Texas A&M coach Hits #WVU Players...TWICE

[Bad Gopher]

I haven't seen anything like that since we used to watch the Three Stooges every day after class in college.

 

[TexasAggie11]

It appears that Worley (the WVU player who got shoved) knew a thing or two about doing some shoving of his own:

Worley had been accused of grabbing a woman by the throat and shoving her to the ground during an altercation in a night club on Sept. 14. A warrant was issued three days later and he turned himself in.

http://m.espn.go.com/ncf/story?storyId=11666526&src=desktop

 

[50PoundHead]

Ha! Woody would have ripped the kid for not knowing how to throw a proper punch and then would have told him to get it right in the second half.

It could have been worse. If this had been a Hoke coached Michigan team, Hoke would have kept him in the game (well, on the sidelines) until he couldn't give any more hits.

Woody would have clobbered him with the down marker.

 

[bigticket1]

It appears that Worley (the WVU player who got shoved) knew a thing or two about doing some shoving of his own:

Worley had been accused of grabbing a woman by the throat and shoving her to the ground during an altercation in a night club on Sept. 14. A warrant was issued three days later and he turned himself in.

http://m.espn.go.com/ncf/story?storyId=11666526&src=desktop

And exactly what does that have to do with this situation ?

 

[GophersInIowa]

Ha! Woody would have ripped the kid for not knowing how to throw a proper punch and then would have told him to get it right in the second half.

It could have been worse. If this had been a Hoke coached Michigan team, Hoke would have kept him in the game (well, on the sidelines) until he couldn't give any more hits.

I'm pretty sure Hoke would have made him suit up and play MLB for the rest of the game.

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

Sumlin dismissed the guy from the program today. Realistically, I think this is a textbook example of how to respond to an embarrassing alleged (and proven) case of potential misconduct. Sumlin took immediate but temporary/reversible action without committing to anything long term when he was first notified (told him not to come back on the field for the second half, but did not immediately announce his termination). Then, took time to review the available evidence (which, in this case, was fairly conclusive) and make an appropriate but reasoned decision while not be distracted or overwhelmed by the heat of the moment and the initial public pressure. I think a lot of over-reactors in high visibility positions could learn a lot from this. No need to choose the moment you are first informed of a potential situation to choose between announcing that you are "100% behind your guy" or are "immediately terminating him".