Marcus Smart shove - OK State/Texas Tech (Video)

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

Nobody said it was a good thing, but as I said earlier, words are never a sufficient provocation for physical violence. He didn't shoot the guy, or even punch him, but he did push him. If the guy had fallen over and hit his head, he could have been seriously injured.

Coaches are responsible for teaching their kids that if they have a problem on the floor, they need to address an official about it. The official then notifies the host school for security issues. This was a conference game of one of the 5 or 6 most well known college conferences. At the very least, OSU could file a report with the Big 12 who would then be responsible for handling it. Shoving a guy is not anywhere in that mix.

JR, you know better than anyone on here there are right ways and wrong ways to handle a situation. We can't excuse ANY PART of wrong behavior just because someone MIGHT have had a good reason for being upset.

First of all my response that you quoted was not towards you. You cannot really answer my question as you did not make the statement I had an issue with.

Secondly I did not say anything about justifying bad behavior. I do not know why I have to be offended by one behavior and have to somehow justify the action or reaction. Honestly I think if the fan keeps his mouth shut, none of this happens. But that does not mean that I do not feel the reaction was wrong and Smart said as much in his press conference. And I never said the suspension was not warranted. I think he was lucky not to get more games for a suspension.

Peace