Should Lions Raiola be disiplined for shouting at a fan? (1 Viewer)

[Summer Wheat]

At his press conference today, head coach Jim Schwartz said he has seen the videotape. Raiola has a history of incidents with fans was fined by the team after he flipped off some fans at Ford Field.

About Sunday's incident, Schwartz said, "Yeah, that's under current evaluation and there's potential for team discipline, yes.''

Schwartz said he saw the videotape about an hour before the press conference and talked about his reaction to it.

"Anytime you're a player or a coach or anything else, coming in and out of the stadium is sometimes a difficult thing,'' Schwartz said. "People pay their money for tickets and they can say about whatever they want. You'd be surprised at some of the things that are said to you going in and coming out and on the sideline but that's what fans do. As coaches and players, we need to keep our composure. The best way to do it is to not even acknowledge it.

 

[Iwannabeacowboybaby!]

Detroit guy here and I don't like to see that out of our players, especially after a win. Act like you've been there before ( I know you haven't but try and act like it). I can understand he was probably fired up about the win but why would that be OK in any instance?

Is it OK if you saw a middle school kid doing that? Is it OK if a high school kid did it? What about college?

I'd say no to all of those and I'd say no to a professional athlete from doing it as well.

If I was in the Lions organization, I would deal with it internally. Maybe fine him the appropriate amount since this isn't his first offense and he's been warned by the Lions prior to this.

Opinions may vary but as a Detroit fan, I don't want to see our players doing that. I'm sure he has kids himself and in a world where everything is caught on tape/video, unfortunately that image of him doing that is now on the internet forever and his kids will always be able to see what kind of behavior he's capable of after a big road win.

 

[gsmayes]

Raiola is a clown.

Him and Backus have been the anchors of a terrible oline for the last decade.