Coaches Behaving Badly

[QBME]

From a few years ago...

IIRC, the coach was fined $25K, suspended and resigned.

[Pugger]

Mike Tomlin is on the NFL Competition Committee and that fact taken in light of his 'whatever' gaffe last Thursday in Baltimore Vs the Ravens spells 'making an example' of his act and a heavy fine.

The NFL should also fine the Pittsburg Steelers. If that's the case I wouldn't expect any more admonishment ie a loss of draft picks would be justified.

That would be excessive penalty or overkill IMO.

Tomlin should be removed from the NFL Competition Committee after that little stunt IMO.

[pbmax]

Ha, found it. Back in 2004 versus Colts.

[Patler]

IIRC, the coach was fined $45K, then fired.

I found that extremely interesting at the time. It was clearly an organized, planned event. On the other hand, what did they do that was actually wrong? The stayed behind the white line. They established positions and just stayed in them. They did not move toward the player or take action to interfere. Unless there is a duty for sideline people to actively get out of the way, I'm not sure what was wrong.

[QBME]

I found that extremely interesting at the time. It was clearly an organized, planned event. On the other hand, what did they do that was actually wrong? The stayed behind the white line. They established positions and just stayed in them. They did not move toward the player or take action to interfere. Unless there is a duty for sideline people to actively get out of the way, I'm not sure what was wrong.

The coach(Sal Alosi) admitted that he intentionally tripped the player, as well as instructing a group of inactive players to form a wall to impede the players progress.

[woodbuck27]

IIRC, the coach was fined $25K, suspended and resigned.

When I select :

Reply With Quote Your post QBME... I don't read:

IIRC, the coach was fined $45K, then fired

I read ... well ... see above.

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[pbmax]

The coach(Sal Alosi) admitted that he intentionally tripped the player, as well as instructing a group of inactive players to form a wall to impede the players progress.

Yes, as I recall, haven't watched the replay again, he stuck out his knee like he was warming up his quad.

[channtheman]

When I select :

Reply With Quote Your post QBME... I don't read:

IIRC, the coach was fined $45K, then fired

I read ... well ... see above.

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Same here Woodbuck, I don't see the 45k thing...

[QBME]

Same here Woodbuck, I don't see the 45k thing...

I went back and edited the post to correct the fine amount and separation facts.

[Patler]

The coach(Sal Alosi) admitted that he intentionally tripped the player, as well as instructing a group of inactive players to form a wall to impede the players progress.

What is wrong with having your players stand in organized fashion? So long as they are in the area designated for them to be in, what rule prevents them from doing that? Are they obligated to get out of the way? The wall thing never seemed like a big deal to me, especially when it came out that a lot of teams do it, but with fewer guys. One coach said there always seems to be a bunch of O-linemen and D-linemen right where the gunner is forced out of bounds.

[Cheesehead Craig]

What is wrong with having your players stand in organized fashion? So long as they are in the area designated for them to be in, what rule prevents them from doing that? Are they obligated to get out of the way? The wall thing never seemed like a big deal to me, especially when it came out that a lot of teams do it, but with fewer guys. One coach said there always seems to be a bunch of O-linemen and D-linemen right where the gunner is forced out of bounds.

I agree with you on this. If they aren't inside that white line by the field, what's the problem?

Also agree on Tomlin. He did it intentionally, hope he gets fined big time.

[QBME]

What is wrong with having your players stand in organized fashion? So long as they are in the area designated for them to be in, what rule prevents them from doing that? Are they obligated to get out of the way? The wall thing never seemed like a big deal to me, especially when it came out that a lot of teams do it, but with fewer guys. One coach said there always seems to be a bunch of O-linemen and D-linemen right where the gunner is forced out of bounds.

I don't know if it's acceptable or not. All I know is he got fined $25K, lost his job, and the NFL fined the Jets $100K. Evidently somebody decided something was objectionable in that behavior.

[channtheman]

^^ I think the problem was, as someone mentioned, that Sal Alosi admitted he tripped the guy.

But I too agree, why is it wrong to stand on the sideline in the designated area? The real question I have is why hasn't the NFL done something about gunners being forced out of bounds on every punt return. This wouldn't be an issue if they made it a penalty to intentionally push players out of bounds such that it happens on every punt return.

[Patler]

I don't know if it's acceptable or not. All I know is he got fined $25K, lost his job, and the NFL fined the Jets $100K. Evidently somebody decided something was objectionable in that behavior.

Ya, I realize that. But we all should realize also by now that the NFL doesn't always act with complete detachment, logic and impartiality. For that reason, I found a lot of the commentary about that situation quite interesting at the time, and not the most well-reasoned. Feel the same still today.

[Patler]

^^ I think the problem was, as someone mentioned, that Sal Alosi admitted he tripped the guy.

But I too agree, why is it wrong to stand on the sideline in the designated area? The real question I have is why hasn't the NFL done something about gunners being forced out of bounds on every punt return. This wouldn't be an issue if they made it a penalty to intentionally push players out of bounds such that it happens on every punt return.

Agreed, the intentional act to trip should carry repercussions.