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Bruce Arians Slaps Andrew Adams' Helmet - Thoughts? (1 Viewer)

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Adams was dragging an Eagles player off of a pile (which is a penalty), so Arians is trying to get his attention and tell him “Stop doing that!”.  No big deal.

 
Jimmy Lake was fired for it but he was an awful coach and the school needed a cause to fire him.  

Arians won a Superbowl and gets a pass because he wins and Adams isn't a kid.

 
Joe Bryant said:
With his hand. This created lots of “A coach can never hit a player” talk. 
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Seriously?  Wow....

Were they ok with the player being dumb and trying to rip am eagles player off a pile?

This wasn't some HS kid

 
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Joe Bryant said:
A lot of people on social media were upset. So I asked here.   :shrug:   
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Lemme guess:  anyone outraged must be part of the woke crowd.  

The only reason this would be a problem is if Arians hit an opposing player's helmet.  NOTHING BURGER

 
adams is african american so i would assume arians is a racist and needs to be cancelled.  i mean, this is america we’re talking about?

 
I don't think it's a big deal.  Seems like something a father would do to his kid when he thinks his kid should know better.  However, if the PLAYER has an issue with it he can take it up with the coach.  In private.  I have no knowledge of their specific relationship.  Every relationship is different and what may be fine to me may not be between them, but that's not for me to say.  It's unfortunate so many people in this world spend so much time judging other people and situations where they don't know the details or the dynamics of the relationship between the people involved in the incident.

 
Joe Bryant said:
A lot of people on social media were upset. So I asked here.   :shrug:   
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Teammates hit each other, sometimes helmet to helmet, a heck of a lot harder than that firing each other up.  

For anybody truly upset, maybe football isn't the sport for them.  Shoot, any contact sport isn't for them.

 
This was in a football game and the player was a grown man right?  If the player didn't like it he an tell Arians about it.  100% chance the player feels bad for any heat Arians is getting for it. 

 
What I thought when I saw it being replayed (no volume on) was oh, this could blow up.

It's nothing, but that doesn't mean it won't end up being something.

It helps they won, for him anyway.

 
I agree that it is probably not a big deal. But imagine if Urban Meyer did that to one of his players.  Would the sentiment be the same?  

What if the player pushed Arians back or swatted his hand away?  Would that warrant any type of discussion other than "this is a non-story"?  Rhetorical questions.  

 
Joe Bryant said:
:confused:  

I saw how other parts of social media reacted and asked how people saw it here to see how this forum compared. Is that a problem for you?
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I have no problem with the question and thread - seems like reasonable question because that’s not great behavior and as you go down in the age of players wouldn’t be acceptable.  Anyway, the point of my post is social media is crap and we shouldn’t judge an action on how some folks on SM react to it.  

 
Jayrok said:
I agree that it is probably not a big deal. But imagine if Urban Meyer did that to one of his players.  Would the sentiment be the same?  

What if the player pushed Arians back or swatted his hand away?  Would that warrant any type of discussion other than "this is a non-story"?  Rhetorical questions.  
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I think the first level where I would say - “you can’t do that” is probably middle school.  I wouldn’t even get too worked up if a HS coach did it unless it was a regular thing 

 
AAABatteries said:
I have no problem with the question and thread - seems like reasonable question because that’s not great behavior and as you go down in the age of players wouldn’t be acceptable.  Anyway, the point of my post is social media is crap and we shouldn’t judge an action on how some folks on SM react to it.  
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I don't think social media is crap. But there's a lot of crap on social media ;)

I think mostly I am super interested in our communities. 

Part of trying to run a business and serve customers is trying to understand what they think and how they see things. 

So when I see something happening on a huge platform like Twitter, I often wonder how our tiny little group here sees it. And here, I can do a poll so easily and get good discussion. That's why I do these.  

 
Not much of an issue for me, but the optics of that could easily lead people to question it.  If he is just trying to get Adams' attention and keep him from doing something stupid, he could probably whack his shoulder pads just as easily.  I doubt that would have drawn as much criticism.

