US Track Legend and Other Stars Take a Dig at Boston Celtics Coach Ime Udoka for Using a Controversial Track Metaphor to Motivate His Team
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Sometimes the motivating metaphors coaches use for their team could bring a lot of attention. Perhaps that’s what happened with the Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka. His words mentioning track and field created a lot of disturbance on the social media and it also lured the four-time Olympic gold medalist sprinter, Michael Johnson, to pitch with an opinion on the comment.
Lately, the Olympic champion Michael Johnson has been quite active on Twitter. The track and field legend has been reacting to comments on the sport. However, this time, it’s a little special, since it’s about the Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka.
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Track legends criticized Boston Celtics coach for controversial comment
As a coach and mentor, Udoka always wants to see his team on top, and for that, he made a track and field reference while motivating his players for the upcoming matches. He said, “One thing we talked about is we’re a basketball team, we’re not a track team. We’re not running from people.” The controversy started brewing, as social media picked this comment.
He don’t understand track! 😂 https://t.co/ij72HSbc2C
— Michael Johnson (@MJGold) April 28, 2022
Taking a dig at the Boston Celtics coach, Olympic champion Michael Johnson wrote on his Twitter handle, “He don’t understand track!” with a laughing emoji.
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Another track and field Olympian, Justyn Knight, criticized the comment made by Udoka. He wrote, “As a Track and Field athlete I do NOT approve this message.”
As a Track and Field athlete I do NOT approve this message https://t.co/8VBT7UGDd2
— Justyn Knight (@justyn_knight) April 27, 2022
Surely Udoka didn’t mean it in the wrong way. He was probably trying to propel his team to be fearless. Although, his choice of words gave Twitteratis something to debate upon.
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