought to make coaches behave themselves by not having temper tantrums and stepping over the sacred coaching box line, he did the only logical thing: installed a seatbelt in his bench chair.
Sticking to his guns, the maverick coach, who is the only one strapping himself to a chair in Division I, has religiously worn the belt each game thus far. At home in the Spiro Sports Center, he sits four chairs in from the scorer’s table, between his assistant coaches. While the ball is in play, he leans back and bends forward to see the action, maneuvering his neck around officials and still verbally working them. During timeouts, he unbuckles, draws up plays and leads the huddle. When he returns to his seat, he re-inserts the buckle and resumes the position.
There’s some sort of Bobby Knight joke to be had here, but I can’t quite come up with it.
 Strapped In {SI}
