Doug Gottlieb melts down and tosses chair after stunning late game collapse
Green Bay lost an 11-point lead and dropped to 4-6 after a late defensive collapse and missed free throws, prompting coach Doug Gottlieb to throw a chair in frustration.
- On Thursday night, Doug Gottlieb tossed a chair as he left the court after the Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team lost 80-78 to the Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team at Resch Center.
- Leading by 11 with 3:54 left, Green Bay Phoenix surrendered the lead after a 10-second violation with 35.7 seconds left and a go-ahead 3, before Nikolaos Chitikoudis made the winning layup with 2.4 seconds left.
- Blaming execution lapses, Doug Gottlieb singled out missed free throws by Marcus Hall and others, saying `That was just embarrassing how we lost the game.`
- Matching the four wins from Gottlieb's first season, the result highlights the ongoing rebuild he began last year as Green Bay Phoenix fall to 4-6 before Sunday’s game against Wright State.
- A viral clip of the toss circulated on social platforms including tecca_videos and Awful Announcing, amplifying scrutiny of Doug Gottlieb, former player and nationally syndicated radio host hired last year.
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College Basketball Coach Doug Gottlieb Throws a Chair in Postgame Meltdown
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men’s basketball coach, Doug Gottlieb, channeled his inner Bob Knight after his team lost an 80-78 game to Robert Morris University on Thursday, December 4. Walking off the court after Green Bay blew an 11-point lead over the last 3:54, Gottlieb, 49, threw a chair in frustration. “I’m encouraged by our effort and our defense and how we executed,” Gottlieb told the media after the game. “That was just embarrassin…
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