i watched it, and dathan didn’t seem mean-spirited in his comments.
dathan is the consummate american — can’t talk about poop with a straight face.
My sense of germans, is that they don’t feel the need to joke through awkward moments like we do. farken isn’t american, he’s not one of us, so he just stays in serious mode.
a lot of americans would’ve acknowledged the coach’s awkward humor in some way (a half-hearted smile or at least giving dathan some eye contact) and telling him he doesn’t want to spray a big squirty deuce in his brand-new ON shorts that he had to put on for the cameras.
I am always surprised at the high level of germany awareness on this site (someone here who can spell klugscheißerei?) so correct me if anyone reads farken’s response differently.