 
Joe Bryant said:
I don't think social media is crap. But there's a lot of crap on social media ;)

I think mostly I am super interested in our communities. 

Part of trying to run a business and serve customers is trying to understand what they think and how they see things. 

So when I see something happening on a huge platform like Twitter, I often wonder how our tiny little group here sees it. And here, I can do a poll so easily and get good discussion. That's why I do these.  
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Off topic, but is this your only business now?  You don't have the boats any longer?

 
Joe Bryant said:
I don't think social media is crap. But there's a lot of crap on social media ;)

I think mostly I am super interested in our communities. 

Part of trying to run a business and serve customers is trying to understand what they think and how they see things. 

So when I see something happening on a huge platform like Twitter, I often wonder how our tiny little group here sees it. And here, I can do a poll so easily and get good discussion. That's why I do these.  
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out of curiosity, Joe, what is your take?

 
Almost went with the are you kidding me answer.  However, in todays environment, I went with no big deal. But for me personally, it’s nothing. 
 

it is exceptionally dumb of him. It’s not a good look. 🤷‍♂️

 
seahawk 17 said:
This is a horrible take, and I am a Oregon homer.
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Sigh.....from Sporting News:

Why did Washington fire Jimmy Lake?

Cohen did not say so specifically, but hinted that altercations between Lake and players contributed to the firing. The first incident the public was made aware of happened on Nov. 6. It took place in the first quarter of Washington's 26-16 loss to Oregon: Freshman linebacker Ruperake Fuavai was seen jawing with an Oregon player, prompting Lake to slap his player in the side of the helmet before shoving him in the back.

So......

 
eoMMan said:
It's actually kinda funny how the old fella stumbles and doesn't even hit him well. 
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He has a partially-torn Achilles.  He should be in a walking boot if he isn't already.

I voted "not good but relax".  Sure, players hit each other on the helmet all the time, but that's player vs. player.  The coach is in a position of power and should refrain from doing stuff like that, regardless if the player is doing something dumb.

 
General Malaise said:
Sigh.....from Sporting News:

Why did Washington fire Jimmy Lake?

Cohen did not say so specifically, but hinted that altercations between Lake and players contributed to the firing. The first incident the public was made aware of happened on Nov. 6. It took place in the first quarter of Washington's 26-16 loss to Oregon: Freshman linebacker Ruperake Fuavai was seen jawing with an Oregon player, prompting Lake to slap his player in the side of the helmet before shoving him in the back.

So......
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https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1460003472879853568?s=20

Washington fires coach Jimmy Lake after only 13 games. “He had to go,” source told

@ActionNetworkHQ

. “The recruiting was worst it’s ever been. We were fearing we’d revert back to the (Ty) Willingham days. He had very few allies here"

Lake was fired for being a crappy coach and recruiter. Yes he shoved a player, but that's not why he was terminated.

 
seahawk 17 said:
https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1460003472879853568?s=20

Washington fires coach Jimmy Lake after only 13 games. “He had to go,” source told

@ActionNetworkHQ

. “The recruiting was worst it’s ever been. We were fearing we’d revert back to the (Ty) Willingham days. He had very few allies here"

Lake was fired for being a crappy coach and recruiter. Yes he shoved a player, but that's not why he was terminated.
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It was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.  You're being obtuse on purpose. 

 
I have a story about getting slapped in the head with a football helmet on in college. And the coach wasn't stopping me from doing anything wrong. He was celebrating, but it was a fake celebration. The guy hated me. He was trying to ring my bell. Grabbed my facemask and slapped as hard as he could upside the head. 

#### that dude. They all got fired at the end of my freshman year, so I just laughed at their pathetic asses. 

I still voted for the Not good, but relax category. 

 
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Just because someone is wearing a helmet doesn't give you the right to physically take out your frustrations on them.  

 
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