How was he gonna walk away? he was trapped in that section. Im not saying the kid handled it right but folks are blowing things out of proportion and ignoring facts that are clear on video. The second angle makes it clear he dropped the chair it was not pulled from his hands.the coach's hand looks like it brushes against it but the fact his arms never moved back as they would have if hed had a grip on the chair wanting to swing it. I mean if he's gonna swing a chair and someone grabbed it you would have pulled him back. This ain't a small kid it's clear he just let go of it.He was pushed away and came charging back to fight. He could have just walked away, but decided to be a straight punk. And the coach does hold back the chair from his hands though the video doesn't show it. Don't act like he's the innocent victim here.
I expected classless Kansas fans to try to defend what happened and play he was the victim in all this. Had he just blocked the shot and walked away, none of this would have happened.
Lot of stuff I’d like to respond to in this post but I’ll just go with the bolded otherwise my reply would be TL for me to even proof read. lolHow was he gonna walk away? he was trapped in that section. Im not saying the kid handled it right but folks are blowing things out of proportion and ignoring facts that are clear on video. The second angle makes it clear he dropped the chair it was not pulled from his hands.the coach's hand looks like it brushes against it but the fact his arms never moved back as they would have if hed had a grip on the chair wanting to swing it. I mean if he's gonna swing a chair and someone grabbed it you would have pulled him back. This ain't a small kid it's clear he just let go of it.
I think the suspension he got was fair. I also think the way folks overreact when fights happen are silly. It's a lot of people who have never played sports at a high level against hated rivals. it shouldn't happen but it does all the time and its not a big deal. No one got hurt, suspend the players move on. Stop trying to use it as an excuse to assassinate some kid's character. I don't give a darn what preceded it if I was backed in a corner by that many people I woulda came out swinging a chair also and it would have connected. Then again I would have just let the guy get the garbage basket and wouldn't have stood over him after a hard foul but that's me. It's easy to judge folks a lot different being in their shoes. We have no idea what banter was happening on the floor during the game the talk that went on preceding it and so on. There are rules in place for this they got enforced done
How was he gonna walk away? he was trapped in that section. Im not saying the kid handled it right but folks are blowing things out of proportion and ignoring facts that are clear on video. The second angle makes it clear he dropped the chair it was not pulled from his hands.the coach's hand looks like it brushes against it but the fact his arms never moved back as they would have if hed had a grip on the chair wanting to swing it. I mean if he's gonna swing a chair and someone grabbed it you would have pulled him back. This ain't a small kid it's clear he just let go of it.
I think the suspension he got was fair. I also think the way folks overreact when fights happen are silly. It's a lot of people who have never played sports at a high level against hated rivals. it shouldn't happen but it does all the time and its not a big deal. No one got hurt, suspend the players move on. Stop trying to use it as an excuse to assassinate some kid's character. I don't give a darn what preceded it if I was backed in a corner by that many people I woulda came out swinging a chair also and it would have connected. Then again I would have just let the guy get the garbage basket and wouldn't have stood over him after a hard foul but that's me. It's easy to judge folks a lot different being in their shoes. We have no idea what banter was happening on the floor during the game the talk that went on preceding it and so on. There are rules in place for this they got enforced done
I agree, if not at times much worse with weapons in their hands (bats, hockey sticks) However, they are confined inside an arena not accessible by the fans. This went into the stands where anyone, even a kid, could have been seriously hurt, if not by flying fist, but tromped on by fleeing fans.Fights in hockey and baseball just as bad or worse all the time. Suspend them and move on. No big deal.