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-Mario was asked how he will deal with suspensions and if they players were given a book of "rules":
“We have policies and procedures, but one of my old coaches put it best, ‘If I have to put together a book like this of policies and procedures, we got the wrong guys. Right is right and wrong is wrong. Some things you have to be explicitly clear on, the rest is, ‘Come on now, you gotta understand the differences and make good choices and decisions.’ “That’s the greatest power we have, the power of choice. Choosing to do the right thing even when you don’t want to do it, that’s discipline. That’s powerful. And making sure your teammates understand how important that is, that changes things. “For example, when we go out to practice, when we go out, we’re all wearing the exact same thing — not because I’m enamored with the way a gray shirt looks with black shorts. But you know what? It’s important to culture. And if it’s important to culture and you’ll do it, you’ll understand there are no little things. They’re all important. They’re all tied into being bought into what we do.”
- On discipline, suspensions and "consequences" :
He said these " will “match up to whatever the issue might be.”
“There’s a really big difference in a young guy being immature and having to learn and some consequences and the learning experience that comes with that, as opposed to someone with malicious behavior that there’s no room for, period. To me, it’s as clear as the day is long and those decisions, they fall upon me. And I’m good with it. There’s no hesitation if there has to be a, you know.…
Mario declined to say if anyone was suspended for the opener. His philosophy on announcing those kind of things:
“Just so you know going for the future, any of those things, if there is one, it will be announced at the appropriate time. I will never piecemeal that.”
-Mario was asked how he will deal with suspensions and if they players were given a book of "rules":
“We have policies and procedures, but one of my old coaches put it best, ‘If I have to put together a book like this of policies and procedures, we got the wrong guys. Right is right and wrong is wrong. Some things you have to be explicitly clear on, the rest is, ‘Come on now, you gotta understand the differences and make good choices and decisions.’ “That’s the greatest power we have, the power of choice. Choosing to do the right thing even when you don’t want to do it, that’s discipline. That’s powerful. And making sure your teammates understand how important that is, that changes things. “For example, when we go out to practice, when we go out, we’re all wearing the exact same thing — not because I’m enamored with the way a gray shirt looks with black shorts. But you know what? It’s important to culture. And if it’s important to culture and you’ll do it, you’ll understand there are no little things. They’re all important. They’re all tied into being bought into what we do.”
- On discipline, suspensions and "consequences" :
He said these " will “match up to whatever the issue might be.”
“There’s a really big difference in a young guy being immature and having to learn and some consequences and the learning experience that comes with that, as opposed to someone with malicious behavior that there’s no room for, period. To me, it’s as clear as the day is long and those decisions, they fall upon me. And I’m good with it. There’s no hesitation if there has to be a, you know.…
Mario declined to say if anyone was suspended for the opener. His philosophy on announcing those kind of things:
“Just so you know going for the future, any of those things, if there is one, it will be announced at the appropriate time. I will never piecemeal that.”
