Referee attacked by coach, coach’s son

[FormerUmp]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

So the official got tracked down after the game. Now if your suggestion is he threw the first punch, well if you track someone down, you better hope they do not respond. There should be no time where you are trying to find an official. Also, this is the account of the coach and his son, which if you are confronting an official after the game, you are already on thin ice. Maybe that is why the coach resigned.

It also appears that they have wiped out the record of either of the two being apart of the team.

Peace

Agreed. It doesn't say where exactly this confrontation took place, but I can imagine a lot of scenarios where being confronted 1v2 is going to put the official in a defensive position. The way the article describes witnesses "stopping the attack" certainly suggests to me that it was completely instigated by the coach and his son.