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[Coach34]

Striking a coach? His ass is gone!

he didnt strike a coach- he was restrained before it happened

[Apoplectic]

he didnt strike a coach- he was restrained before it happened

Is there a difference?

[Coach34]

Is there a difference?

Well, let me punch in you the face...then let a couple of people grab me right before I punch you in the face and we'll let you decide if there is a difference

[Todd4State]

Here's the thing- unless you're on the sideline there are a lot of asumptions being made about this guy and this incident.

Was he definitely going after the Bama coach or was he yelling at the Georgia players? Because to me it honestly looked like he was about to go after the Georgia players than it was going after a coach.

This guy was a special teams player so I'm pretty sure there isn't a lot of incentive for Saban to keep him around if he did go after a coach- but that's not how I saw it.

[Jack Lambert]

he didnt strike a coach- he was restrained before it happened

I just watched it and I think he did hit the coach on the chest. Now he was being pulled back and it wasn't a clean hit. However I think just the act warrants him being removed from the team. Do that out on the street and your ass goes to jail but since he plays football for Saban he would get a get out of jail free card and makes the next kick off tackle.

By the way what was he so pissed off about? Looked like some words passed. He must be a hot head.

[Todd4State]

Well, let me punch in you the face...then let a couple of people grab me right before I punch you in the face and we'll let you decide if there is a difference

LOL!

[Todd4State]

I just watched it and I think he did hit the coach on the chest. Now he was being pulled back and it wasn't a clean hit. However I think just the act warrants him being removed from the team. Do that in public and your ass goes to jail.

Athletes do a lot of stuff during a game that you can't do in public without getting arrested. Like throw a baseball at someone. Or hockey fights.

A guy for Georgia got in his head and he lost his cool. Big deal.

[Commercecomet24]

I just watched it and I think he did hit the coach on the chest. Now he was being pulled back and it wasn't a clean hit. However I think just the act warrants him being removed from the team. Do that out on the street and your ass goes to jail but since he plays football for Saban he would get a get out of jail free card and makes the next kick off tackle.

By the way what was he so pissed off about? Looked like some words passed. He must be a hot head.

Yeah he definitely made contact with the coach. It wasn?t hard but he did put a hand on the coach. I think he?s fortunate the player between him and the coach grabbed him before he made hard contact with the coach.

[Jack Lambert]

Athletes do a lot of stuff during a game that you can't do in public without getting arrested. Like throw a baseball at someone. Or hockey fights.

A guy for Georgia got in his head and he lost his cool. Big deal.

It doesn't make it right.

[MaroonFlounder]

Yeah he definitely made contact with the coach. It wasn?t hard but he did put a hand on the coach. I think he?s fortunate the player between him and the coach grabbed him before he made hard contact with the coach.

You know who that player is that intervened?

Keith Holcombe, who was once committed to MSU, but was a Bama legacy. His dad played at Bama. He probably used the offer from us to get a Bama offer. Middle backer that mostly plays special teams at Bama.

[Commercecomet24]

You know who that player is that intervened?

Keith Holcombe, who was once committed to MSU, but was a Bama legacy. His dad played at Bama. He probably used the offer from us to get a Bama offer. Middle backer that mostly plays special teams at Bama.

Pretty good baseball player too.

[Dawg61]

Well, let me punch in you the face...then let a couple of people grab me right before I punch you in the face and we'll let you decide if there is a difference

[Apoplectic]

Well, let me punch in you the face...then let a couple of people grab me right before I punch you in the face and we'll let you decide if there is a difference

Really so shooting and missing elicits a different response than shooting and hitting?

[Roy Munson]

Yeah, one gets you life and one gets you a couple years.

[Apoplectic]

Yeah, one gets you life and one gets you a couple years.

Not on my team. You take a swing at one of my guys your ass is done I don?t care how many stars you have.

[FISHDAWG]

Good, it was a stupid drill. Purposely setting someone up to be injured is terrible.

and I know of two guys that were permanently injured because of this - one was my best man and the other was my best friend, although he only lost his front tooth and remained on the team ... my best man had his neck cracked and had to quit football

[GoDawgz]

Are you a Taylorsville Tartar????

No sir, Mendenhall Tiger!

[lawdawg]

and I know of two guys that were permanently injured because of this - one was my best man and the other was my best friend, although he only lost his front tooth and remained on the team ... my best man had his neck cracked and had to quit football

I had a junior high football coach that kept a red handkerchief in his back pocket during practice. If he dropped it, every player had to hit someone, and everyone on the practice field was fair game to be hit, regardless of whether they were paying attention. He would drop it without saying a word.

I made sure to always watch the coach. Some kids did not...

[drunkernhelldawg]

I'll give guys a little bit of a benefit of the doubt when it comes to crazy emotions in games. The head slap was something that happens all the time. The guy was too keyed up - but we don't know what triggered the emotion on the sideline. The coach could have easily called him a dumb MF'er and an already keyed up kid let the emotions get the better of him. Shit happens - and it happens in all programs. I'm one of the more docile people you will ever meet, but people who saw me on the baseball field know I can be a very different person in game and be an over aggressive, in your face ass on the diamond. If you were a middle infielder, you better hope you didn't piss me off because I would come at you spikes flying on a play at 2B.

That's a good point. We fans forget that the players have humanity in addition to their skills. They get blasted every time they are other than perfect. Sure he should have cut left. With one extra eye, he would have seen that too . . .

[FISHDAWG]

I had a junior high football coach that kept a red handkerchief in his back pocket during practice. If he dropped it, every player had to hit someone, and everyone on the practice field was fair game to be hit, regardless of whether they were paying attention. He would drop it without saying a word.

I made sure to always watch the coach. Some kids did not...

yep ... old school could be a bitch. We had a group of guys called "Stingers" - they were 2nd and 3rd team guys but if you messed up they all jumped on you at the same time punching and kicking ... a lawyers dream but we just thought that was the way football was