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Originally Posted by jdw3018
That has nothing to do with this scenario.
And absolutely inappropriate (we agree on this, I know), regardless of what was being said by the player. The only thing the coach should do in this instance is attempt to draw the officials' attention to the problem.
This has nothing to do with morality and everything to do with appropriate adult behavior as defined by the NFHS and our education system.
If a kid in the hallway during school punches another kid, he gets suspended. If a teacher punches a kid, he gets fired. To me, it's the same principle on the basketball court.
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Really? Just suspended? I don't think so. But even so, your point is well taken. Teacher punches kid, he'll never teach again whereas the kid could probably get into another school somewhere.
But the principle is good, and even more true as the age of the players goes lower. In college, the OP is bad. In hs JV it's worse. At the jh level, it's almost a firing offense, seems to me. Disparity in the ages between the coach and the player makes some difference in my thinking.