Basketball Player Pushed By Coach Does Not Accept Apology on National TV?! (Blog, Video)

At a time when the rules governing how coaches discipline their players have become more strict than ever, the coach of a Division II school...

At a time when the rules governing how coaches discipline their players have become more strict than ever, the coach of a Division II school in Philadelphia doesn't appear to have received the message.

Holy Family University's John O'Connor, a former assistant coach at Georgia Tech, has been suspended after a player filed a police report alleging that he had been assaulted during practice last month:


The above video shows footage of O'Connor knocking sophomore Matt Kravchuk to the ground during a rebounding drill with a forearm shiver to the chest. O'Connor then kicks Kravchuk as he lay on the ground and screams at him to "get up."

When a dazed and bleeding Kravchuk walks toward the end of the line, O'Connor berates him again, yelling "Got a little blood on ya? Good." Finally O'Connor ends the incident moments later by kicking Kravchuk out of practice.

Do you agree with the coach? Would you accept his apology?