What is Coach K is scared of?

[1hawkeye1]

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski concerned for player safety after fans storm court following loss to Virginia - ESPN

I've always thought this and am somewhat surprised it hasn't happened yet. Suppose an awful bottom feeder team like, say...................Wisconsin were to beat us at their place next year. Obviously, they would rush the court. Undergrad Meathead, intoxicated by Becky's rare win over Iowa, might say "Hey, Uthoff, suck on this." Then another kid rushing the court gets pushed into the first one, who then stumbles into Uthoff accidentally knocking him to the floor. Now our cheerleaders are incensed at their brutish behavior and begin roundhouse kicking and Chuck Norris'ing their way to help Uthoff.

Bo is cowering under the scorers table like a weasel, while Fran goes into a red-faced rage systematically slamming chairs and badger fans in his attempt to find the weasel-faced one.

ActiveVadger hikes up his skirt and goes into full battle mode; with sissy slaps flying like the rotors of a Piper Cub engine, he wades into the crowd.

Ok, that was fun. Seriously though, I could see something similar to this happening. Even though no one meant any harm, something bad could easily get started by accident.

So my question is........what can be done? Some say nothing. I say, the day is coming when barriers will surround the court like a fence or net. Are we becoming animals? "A person is smart, people are stupid."

 

[sioux34]

How many times in recorded history has a college crowd rushed the court? How many accidents or other incidents have resulted in any injury to any player or fan? I rest my case.

 

[LawVHawk]

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski concerned for player safety after fans storm court following loss to Virginia - ESPN

I've always thought this and am somewhat surprised it hasn't happened yet. Suppose an awful bottom feeder team like, say...................Wisconsin were to beat us at their place next year. Obviously, they would rush the court. Undergrad Meathead, intoxicated by Becky's rare win over Iowa, might say "Hey, Uthoff, suck on this." Then another kid rushing the court gets pushed into the first one, who then stumbles into Uthoff accidentally knocking him to the floor. Now our cheerleaders are incensed at their brutish behavior and begin roundhouse kicking and Chuck Norris'ing their way to help Uthoff.

Bo is cowering under the scorers table like a weasel, while Fran goes into a red-faced rage systematically slamming chairs and badger fans in his attempt to find the weasel-faced one.

ActiveVadger hikes up his skirt and goes into full battle mode; with sissy slaps flying like the rotors of a Piper Cub engine, he wades into the crowd.

Ok, that was fun. Seriously though, I could see something similar to this happening. Even though no one meant any harm, something bad could easily get started by accident.

So my question is........what can be done? Some say nothing. I say, the day is coming when barriers will surround the court like a fence or net. Are we becoming animals? "A person is smart, people are stupid."

A bit hyperbolic. However, storming any athletic field or court does pose a danger to everyone involved -- players, coaches and their staffs, referees, field crews, media, other fans. I have no doubt the day is coming when there is a brawl that escalates into a riot or a death or a serious injury, and then there will the rush to do something about it. Are colleges and universities prepared to hire a much more expanded security presence to keep fans off the football field or off the basketball court? Short of setting up concrete barriers in front of high chain link fences, topped with barbed wire, as you see bordering soccer fields in much of Central and South America, which I would never expect to see here, that may be what's necessary.

In some parts of Europe and the Mideast, soccer matches are played in front of empty stands when governing authorities have barred spectators because of safety concerns and previous crowd problems.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

Laffy lafferson 1hawk. It is happening a lot more now but see Sioux response for answer.

 

[sioux34]

I really think the students that rush the court are trying to get close to their team and celebrate a win, not get at the other team and rub their noses in a loss.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

Coach k was prolly just a little butt hurt. I don't know if he has said this before in response to the dukies storming the court.

 

[Sirhouseman]

^^^^THIS

 

[1hawkeye1]

I really think the students that rush the court are trying to get close to their team and celebrate a win, not get at the other team and rub their noses in a loss.

I agree. Most, perhaps all even, just wanna celebrate and have a fun time. But something, like what happened in Clown-town for instance where a fan (clone knuckle dragger) went after Coach Self is becoming more of a problem.

