On Sunday afternoon, US time, after the University of Michigan Wolverine Wolverine lost 63-77 to the Wisconsin Badgers, the two coaches set off a huge storm in the industry. The impulsive behavior of the head coach triggered a large-scale brawl, which is a very rare thing in the entire basketball field.
That was the case, with the whistle at the end of the game blowing, Michigan losing the game, and then the two sides moved into a handshake. The camera shows the University of Wisconsin head coach Greg Gadd shaking hands with his opponents one by one, but when it was michigan's turn to coach Juwan Howard, the other party refused to shake hands and looked angry.
Seeing that his opponent was still angry, Gard gently pulled Howard's elbow to explain to him what had just happened on the field. But Howard ignored it and instead yelled out loud at Gardera, "Don't touch me!" ”
Verbal altercations ensued, during which Howard grabbed Gard's shirt collar and the Assistant Coaches at the University of Wisconsin came up to dissuade him. The two teams of men and horses had already been ignited with anger at this time, and they were ready to attack.
In the midst of the chaos, Howard grabbed the head of assistant coach Joe Crabben Hooter. At this point, the players also began to join the melee. For a time, all the players on the field were fighting, the security personnel were too late to pull the fight, and a large-scale conflict broke out again in the NCAA arena.
After the game, when asked about the reasons for the conflict, media fans finally found the results from the matches and interview videos. It turned out that with about 15 seconds left in the game, the University of Wisconsin was leading 76-61 and the game had entered garbage time. But coach Gard called a timeout, violating the rules that everyone usually implicitly approves.
Gard, on the other hand, thinks he is bitter about calling a timeout. He said after the game, "We only had 4 seconds left to let the ball through the front court (to avoid 10 seconds of foul play) and I didn't want to put my bench players in a state of confusion, so called a timeout. ”
During the handshake session, Gard saw the other party's dissatisfaction and wanted to explain it to Howard. But he pulled the other person's elbow, which caused even greater dissatisfaction. Perhaps Gard did not do a very good job in explaining the process and method, but overall, Howard, as the coach of the University of Michigan, did not control his emotions and took the initiative to physically clash with his opponents, which was an extremely serious mistake.
It is worth mentioning that Juwan Howard was not an ordinary player in the player era, he was once selected as an All-Star and won a championship with the Heat. In the summer of 1996, Howard signed a seven-year, $105 million contract with wizards, the first billion dollar contract in history. As a coach, Howard's impulsive behavior may lead to him being banned and punished, and may even lead to a crisis of dismissal.