[Hoot Gibson]

Like I said, 24 documented incidents have occurred in the state where I'm sure there were coaches in the line....

As a 14-year old, I was a member of an all-star baseball team playing in a state tournament game that became involved in a wild post-game brawl. The instigators were the two teams' coaches, with one of our coaches allegedly responding to "fighting words" uttered by one of the other team's coaches. Four coaches hit the ground rolling and wrestling over a bat and the players from both teams rushed onto the field and started throwing punches. A large contingent of state police officers attended our team's next game in the tournament.

Sometimes coaches are more to blame than players for post game incidents, and coaches should be held responsible for player misconduct and their own misconduct after games. If they have no control over their own players, then they have no business coaching them. If my parents had realized the behavior that our coaches condoned and modeled, my baseball career might have ended with that road trip. :biggrin: