The coach was apparently reacting to the official's decision to penalize one of his players for unsportsmanlike conduct. Last December, two football officials in Alabama were attacked by a mob of fans after a high-school playoff game. We all seem to have less tolerance and less patience. I see behaviors, not just assaults, that aren't being taken care of by coaches. It all seems so much more volatile today than it used to.
People are so ready to go off on each other.
You see players going down the court, and they just bump into each other accidentally, and you see this look in their eyes. We really have to get a grip on ourselves. I'm just astonished to see people yelling at each other over nothing. We've lost our ability to take a bad call, if you will, and get over it. NASO's public relations manager, Bob Still, agreed.