Blake at Churchill basketball game

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t this the first game with spectators since Winter Break?

I love how the principal’s email give staff and administrators a pat on the back. Really? The video shows Churchill staff in blue running from the brawl, not stopping it or keeping anyone safe. Typical MCPS email - major sh$t show on our watch but we did a fantastic job!

If you watch the video, the Churchill coaching staff actually did an excellent job keeping their players and bench off the court. It was commendable. The Blake coach didn’t do anything to keep his players out of it and he himself seemed nearly ready to jump in. The way he was moving around.

I watched the video. One of the staff members initially running into the mix was the AD. Then he ran out while fists were still flying. The staff I was talking about had on the blue shirts like the AD. Definitely not on a bench.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Another view shows Churchill player throw first punch.

Thank you!!!

[Anonymous]

At first watch I thought a coach had assaulted a parent but you can clearly see that parent out his hands on and try to....?? Bear hug and throw?? Not sure??.. but the parent clearly put his hands on the coach and probably had his hands on students before that. The parent reallllllly should have stayed out if it. I'm guessing his kid was one of the ones involved

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it really clear that the Churchill kid threw the first punch? The dark uniforms (Blake?) looked like they were the aggressors, if only from that short clip?

From aerial view: video starts with Blake player (black jersey) on ground. Gets up and pushes Churchill player (white jersey) out of bounds. Churchill player chases Blake player down court and cold cocks him in side of head. Players tumble into stands. Then you can see a parent (I'm assuming Churchill parent based on what happens next) comes barreling down the stands (you can see him sitting in top row on left hand side - he jumps up and runs down steps onto court - has red mask and jacket on). At same time, what appears to be Blake coach runs across court and gets in melee. Churchill parent ends up pulling Blake coach out of the melee and as they approach center court tangled up together, Blake player (orange shoes) out of nowhere sucker punches Churchill parent who falls at center court as crowd goes "whoaaa!!"....

Pretty nice high school game environment MCPS has these days....

I blame Blake’s terrible AD. Coach and players are a reflection of his poor leadership.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it really clear that the Churchill kid threw the first punch? The dark uniforms (Blake?) looked like they were the aggressors, if only from that short clip?

From aerial view: video starts with Blake player (black jersey) on ground. Gets up and pushes Churchill player (white jersey) out of bounds. Churchill player chases Blake player down court and cold cocks him in side of head. Players tumble into stands. Then you can see a parent (I'm assuming Churchill parent based on what happens next) comes barreling down the stands (you can see him sitting in top row on left hand side - he jumps up and runs down steps onto court - has red mask and jacket on). At same time, what appears to be Blake coach runs across court and gets in melee. Churchill parent ends up pulling Blake coach out of the melee and as they approach center court tangled up together, Blake player (orange shoes) out of nowhere sucker punches Churchill parent who falls at center court as crowd goes "whoaaa!!"....

Pretty nice high school game environment MCPS has these days....

I blame Blake’s terrible AD. Coach and players are a reflection of his poor leadership.

They all were bad. Churchill player threw the first punch. Blake side fought back. Parents who got involved - unreal. Player injured on the ground at the end of one clip. Everyone lost their freaking minds and no one could reign it in.

Were there any fights when spectators weren’t allowed? I don’t think so.

Restorative Justice - BS. Physical assaults deserve real punishment. In my day, being an athlete was a privilege that you earned. There’s no room in athletics for that type of behavior and to not take swift and harsh action sends a message to both school communities that fighting is tolerated. It was tolerated for football games and now it’s tolerated for basketball.

And no, the Churchill administrators should not be patting themselves on the back for a job well done.

[Anonymous]

Some of you never played sports and it shows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you never played sports and it shows.

Tell the PPs what they are missing?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it really clear that the Churchill kid threw the first punch? The dark uniforms (Blake?) looked like they were the aggressors, if only from that short clip?

From aerial view: video starts with Blake player (black jersey) on ground. Gets up and pushes Churchill player (white jersey) out of bounds. Churchill player chases Blake player down court and cold cocks him in side of head. Players tumble into stands. Then you can see a parent (I'm assuming Churchill parent based on what happens next) comes barreling down the stands (you can see him sitting in top row on left hand side - he jumps up and runs down steps onto court - has red mask and jacket on). At same time, what appears to be Blake coach runs across court and gets in melee. Churchill parent ends up pulling Blake coach out of the melee and as they approach center court tangled up together, Blake player (orange shoes) out of nowhere sucker punches Churchill parent who falls at center court as crowd goes "whoaaa!!"....

