I probably shouldn't fire off letters to the editor when I'm angry, but this whole mess over the ABA Nashville Rhythm co-owner firing the first female coach of a men's basketball team, Ashley McElhiney, just pissed me RIGHT off. And so...

Rhythm's part owner needs a charm class

To the Editor:

I am appalled by Sally Anthony's behavior during Saturday's game between the Nashville Rhythm and the Kansas City Knights. (''Owner fires McElhiney,'' Jan. 30)

Perhaps she's confused the ABA with the WWF; the owner/CEO of a professional team should never come out on the court to berate the coach. If you have a problem, deal with it calmly after the game, not publicly. Firing McElhiney is equally unforgivable since Ashley was doing her job as a coach.

Ms. Anthony has the right to say she doesn't want a particular player on the court, but as part-owner, I hardly see where she has the right to overrule the opinion of her two co-owners, both of whom worked to get Matt Freije signed for the weekend game with the hopes of holding him long-term.

Ms. Anthony needs a refresher course in charm school and needs to burn the poster of her hero, Marge Schott, because this is no way to run a professional team. And if she needs pointers on what a class act should look like, she needs only to look at her former head coach, Ashley McElhiney.

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