# Alabama coaches brawl after high school football game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 3, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-coaches-brawl-after-high-school-football-game/667860 "2013-09-03T03:30:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-coaches-brawl-after-high-school-football-game/667860/1 "2013-09-03T03:30:03Z")
Keeping it classy in Alabama. :rolleyes: They couldn’t at least wait and settle it somewhere else? They had to go at it mid field in front of the fans and cops? I wonder if either school’s program will get suspended for the season? My gut tells me something set this fight off and I’d bet it was dirty play. They need to look closely at the game itself. Was their some dirty plays that maybe lead to the coaches fighting? High school ball can get pretty nasty. There was a kid in my high school class that got his knee messed up in a game. A hard hit after the whistle intended to take him out and it did. Permanently. He never played football again. There’s no sense in that at all. > **[VIDEO: Alabama coaches brawl after high school football game](https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/09/02/video-alabama-coaches-brawl-after-high-school-football-game/)** > > Rival coaches landed the biggest hits of the night after an Alabama high school football game. The two bare-knuckle team leaders skipped the post-game speeches for a fistfight at midfield, brawling… > [@](#): > > “Our duty at this point is to document the facts surrounding this incident,” Jasper police Chief Connie Rowe said. “We will be taking statements and reviewing video and photographs that may have captured the incident.” > > The Alabama High School Athletic Association has launched its own investigation. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-coaches-brawl-after-high-school-football-game/667860/2 "2013-09-03T15:04:20Z")
This is High School sports, so we cannot discount the possibility that both coaches are just raging assholes with inadequacy issues that affect their judgment. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-coaches-brawl-after-high-school-football-game/667860/3 "2013-09-03T20:57:28Z")
You’re right. It sounds like the Walker head coach was pissed about losing the game. He’s been suspended and an interim coach appointed. That kid made one heck of a play to score and win the game with only 18 seconds left. It’s a shame the other team’s coach ruined the night for those kids. To their credit, none of the players on either team were involved in the fight. I hope the Walker schools season isn’t over. The state athletic association will decide if the school gets punished. This is the local newspaper. Not sure how long the links will be active. [http://www.mountaineagle.com/view/full\_story/23505831/article-Heath-Brunner-named-Walker-interim-coach](http://www.mountaineagle.com/view/full_story/23505831/article-Heath-Brunner-named-Walker-interim-coach)? [http://www.mountaineagle.com/view/full\_story/23494089/article-Brawl-mars-Walker-Cullman-game?instance=most\_recommended](http://www.mountaineagle.com/view/full_story/23494089/article-Brawl-mars-Walker-Cullman-game?instance=most_recommended) > [@](#): > > Walker offensive coordinator has been named the school’s interim head football coach. He takes over for coach John Holladay, who is on administrative leave. > [@](#): > > The Vikings led 10-0 going into the fourth quarter, but gave up two touchdowns in the final 8:36. > > Cullman quarterback Tyler Glenn scored the game-winning touchdown on a 6-yard run with just 18 seconds remaining. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-coaches-brawl-after-high-school-football-game/667860/4 "2013-09-03T22:20:37Z")
The players shouldn’t be punished for their coach’s anger management issues. He should be made an example of, for those same players’ lessons. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-coaches-brawl-after-high-school-football-game/667860/5 "2013-09-13T20:39:04Z")
I would expect that, somewhere out there, there is a video of the entire game. I’d love to see it and see if we can figure out what set the coach off. I don’t know of any town in the area around here who doesn’t film their games. Even if the town is somewhat backwards, this is 1980s tech we are talking about here. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-coaches-brawl-after-high-school-football-game/667860/6 "2013-09-15T13:05:08Z")
Both coaches in the fight suspended for the season. [http://www.cbs42.com/2013/09/10/former-walker-high-school-football-coach-offers-apology/](http://www.cbs42.com/2013/09/10/former-walker-high-school-football-coach-offers-apology/) > [@](#): > > Holladay released the written apology after the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) handed down their sanctions Thursday. The AHSAA suspended both Holladay and Cullman High’s Matt Hopper for their on field fight for the rest of the season. > > In the apology, Holladay first writes how deeply saddened he is to let his boys down and tells them sportsmanship should come before passion and emotions of the game. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-coaches-brawl-after-high-school-football-game/667860/7 "2013-09-15T15:17:20Z")
They should be barred from future coaching, in my humble opinion. They are grown men who demonstrated, most overtly, an in ability to control themselves. They should be made to understand that there is no place for such in the leadership of young people. That clearly they do not have the required skill set, after such a spectacular fail in a leadership position. But it’s America, and were talking football here. So there will be some wrist slapping and all will be forgiven, I predict.