Sports are emotional. Sports are people-driven. But in the Year of our Lord 2026, as basic human decency and kindness are becoming endangered species in the United States, apparently the most unprofessional, unethical behavior a journalist could demonstrate is … being nice to a head coach whose team was just eliminated from the postseason?

Adam Schefter shared a snippet of Jaguars head coach Liam Coen’s post-game press conference following the team’s Wild Card Weekend loss to the Buffalo Bills. The reporter asking the question is Jacksonville Free Press’s Associate Editor Lynn Jones-Turpin, a longtime journalist covering the game for Duval’s Black newspaper.

The response to this interaction has been ridiculous. Taking