Read the story here:
http://tennessean.com/sports/localsports/archives/05/01/64904608.shtml?Element_ID=64904608
Rhythm co-owner and CEO Sally Anthony, left, yells at Coach Ashley McElhiney during the third quarter of last night's game. Anthony, who was later restrained by security guards and taken off the floor, fired McElhiney after the team's 110-109 win over Kansas City.Read about Sally Anthony(one-third co-owner) here:
http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=2887379&nav=1ugFVrHb
One more article below, coach is 18-7 this year. Sounds to me like the co-owner is a little wierd? Article is about apology from the National Rhythms. The coach may not be fired!
http://tennessean.com/sports/localsports/archives/05/01/65061009.shtml?Element_ID=65061009
Just how DOES a 23 year-old female get to coach a semi-pro men's team?
Rhythm co-owner Sally Anthony, left, with Coach Ashley McElhiney during a press conference at the beginning of the season."Paramedics were dispatched to Nashville Rhythm co-owner Sally Anthony's apartment Sunday morning after a caller to 911 reported a possible drug overdose, according to a tape obtained by The Tennessean.
The call came in the early-morning hours after Anthony walked onto the basketball court during Nashville's game at Lipscomb University and confronted Coach Ashley McElhiney.
The 911 caller identified herself as Anthony's sister-in-law and gave only her first name, Susan.
''My sister-in-law is in her apartment right now and she has taken some pills and mixed them with alcohol and she has taken scissors and cut up her arms,'' the caller said."...
http://tennessean.com/sports/localsports/archives/05/01/65000825.shtml?Element_ID=65000825
This is a very bizarre story. Neither Steinbrenner, or Ted Turner(who managed a Braves game) ever fired a coach during the game. I think the closest comparison would be the worst current owner in sports, Dan Snyder, who fired Norv Turner right after a game. But the absolute worst was former Saints owner John Meacom(who fired six coaches in his 18 year reign of error) who fired a coach after an exhibition loss.
She's obviously unstable. Hope the coach finds a good lawyer :)
TN Freeper here. My wife and I think the coach is nuts. Look at her website ( www.sallyanthony.com ) and you can see what type of "role model" she is.
The co-owners hired some basketball player for 2 games for $10,000. Sally Anthony was bragging about it, but then before this now infamous game, for some reason Anthony told the young coach not to play him. The coach did anyway.
I think the coach attempted some off-court "passes" at the 2 game player. He rebuffed, so she went off. The league now just looks like the WWE off steroids.