Pretty nice high school game environment MCPS has these days....

I blame Blake’s terrible AD. Coach and players are a reflection of his poor leadership.

They all were bad. Churchill player threw the first punch. Blake side fought back. Parents who got involved - unreal. Player injured on the ground at the end of one clip. Everyone lost their freaking minds and no one could reign it in.

Were there any fights when spectators weren’t allowed? I don’t think so.

Restorative Justice - BS. Physical assaults deserve real punishment. In my day, being an athlete was a privilege that you earned. There’s no room in athletics for that type of behavior and to not take swift and harsh action sends a message to both school communities that fighting is tolerated. It was tolerated for football games and now it’s tolerated for basketball.

And no, the Churchill administrators should not be patting themselves on the back for a job well done.

Blake player slammed Churchill player first.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it really clear that the Churchill kid threw the first punch? The dark uniforms (Blake?) looked like they were the aggressors, if only from that short clip?

From aerial view: video starts with Blake player (black jersey) on ground. Gets up and pushes Churchill player (white jersey) out of bounds. Churchill player chases Blake player down court and cold cocks him in side of head. Players tumble into stands. Then you can see a parent (I'm assuming Churchill parent based on what happens next) comes barreling down the stands (you can see him sitting in top row on left hand side - he jumps up and runs down steps onto court - has red mask and jacket on). At same time, what appears to be Blake coach runs across court and gets in melee. Churchill parent ends up pulling Blake coach out of the melee and as they approach center court tangled up together, Blake player (orange shoes) out of nowhere sucker punches Churchill parent who falls at center court as crowd goes "whoaaa!!"....

Pretty nice high school game environment MCPS has these days....

I blame Blake’s terrible AD. Coach and players are a reflection of his poor leadership.

They all were bad. Churchill player threw the first punch. Blake side fought back. Parents who got involved - unreal. Player injured on the ground at the end of one clip. Everyone lost their freaking minds and no one could reign it in.

Were there any fights when spectators weren’t allowed? I don’t think so.

Restorative Justice - BS. Physical assaults deserve real punishment. In my day, being an athlete was a privilege that you earned. There’s no room in athletics for that type of behavior and to not take swift and harsh action sends a message to both school communities that fighting is tolerated. It was tolerated for football games and now it’s tolerated for basketball.

And no, the Churchill administrators should not be patting themselves on the back for a job well done.

Blake player slammed Churchill player first.

If it was a foul, let the Blake player get a technical. That didn’t justify the Churchill player sucker punching the Blake player. To me it looked like the Blake player was just being aggressive in the game. Not the same as a punch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Referees don't get paid enough to get in the middle of a melee.

They do however get paid more than substitute teachers. Think about that for a minute. Talk about revealing the system's priorities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it really clear that the Churchill kid threw the first punch? The dark uniforms (Blake?) looked like they were the aggressors, if only from that short clip?

From aerial view: video starts with Blake player (black jersey) on ground. Gets up and pushes Churchill player (white jersey) out of bounds. Churchill player chases Blake player down court and cold cocks him in side of head. Players tumble into stands. Then you can see a parent (I'm assuming Churchill parent based on what happens next) comes barreling down the stands (you can see him sitting in top row on left hand side - he jumps up and runs down steps onto court - has red mask and jacket on). At same time, what appears to be Blake coach runs across court and gets in melee. Churchill parent ends up pulling Blake coach out of the melee and as they approach center court tangled up together, Blake player (orange shoes) out of nowhere sucker punches Churchill parent who falls at center court as crowd goes "whoaaa!!"....

Pretty nice high school game environment MCPS has these days....

I blame Blake’s terrible AD. Coach and players are a reflection of his poor leadership.

They all were bad. Churchill player threw the first punch. Blake side fought back. Parents who got involved - unreal. Player injured on the ground at the end of one clip. Everyone lost their freaking minds and no one could reign it in.

Were there any fights when spectators weren’t allowed? I don’t think so.

Restorative Justice - BS. Physical assaults deserve real punishment. In my day, being an athlete was a privilege that you earned. There’s no room in athletics for that type of behavior and to not take swift and harsh action sends a message to both school communities that fighting is tolerated. It was tolerated for football games and now it’s tolerated for basketball.

And no, the Churchill administrators should not be patting themselves on the back for a job well done.

