Morehead State coach shoves player in the back during game. Did he go too far?

What you guys think? Should the coach have punished the player differently?

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Yes. If that was my kid, me and that coach would have some problems lol. But here's what YAHOO said about it. The Coach may face some punishment himself.

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Even though Morehead State led Kentucky deep into the second half Wednesday night, first-year Eagles coach Sean Woods clearly wasn't pleased his team let the chance for a titanic upset slip away in the closing minutes.
Woods took out his frustration on senior point guard Devon Atkinson late in an 81-70 loss in an exchange that left Atkinson fighting back tears and rendered the Fox Sports South announcers calling the game silent.
When Atkinson committed a reach-in foul and fouled out of the game with 5:51 remaining and Morehead State trailing 69-61, Woods walked onto the court to scream at his point guard and then shoved him in the back toward his seat on the bench. Woods then got nose-to-nose with Atkinson until an assistant coach got between them, but that separation didn't last long because the Morehead State coach again got in the senior's face once he took a seat on the bench.
Anyone who played a competitive sport growing up knows coaches will often resort to tough love when motivating their teams, yet that didn't make the sight of a disconsolate Atkinson on the bench any less cringeworthy for TV viewers. Plus, it's definitely not wise of Woods to get physical with a player, even if the shove in the back wasn't especially egregious.
Asked about the incident after Wednesday's game, Woods told the Lexington Herald Leader he was merely trying to urge Atkinson to "calm down and figure out a way to cheer your teammates on."
Of course, there's irony in that since Woods may want to take his own advice.
If Woods eventually apologizes for the incident, it will mark the second time in a week the former Kentucky star has publicly said he's sorry. The past two days, Woods has backpedaled after criticizing Kentucky's current players for not having an appropriate knowledge of the history of the program and for possessing "a sense of entitlement."

Morehead State coach Sean Woods goes off on player, leaving him near tears | The Dagger - Yahoo! Sports

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The kid was acting a little too sensitive. I think the coach said his point and should have let it rest. But to keep going in his face like that. It seems as if he was trying to embarrass him.

But acting like you were going to punch your coach? Get it together. Keeping it real goes wrong.

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That coach is a bully.

What a jerk, Cal does not punch his team and look at his record. Take notes get rid of this horrible man.

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Couldn't have been my kid, but then again I'm overprotective . Discipline him by running him to death or something at practice, getting in his face and yelling is even cool but the only ones who can put his hands on my offspring is me and mine

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Can someone make me a gif from 1:06-1:16?

Damn, is everyone a puss.y now? First the NFL goes soft now they're crying over some gay as shove?! Fog. My coach use to throw basketballs at our f-ing heads in practice. It seemed to work as it got one our players to the NBA (Kenyon Martin.) Stop pussifying everything.

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Note that the key word in this sentence is one player. If this kind of coaching really works, why didn't more than one make it to the pros?

As someone said earlier, you don't see Coach K, Cal, Pitno or other doing this and they are still very successful. Well at least they don't do it in public view

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They would freak if they saw our Sir Alex Ferguson dealing with Man U when he's angry.



He threw boots at David Beckham and everything

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There's only like 300 jobs in the NBA so that's pretty good I say. And it got 4 of us scholarships and me a degree. Is that good enough for you? And coach K gets ready made blue chippers. He's hardly "coaching." Like the guy from Morehead St. actually is.

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Fire this dude.

And this was on national tv... imagine the crap he probably does behind closed doors

Well the coach should have known he can't do that stuff these days. He was coaching a game on national level against Kentucky. He should have known that EVERYBODY was going to see that clip. He put himself in that situation. I'm cool with disciplining players, but he chose to go off at the wrong time. Keep that stuff behind close doors in practice. Game time is not the place to do it.

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