UCSB fan confronts Hawaii coach on the court! (Video)

[letemplay]

Did anyone notice the Hawaii player that intercepts the fan and sort of shoves him away from his coach is NOT in the game at the time and comes off the bench to involve himself in the matter? Nothing escalated, but just think what could have happened..

[grunewar]

Speaking of escalation, where was security? Game Management?

I know it's difficult to expect them to react quickly to in incident that happens quickly like this, but the guy was on the court for a while and THEN went all the way back to his seat before being escorted out. I would think someone should have reacted faster than that.......

PS - I heard on the radio this AM the FANatic was arrested, and rightly so.

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Speaking of escalation, where was security? Game Management?

I know it's difficult to expect them to react quickly to in incident that happens quickly like this, but the guy was on the court for a while and THEN went all the way back to his seat before being escorted out. I would think someone should have reacted faster than that.......

PS - I heard on the radio this AM the FANatic was arrested, and rightly so.

Security was my first thought. Not only was he on the court for a while but it's not as though he came from a courtside seat. He ran down a whole bunch of steps in the stands, past the media table and 50 feet across a basketball court before meeting with any resistance. He's lucky the Hawai'i players didn't knock him out cold right where he stood.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

Security was my first thought. Not only was he on the court for a while but it's not as though he came from a courtside seat. He ran down a whole bunch of steps in the stands, past the media table and 50 feet across a basketball court before meeting with any resistance. He's lucky the Hawai'i players didn't knock him out cold right where he stood.

And he went back to his seat. No one grabbed him or asked him to be removed. I cannot think of many places at that level where that would be OK. He might have gotten across the floor, but he would not have gotten off the floor without someone in his face or having him on the floor.

Peace

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

And he went back to his seat. No one grabbed him or asked him to be removed. I cannot think of many places at that level where that would be OK. He might have gotten across the floor, but he would not have gotten off the floor without someone in his face or having him on the floor.

Peace

I went to another school in the Big West and worked quite a few of their basketball games in a marketing capacity. At these "smaller" schools, security seems to be more lax in being proactive and the numbers they have available. I can't recall seeing campus police at many if any of our basketball games and the majority of the event workers were usually other students.

There have been a few incidents lately at these smaller D1 schools that suggests that not only is this standard practice, but it needs to change and quickly.

[Camron Rust]

As far as I can see in the video, there were no fouls. Contact, yes, but not fouls. The defender jumped vertically and only hit the ball with his hands AFAICT.

T earned (even if there should have been a foul).

Fan was taken care of, just not shown in that video. A lot of schools just don't have regular issues with fans and don't really need 100 security personnel around the court. This is probably one of them. Some areas just need the cops/security around because they have regular issues.

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

Security was my first thought. Not only was he on the court for a while but it's not as though he came from a courtside seat. He ran down a whole bunch of steps in the stands, past the media table and 50 feet across a basketball court before meeting with any resistance. He's lucky the Hawai'i players didn't knock him out cold right where he stood.

Just...Wow. It would have served him right if a player leveled him. Hopefully UCSB identified him and dealt with him severely...and Hopefully the NCAA comes down hard on UCSB for poor game management. Amazing how long he was on the court and walked off with no response from security or arena personnel.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

Just...Wow. It would have served him right if a player leveled him. Hopefully UCSB identified him and dealt with him severely...and Hopefully the NCAA comes down hard on UCSB for poor game management. Amazing how long he was on the court and walked off with no response from security or arena personnel.

He was identified and arrested I believe (not sure about the arrest part). I know his is facing judicial issues with his school (he is a student) and he could possibly be suspended or expelled him from school. That was reported this morning.

Peace

If someone could find the post game interview with the coach, it was pretty entertaining.

Security was a joke. The guy who escorted the kid out of the building had almost zero urgency. He let the kid chitchat with two or three different people before he finally got him out.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by AremRed

If someone could find the post game interview with the coach, it was pretty entertaining.

Security was a joke. The guy who escorted the kid out of the building had almost zero urgency. He let the kid chitchat with two or three different people before he finally got him out.

Hawaii Coach After Confrontation With Fan - ESPN Video - ESPN

[scrounge]

So all the guy gets is some elderly usher escorting him out well after the incident?? Where's the cops?

[SE Minnestoa Re]

After this incident, the fan should be in the pokey and have to be calling my son the defense attorney.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by letemplay

Did anyone notice the Hawaii player that intercepts the fan and sort of shoves him away from his coach is NOT in the game at the time and comes off the bench to involve himself in the matter? Nothing escalated, but just think what could have happened..

I have no problem with anything these players did. They had wonderful restraint considering they do not know what this guy might have had or why he was there.

Peace

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by letemplay

Did anyone notice the Hawaii player that intercepts the fan and sort of shoves him away from his coach is NOT in the game at the time and comes off the bench to involve himself in the matter? Nothing escalated, but just think what could have happened..

Not sure what you're saying. Would you eject the player for leaving the bench, like you would if a fight had started between two players on the court? I wouldn't. The player is protecting his coach from somebody that came out of the stands, meaning you don't know what the guy has on him or what his intentions may be.

Perhaps if all this occurred out of bounds and next to the fan, and the fan didn't go onto the court to confront the coach, I could see penalizing the player for pushing the fan. But in this case I'm definitely not penalizing him.

[letemplay]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

Not sure what you're saying. Would you eject the player for leaving the bench, like you would if a fight had started between two players on the court? I wouldn't. The player is protecting his coach from somebody that came out of the stands, meaning you don't know what the guy has on him or what his intentions may be.

Perhaps if all this occurred out of bounds and next to the fan, and the fan didn't go onto the court to confront the coach, I could see penalizing the player for pushing the fan. But in this case I'm definitely not penalizing him.

No, not suggesting (in my view anyway) he be handled like coming off bench in a fighting situation. Just wanted to point it out for discussion. Suppose it was an opposing player, rather than the fan, that approached this coach? Then it may be different?