Banning Twitter from Sports?

In the blog "Twitter Banned from Texas Tech Football Team" I frankly found it ridiculous that the coach banned his players from social media sites, in particular Twitter. While I can understand if the players are putting themselves and their team in an unfortunate light or making themselves vulnerable to being injured but the guys on the Texas Tech football team were simply sharing their feelings on a media site that is their given right. The coach disagreed but who is he to really say "No" to these boys.
One of the boys posted to his twitter, "Wondering why I'm still in this meeting room when the head coach can't even be on time to his on meeting." While the coach may not like that his players are disrespecting his authority by questioning his timeliness, but why wasn't the coach on time when we're sure he's the one that called the meeting. It may drop morale but it is the player's right to have his own social media site.
Another boy posted on his twitter, "This is not how i saw our season. I just cried like am idiot. I want us to be so good.my last year and I feel like I'm letting everyone down." This boy was only expressing his malcontent with himself, not his whole team so I don't think he should be punished for punishing himself.
Banning the team from Twitter seems like a rash decision that wasn't fully thought out. While I understand the coaches concern and wanting to keep the team spirits up but there's got be another way of getting the players to keep the tweet on topics he deems more appropriate.
I agree with the author of the original post, I hope to see Texas Tech revise their ban in favor of social media practice.