And the Biggest Turkey Is....

By Scoop Fox

They say that the coach is supposed to be the leader of the team. He’s to set an example of what it means to exemplify both professionalism and the spirit of the game. But in the past couple of days, we seen two outrageously gaffes by two head coaches in two different sports that make you go 'what the hell were they thinking.' To keep in with the Thanksgiving spirit, we shall now look at these two turkeys...I mean coaches.

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Turkey #1: Jason Kidd, Brooklyn Nets Head Coach

Last Thursday in a game against the L.A. Lakers, Brooklyn Nets head coach Jason Kidd committed what appeared to be a big no-no as a head coach. With his team down 96-94 with 8.3 seconds left in the game and no time outs, Jason Kidd proceeded to ‘drop’ his beverage onto the court. Now we all know that you can’t play basketball on a wet court due to the risk of a player slipping and severely injuring themselves. So time had to be called and there was a stoppage in play. As the clean-up crew was doing their thing, Jason Kidd used the time stoppage to diagnose a play with his team that ended in typical Net failure. However though he tries to deny it, it seemed that was the move of a desperate man trying to save his job. His only reward was paying a $50,000 fine. Oh the Nets lost the game 99-94.

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Turkey #2: Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach


In the third quarter of the third NFL Thanksgiving game, against the Baltimore Ravens, the Pittsburgh Steelers just got on the board to make it 16-7 at the time. On the ensuing kickoff Ravens’ WR Jacoby Jones took the ball and proceeded to take it to the house. But he failed to take into effect the 12th Steeler on the field, head coach Mike Tomlin. It appeared that coach Tomlin walked a little bit too far onto the field during the kickoff. He didn’t channel his inner Woody Hayes and tackle Jones but Tomlin forced the Ravens player to cut back inside and get tackled by a Steelers’ special teams player. So instead of getting a touchdown, the Ravens ended up settling for a field goal on the ensuing possession. Tomlin claimed in his defense that he was busy watching the game on the jumbotron and wasn’t paying attention to his surroundings. However a few Ravens players were cawing and crying foul, that Tomlin intentionally got in the way to prevent the game from getting away from the Steelers. By the way, the Steelers ended up losing the game 22-20.

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There you have it folks, two big turkeys served up on the Thanksgiving Day stage. Now I ask you, who is the biggest turkey. Is it the bumbling, sweaty-palm Jason Kidd or the poor, lost fool Mike Tomlin? You decide.