[baseball1974]

I do not believe the Breathitt coach instructed his player to jerk the helment off a LC player and start beating him with it to throw him off his game. And any player who violated team rules will be held responsible even if it means LC has to play all JV players the rest of the year. Coach absolutely will not tolerate and would never encourage any type of unsportsman like conduct even if he was playing for the championship of the universe. regardless of KHSAA sanctions coach will fairly and quickly deal with those that broke the rules. There have already been lineup changes as of yesterday.

I doubt he'd have been that specific and he probably didn't except anyone to take it that far. When I was coaching we knew this with every opponent and you exploit it. Not to a point of fighting but throwing inside in baseball or a couple of hard double team blocks on a defensive end that can't hold his emotions is normal. It takes them out of their element and that's all they think about. Coaches also have to know their players are mature enough to walk away if they retaliate.