Civility is on the decline. Clone-bags were tweeting threats to Elijah Johnson after he dropped 39 on ISU. No it hasn't happened.....YET.

 

[tweeterhawk]

Actually, it's more likely the big donors that need to be kept away from the floor.

 

[hawkfan33]

Actually, it's more likely the big donors that need to be kept away from the floor.

LOL I'm so upset I missed this game, between this and the fans throwing **** at the KU players and the racist death threats to KU players, is there a classier fan base out there than ISU?

 

[1hawkeye1]

Actually, it's more likely the big donors that need to be kept away from the floor.

That guy needs tazed.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

Knuckle draggers, I like it

 

[Klondike53226]

Yesterday, I was called an elderly woman just because I felt that the audience at a sporting event should behave with a little decorum and refrain from vulgarity and poor sportsmanship. Everyone else seems to think that it is acceptable, no, desirable, for the crowd to act as boorish and disrespectful to the opponent as possible, because simply cheering for your team is not enough.

Well, this is the result of that. When you not only celebrate a culture that encourages poor sportsmanship and disrespect towards the opponent, but encourage it, then things like the incident at Iowa State happen, and opposing players and coaches feel the need to protect themselves from the spectators.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

Tazing people should be more common. It's laffy

 

[1hawkeye1]

Players should not go into the stands and fans should not go onto the court.

 

[1hawkeye1]

Yesterday, I was called an elderly woman just because I felt that the audience at a sporting event should behave with a little decorum and refrain from vulgarity and poor sportsmanship. Everyone else seems to think that it is acceptable, no, desirable, for the crowd to act as boorish and disrespectful to the opponent as possible, because simply cheering for your team is not enough.

Well, this is the result of that. When you not only celebrate a culture that encourages poor sportsmanship and disrespect towards the opponent, but encourage it, then things like the incident at Iowa State happen, and opposing players and coaches feel the need to protect themselves from the spectators.

How do we know you aren't an elderly woman?

 

[sioux34]

Her actions would fit the profile.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

Agree, until the game ends. I'm undecided on whether it not fans should be rushing the court. Fans have rushed the court and field many many times with only isolated instances. but...with that said, there have been problems and there is potential for other more serious issues. So....undecided.

 

[hawkfan33]

As far as I know the only students dumb enough to get hurt storming the court/field were the idiots at UW-Madison during Alvarez's first Rose Bowl season. I think that's more a reflection of the intelligence of UW students than anything else though.

Celebrating a rare victory over Michigan, Wisconsin - 11.08.93 - SI Vault

 

[LawVHawk]

As far as I know the only students dumb enough to get hurt storming the court/field were the idiots at UW-Madison during Alvarez's first Rose Bowl season. I think that's more a reflection of the intelligence of UW students than anything else though.

Celebrating a rare victory over Michigan, Wisconsin - 11.08.93 - SI Vault

There have been others:

10 Fans Injured After Oklahoma State Beats Oklahoma - Worldnews.com

WSU AD irritated at unruly fan | High School Sports - The News Tribune

Storming Too Big a Risk - Sports - The Hoya

My twin sister rushed the field after the Virginia football team upset Georgia Tech in the Cavaliers’ 2011 homecoming game. She was caught in a crowd, pushed down, trampled and unable to stand up. Crushed under a pile of bodies, she could not breathe. Fortunately, a friend was finally able to extricate her from the heap. Had he not been there, I do not like to think of what might have happened.

Though injured and shaken, my sister was lucky. There have been many others who were not.

In 2004, Joe Kay was a star high-school basketball player from Tucson on the eve of his 18th birthday. After his team won a game against a rival school, fans swarmed Kay, and, in the commotion, his carotid artery was severed, causing a stroke that left him paralyzed on his left side. Kay would never play basketball again.

Then there’s the case of Richard Rose, a student at the University of Minnesota-Morris who died from head trauma he sustained while rushing the football field after his school secured a double overtime homecoming victory in 2005.

Tragedies like these are rare, but even one is one too many.​