PF Ejection

[Suudy]

I watched a crew last night (game after mine) that had a PF ejection. I didn't see what happened, but I saw the U throw a flag and loudly and forcefully tell B70 "You are done. Get off the field and don't come back." The R signaled dead-ball personal foul with an ejection.

After the game, I went over and chatted with them. Turns out that in the pile after the end of the play B70 grabbed and twisted A33's (the runner) junk. R signaled the PF and the ejection then went over and chatted with the coach. Seems the coach wasn't overly concerned (they said he just shrugged and said "Huh. Ok.").

The writeup for the state should be fun!

A few points/questions.

First, this certainly seems an ejectable offence to me. No question. But from a rules standpoint, I guess you call it "flagrant"?

Second, in discussion we found it odd that the coach was so unconcerned. I remember my playing days when a buddy of mine was ejected for a similar offense (punched a guy in the balls while in the pile). My buddy denied it for weeks before admitting that he had done it. But at the time, I think the only people that knew it really happend was the official, my buddy, and the opponent. Yet our coach blasted my friend and he sat for 2 weeks, had a ton of bear crawls, and never really seemed to get on the coach's good side again. That was the kind of response at least I would have expected from a coach.

Finally, the ejected player walked off the field into the locker room and later returned in street clothes. If I remember correctly, ejected players are to remain in the team area. I seem to recall some point of emphasis (10 years ago?) about disqualified players remaining with the team, on the bus, or otherwise supervised. I know we aren't really going to enforce this, but does that ring a bell?

Sigh. Well, I guess more of a rant. While that kind of behavior certainly did occur during my playing days, when discovered it was harshly treated. I hope not all coaches are as nonchalant as last night's coach.