Wade Baldwin IV was berated with profanity in the handshake line by his coach, Kevin Stallings, for an act of taunting his Tennessee opponent.
This has been a repeated problem with Baldwin for much of his freshman year, ESPN reports during the day said.
Baldwin was not penalized in the eight-point Vanderbilt victory.
Now, if it went as far as a coach being profane with an unsportsmanlike player who didn't get the message, that'd be one thing. I actually would support it, sans violence or anything the coach might say to cross the line...
But Stallings (who will not be suspended by either the conference or the school) should be investigated and fired for his use of this language, according to the ESPN.com report:
"After the Commodores' 73-65 victory, Baldwin was seen clapping in the face of Tennessee forward Armani Moore, and Stallings was informed of Baldwin's actions by a Vols staff member. The Commodores coach then pulled Baldwin out of the handshake line and loudly and profanely berated him, at one point saying, "I'm going to f---ing kill you.""
Vanderbilt is satisfied he didn't mean it, but some people in this country don't get that leeway, Coach Stallings.
That, in a lot of circles, if you aren't Protected Man, would get you arrested pretty quickly.
Sorry, Vandy, but your program might be better off without both the kid AND the coach...
The kid for being a punk, the coach for crossing the line.
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