Blake player slammed Churchill player first.

If it was a foul, let the Blake player get a technical. That didn’t justify the Churchill player sucker punching the Blake player. To me it looked like the Blake player was just being aggressive in the game. Not the same as a punch.

The Blake players hit was so hard it could be heard on the video. No whistle. Play continued. Each team already had 6 technicals. The referees were letting these players beat the crap out of each other. The game was out of control long before the brawl and that was the fault of the referees and coaches.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it really clear that the Churchill kid threw the first punch? The dark uniforms (Blake?) looked like they were the aggressors, if only from that short clip?

From aerial view: video starts with Blake player (black jersey) on ground. Gets up and pushes Churchill player (white jersey) out of bounds. Churchill player chases Blake player down court and cold cocks him in side of head. Players tumble into stands. Then you can see a parent (I'm assuming Churchill parent based on what happens next) comes barreling down the stands (you can see him sitting in top row on left hand side - he jumps up and runs down steps onto court - has red mask and jacket on). At same time, what appears to be Blake coach runs across court and gets in melee. Churchill parent ends up pulling Blake coach out of the melee and as they approach center court tangled up together, Blake player (orange shoes) out of nowhere sucker punches Churchill parent who falls at center court as crowd goes "whoaaa!!"....

Pretty nice high school game environment MCPS has these days....

I blame Blake’s terrible AD. Coach and players are a reflection of his poor leadership.

They all were bad. Churchill player threw the first punch. Blake side fought back. Parents who got involved - unreal. Player injured on the ground at the end of one clip. Everyone lost their freaking minds and no one could reign it in.

Were there any fights when spectators weren’t allowed? I don’t think so.

Restorative Justice - BS. Physical assaults deserve real punishment. In my day, being an athlete was a privilege that you earned. There’s no room in athletics for that type of behavior and to not take swift and harsh action sends a message to both school communities that fighting is tolerated. It was tolerated for football games and now it’s tolerated for basketball.

And no, the Churchill administrators should not be patting themselves on the back for a job well done.

Blake player slammed Churchill player first.

If it was a foul, let the Blake player get a technical. That didn’t justify the Churchill player sucker punching the Blake player. To me it looked like the Blake player was just being aggressive in the game. Not the same as a punch.

The Blake players hit was so hard it could be heard on the video. No whistle. Play continued. Each team already had 6 technicals. The referees were letting these players beat the crap out of each other. The game was out of control long before the brawl and that was the fault of the referees and coaches.

This is the first I've heard of that!

That's unreal.

Some people approach basketball like Rugby, and that's the coaches to blame.

If 6 technicals had already been called, then the refs were doing all they could short of stopping the game. Which, in hindsight, might have been the right decision. But they would have been destroyed if they had taken preventative action like that

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it really clear that the Churchill kid threw the first punch? The dark uniforms (Blake?) looked like they were the aggressors, if only from that short clip?

From aerial view: video starts with Blake player (black jersey) on ground. Gets up and pushes Churchill player (white jersey) out of bounds. Churchill player chases Blake player down court and cold cocks him in side of head. Players tumble into stands. Then you can see a parent (I'm assuming Churchill parent based on what happens next) comes barreling down the stands (you can see him sitting in top row on left hand side - he jumps up and runs down steps onto court - has red mask and jacket on). At same time, what appears to be Blake coach runs across court and gets in melee. Churchill parent ends up pulling Blake coach out of the melee and as they approach center court tangled up together, Blake player (orange shoes) out of nowhere sucker punches Churchill parent who falls at center court as crowd goes "whoaaa!!"....

Pretty nice high school game environment MCPS has these days....

I blame Blake’s terrible AD. Coach and players are a reflection of his poor leadership.

They all were bad. Churchill player threw the first punch. Blake side fought back. Parents who got involved - unreal. Player injured on the ground at the end of one clip. Everyone lost their freaking minds and no one could reign it in.

Were there any fights when spectators weren’t allowed? I don’t think so.

Restorative Justice - BS. Physical assaults deserve real punishment. In my day, being an athlete was a privilege that you earned. There’s no room in athletics for that type of behavior and to not take swift and harsh action sends a message to both school communities that fighting is tolerated. It was tolerated for football games and now it’s tolerated for basketball.

And no, the Churchill administrators should not be patting themselves on the back for a job well done.

Blake player slammed Churchill player first.

