Is the punishment worth the crime?
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For sure. No place for that.
And if he's a coach, he's training players how to play. Get it out.
The runner was going towards that sideline while everyone else was backing up, the coach, rather than back up, decided to stand his ground and lower his shoulder. Additionally, the coach looked like he was a little on the field. Poor decision by the coach and I think that a suspension is warranted to deter others from doing this in the future.
Him not backing up, watching the runner coming and then deciding to brace and lower seems pretty evident that he intended on hitting the kid. He certainly made no effort to prevent it.
He was still on the sidelines. Didn’t move much and mode braced himself and covered up. Shouldn’t have been a penalty or suspension. Been best if the coach helped the kid up but otherwise no biggie.
Agree. Not sure that's the best time to go into '****-around-and-find-out' mode.
Yeah but he didn’t actually hit him just didn’t avoid him. It probably deserves some suspension but 2 years seems excessive.
Didn't hit him? He lowered down and put his arms out intentionally to block the kid. It's not like the runner blindsided him standing in the wrong place and wrong time. T'was no accident.
I watched it again, he just covered up like most do when someone hits them. If you watch the runner the coach looks to think what I thought first time I saw the field view, the runner would turn up field and take the yards versus running out of bounds. A basic small cut and the runner has 3-5 more yards before contact. No idea why they beelined it out of bounds.
Maybe I don't follow sports enough anymore, but there's a Mexican football league??
When you are in front of the coach's restraining line (in the white painted area) you are at risk of a sideline infraction warning and penalty. When you contact a player in this area during a live ball it is a personal foul. That area is reserved for partipants in the play (the 22 players on the field and the officials).
The runner was looking at the defender, and probably didn't know the coach was there. The coach had a foot in the field, and didn't avoid contact. It's the same as a blind-side block, only the blocker is someone that is on the coaching staff.
A suspension is necessary, but probably not 2 years. I'd think 3 to 4 games or so.
A suspension is necessary, but probably not 2 years. I'd think 3 to 4 games or so.
If they call him on the field and flag him for that, that’s fine. I was more going on the suspension stuff.
It's a fast-growing sport down there especially at the HS and college levels.
Blind side block is when you hit the other guy when moving from behind or directly from the side, coach wasn’t moving and was in front of him.
To me it looks like he is bracing himself, arms folded in, to dish out a hit. Everyone else is on the sideline is on or behind the box trying to get out of the way. Have no idea why the coach was where he was, maybe trying to get the officials attention. I've been on the chain gang before and constantly had to have the line judge or head linesman tell the players to back up and even having the coaches move out of the way at times. He made no attempt to back up and avoid the player.
If he was actually trying to protect the player from getting hurt or something going out of bounds he should have extended his arms to help slow him down. Instead he gave him a shoulder block.
If he was actually trying to protect the player from getting hurt or something going out of bounds he should have extended his arms to help slow him down. Instead he gave him a shoulder block.
"Shouldn’t have been a penalty or suspension."
Your post I responded to specifically said he shouldn't have been flagged. (Emphasis is mine.)