Australian basketball coach’s foul-mouthed team talk aired on BBC
A foul-mouthed team talk from Australia’s men’s basketball coach was captured live on BBC One on Thursday.
Brian Goorjian dropped an f-bomb as he addressed his players following the first quarter of their Olympic semi-final match against the US.
Just as the camera panned over Goorjian during his impassioned team talk, he said: “Where the f*** is the eye? Where is it?
"They get to the red zone, we cover each others’ backs."
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The tirade came as his side was winning 24-18.
However, it’s unlikely too many British viewers would have been offended – for the simple reason relatively few people are likely to have been watching as it was broadcast at 5.35am UK time.
Upon hearing Goorjian’s tirade, the match commentator laughed: “Clear comments from Brian Goorjian."
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The co-commentator added: "You can understand the emotion and the passion.
"I think the issue was zonally, sometimes they [Australia] were switching off.”
Australia ultimately lost the match 97-78.
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