Vol Coach Derek Dooley going "Jim Leavitt" on player

[drfrankfree]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjvODj6O3dM&feature=related]YouTube - Louisiana Tech Football Coach Slaps His Own Player[/ame]


Wow...and Mike Leach was a bad hire?

 

[AngryEwok]

Hard to pass judgement without hearing the huddle.

 

[OreBama]

I've seen coaches do that a million times before at just about every level. If you think that's bad, you represent the softest of Americans.

 

[Im_on_dsp]

YouTube - Louisiana Tech Football Coach Slaps His Own Player


Wow...and Mike Leach was a bad hire?

I'm sure that hurt real bad through that helmet!

 

[im4datide]

He slapped his helmet...I just don't think this is that bad compared to other situations

 

[u2bama]

#62 either should have been paying attention or Dooley was firing him up.... If a coach can't slap the side of a kids helmet let's just go ahead and ban football

 

[NYBamaFan]

Helmet slap = attention getter in football...

 

[lafella]

Who hasn't had their helmet almost knocked off in football. All I saw in that video was football nothing out of the ordinary. I had a coach who perfected the fask mask I swear he could grab ya 5 yards away.

What Leavitt supposedly did was strike a player in the face no helmet in the locker room. There's a whole world of difference there.

 

[Bad Pony]

People who get upset at this are the same ones who put their kids in time out and don't spank them when needed....

 

[MalletMan]

Oh, please.

Helmet slapping by a coach is pretty much harmless, especially with those 20 pound college helmets they're wearing. He was trying to get him to focus or (more than likely, I suspect) get him fired up.

 

[37bamagrl]

Seriously?

 

[BigAl5833]

We are turning into a bunch of wusses if we have problems with coaches doing something like this.

 

[AngryEwok]

P.S. I hear Coach Bryant had a pretty good face mask.

 

[Bamafan P.T.]

This thread is further proof of the pudification of America.

 

[RedStar]

I've seen coaches do that a million times before at just about every level. If you think that's bad, you represent the softest of Americans.

Nailed it.

 

[RedStar]

Also, someone needs to make a .jpeg for use on 1-star threads. Something about failure.

 

[crimson_blood]

 

[Bamadonk]

I imagine that slap hurt the coach's hand a lot more that it did the player's head. Might have hurt the player's feelings though. Better fire him.

 

[CDsdad]

This thread is further proof of the pudification of America.

I'm not sure what pudification means. But if it means going soft, being a wuss, and hugging trees and such, I too concur.

 

[derek4tide]

Actually, Coach Leavitt head-butted the player....while the player was still wearing his helmet!