UTEP Coach Tim Floyd had a heated confrontation with El Paso sports radio host Steve Kaplowitz, due to reports coming from Kaplowitz’s radio show that stated Floyd’s player were leaving UTEP because they were unhappy with the athletic department.
Floyd’s presser quickly devolved into Floyd verbally challenging Kaplowitz’s assertion, which led to a heated exchange between the two. The confrontation on the video above begins around 18:10, and continues with Kaplowitz eventually appearing on camera shouting his rebuttals.
This makes Cam Newton’s Super Bowl press conference look like a choir rehearsal.
Below is a transcript from CBS Sports:
FLOYD: “It’s complete fiction what’s coming out of his mouth.”
KAPLOWITZ: [Non-verbally reacts off-camera]
FLOYD: “Don’t shake your head — you know I’m dead-ass right.”
KAPLOWITZ: “That’s wrong and you’re classless for saying that in front of the media.”
[Both shouting over each other]
FLOYD: “Your show is fiction.”
KAPLOWITZ: “How about all the folks in El Paso? How about all the fans, all the season ticket holders that are upset, that they’ve been upset with the lack of results over the last six years, and they’re tired of not going to the postseason. They’re tired of not going to theNCAA Tournament. How about that?”
FLOYD: “We were in the NIT a year ago.”
KAPLOWITZ: “Yeah that really means a lot to El Paso right now.”
FLOYD: “Is that right?”
KAPLOWITZ: “Yeah.”
FLOYD: “We lost four starters, we didn’t quite get there this year.”
KAPLOWITZ: “So every year it’s gonna be the same thing, coach? Every year? Is that how it’s going to be?”
FLOYD: “Is that right? If you’re upset about us not wininng agames and want me fired because of not winning games, that’s your prerogative.”