Coach involvement in fight

[Rob1968]

Originally Posted by scrounge

Here is the story....

Hatcher defends actions in skirmish - Prep Sports - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports -

After reading the article, I wonder who the adults were that came onto the floor, and who invited them (?!?)

[letemplay]

Originally Posted by Rob1968

After reading the article, I wonder who the adults were that came onto the floor, and who invited them (?!?)

I think that was where the coach ran into trouble, pulling a civilian dressed police officer off one of his players. One thing I have to question is his comment about being in coaching "for 20 years and seeing a lot of fights"..that may tell you something also about his team's lack of discipline.

[BigT]

This case could have a big affect on whether coaches will want to get involved with fights with civilians and players on the court. Who wants to lose their job over helping their players if it means an end to their career...

[zm1283]

If it happened like the article says, the police need to get over themselves. Drop the charges and move on.

The police shouldn't even be on the court for a player-only fight to begin with. Let the officials and coaches handle it and worry about the crowd until an official asks for your help.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by zm1283

If it happened like the article says, the police need to get over themselves. Drop the charges and move on.

The police shouldn't even be on the court for a player-only fight to begin with. Let the officials and coaches handle it and worry about the crowd until an official asks for your help.

We don't know what the policies are for individual schools or school districts.

I know here in this part of Virginia, most on field/court fights escalate into fan involvement.

[rockyroad]

So people in civilian clothes came onto the court, and one of them has a player down on the floor and is on top of the player? And the coach shoves the civilian dressed guy off his player and then ends up arrested?

Either that's not the whole story, or these charges will be dropped fairly quickly.

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

We don't know what the policies are for individual schools or school districts.

I know here in this part of Virginia, most on field/court fights escalate into fan involvement.

Fights around here are very rare. I'm not sure if I've ever heard of a fight between players on the court/field. I'm sure it has happened, just not recently. I have heard of fans getting into fights between themselves in the stands, which I'm all for the police getting involved in.