If it was a foul, let the Blake player get a technical. That didn’t justify the Churchill player sucker punching the Blake player. To me it looked like the Blake player was just being aggressive in the game. Not the same as a punch.

The Blake players hit was so hard it could be heard on the video. No whistle. Play continued. Each team already had 6 technicals. The referees were letting these players beat the crap out of each other. The game was out of control long before the brawl and that was the fault of the referees and coaches.

This is the first I've heard of that!

That's unreal.

Some people approach basketball like Rugby, and that's the coaches to blame.

If 6 technicals had already been called, then the refs were doing all they could short of stopping the game. Which, in hindsight, might have been the right decision. But they would have been destroyed if they had taken preventative action like that

Is this true??? How could each team have six technicals before the brawl even began??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it really clear that the Churchill kid threw the first punch? The dark uniforms (Blake?) looked like they were the aggressors, if only from that short clip?

From aerial view: video starts with Blake player (black jersey) on ground. Gets up and pushes Churchill player (white jersey) out of bounds. Churchill player chases Blake player down court and cold cocks him in side of head. Players tumble into stands. Then you can see a parent (I'm assuming Churchill parent based on what happens next) comes barreling down the stands (you can see him sitting in top row on left hand side - he jumps up and runs down steps onto court - has red mask and jacket on). At same time, what appears to be Blake coach runs across court and gets in melee. Churchill parent ends up pulling Blake coach out of the melee and as they approach center court tangled up together, Blake player (orange shoes) out of nowhere sucker punches Churchill parent who falls at center court as crowd goes "whoaaa!!"....

Pretty nice high school game environment MCPS has these days....

I blame Blake’s terrible AD. Coach and players are a reflection of his poor leadership.

They all were bad. Churchill player threw the first punch. Blake side fought back. Parents who got involved - unreal. Player injured on the ground at the end of one clip. Everyone lost their freaking minds and no one could reign it in.

Were there any fights when spectators weren’t allowed? I don’t think so.

Restorative Justice - BS. Physical assaults deserve real punishment. In my day, being an athlete was a privilege that you earned. There’s no room in athletics for that type of behavior and to not take swift and harsh action sends a message to both school communities that fighting is tolerated. It was tolerated for football games and now it’s tolerated for basketball.

And no, the Churchill administrators should not be patting themselves on the back for a job well done.

Blake player slammed Churchill player first.

Not true. Not shown on video was Churchill player pushing Blake player from behind and knocking him down which resulted in Blake player shoving Churchill player.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it really clear that the Churchill kid threw the first punch? The dark uniforms (Blake?) looked like they were the aggressors, if only from that short clip?

From aerial view: video starts with Blake player (black jersey) on ground. Gets up and pushes Churchill player (white jersey) out of bounds. Churchill player chases Blake player down court and cold cocks him in side of head. Players tumble into stands. Then you can see a parent (I'm assuming Churchill parent based on what happens next) comes barreling down the stands (you can see him sitting in top row on left hand side - he jumps up and runs down steps onto court - has red mask and jacket on). At same time, what appears to be Blake coach runs across court and gets in melee. Churchill parent ends up pulling Blake coach out of the melee and as they approach center court tangled up together, Blake player (orange shoes) out of nowhere sucker punches Churchill parent who falls at center court as crowd goes "whoaaa!!"....

Pretty nice high school game environment MCPS has these days....

I blame Blake’s terrible AD. Coach and players are a reflection of his poor leadership.

They all were bad. Churchill player threw the first punch. Blake side fought back. Parents who got involved - unreal. Player injured on the ground at the end of one clip. Everyone lost their freaking minds and no one could reign it in.

Were there any fights when spectators weren’t allowed? I don’t think so.

Restorative Justice - BS. Physical assaults deserve real punishment. In my day, being an athlete was a privilege that you earned. There’s no room in athletics for that type of behavior and to not take swift and harsh action sends a message to both school communities that fighting is tolerated. It was tolerated for football games and now it’s tolerated for basketball.

And no, the Churchill administrators should not be patting themselves on the back for a job well done.

Blake player slammed Churchill player first.

Not true. Not shown on video was Churchill player pushing Blake player from behind and knocking him down which resulted in Blake player shoving Churchill player.

Some of these things are quasi-normal parts of the game. Definitely fouls, but not outside the scope of what often happens. The question is what you consider the tipping point to unusually bad behavior, which I would consider to be the first punch and not the first shove.