Found February 03, 2012 on Larry Brown Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network

Via Larry Brown Sports:

Arizona beat Cal in Berkeley Thursday 78-74 to knock Cal out of first place in the Pac-12, but the real highlight came with just under five minutes remaining in the game.

Cal point guard Jorge Gutierrez, who had 18 points in the loss, dove into the Arizona bench while going for a loose ball. Arizona assistant coach Joe Pasternack, who coached at Cal from 2001-2007, kicked him. The two exchanged words and had to be separated by Arizona head coach Sean Miller, though no fouls were assessed. Gutierrez felt like Pasternack kicked him on purpose and reportedly did not shake hands with him after the game.

Pasternack probably won’t lose his job like Sal Alosi did for a similar incident, but with Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott in attendance for the game, there could be some punishment.

 

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Comments 1-50 (of 88):
  • Joe Pasternack(Assistant Coach) should be reprimanded at least for displaying this kind of behavior. When students/players exhibit this type of behavior, they are reprimanded, as they should be. This is "The Adult" the person who should be setting the example. The coach body language, his facial expressions indicates "meanness" in this video. Kicking the player, come on get him out of there.
  • WOW!!! No words to describe..this un sportsman like conduct.
  • what ru you talking about? RU BLIND?... watch the video, Joe is clearly scrabbling to save himeself from being crushed
  • Wow. Are you joking whatsthis? I don't question your eyesight only your sanity. Get back on your meds, or get the medical treatment you so desparately need.
  • Does this look like a face of someone trying to protect themselves from a player falling on them or someone trying to kick someone out of disgust?

  • I could not agree with you more. He should be fired.
  • is he realated to miss pasternack?
  • simply insane. he has no place in the sporting and academic communities. athletes should rebel, create a union and insist on parity across the board including a cut from the proceeds of the games. overt display of class disparity!
  • rolling eyes.....really
  • Whatsthis; is this your dad we're all talking about?
  • isn't miss pasternack is a Hoe
  • Pasternack should be put on unpaid leave and make a personal apology to the player. I agree with you, MamaKid - he is the adult. However, if this is his first offense (don't know), people make mistakes and this could be a great lesson opportunity for the players. If he is a recurring hothead, I'd say he needs to be fired.

  • I had something intelligent to write but when I got to fiterature's response that outfit just left me "dumbfounded". Not meaning to change the subject but, "Are You Serious"???
  • awww you know you meant to gayboy
  • Grow up
  • I see you have a picture of jesus for your profile pic. Was he racist too or just you , you f@#cking IDIOT
  • And we wonder why people still use race as the issue in situations these days... It's lowlife, ignorant cases like you still allowed to live among us... I truly hope you rot in hell...
  • you will receive nothing in the form of anger, only that intellect and evolution are things we should all thrive for. The use of Jesus Christ, in your post,"forgive them father for they know not what they do". I will pray for your rise in intellect and evolution. Like an infant spilling milk from a cup, some development has not reached maturity. "May the holy spirit be with you".
  • You MR. JFChrist, need to know how to one spell! and secondly you need to grow the hell up, what year are we in? Your the reason that there is racism in this country. You are a very iggnorent person and I hope you get the spelling skills and help that you so desperately need.To have nerve to have a picture of GOD on your profile and say stuff out of your mouth like that shows your real iggnorance.
  • Renee,use spell-check yourself.
  • That's not a picture of God. The picture I took of God while on vacation doesn't look anything like that. Ignorance prevails so does mispelling.
  • blowin hard, prevailing blowing all the time
  • Uh...you shouldn't criticize JFChrist's spelling since you spelled "ignorant" and "ignorance" wrong and incorrectly used "your" instead of "you're".
  • First, I couldn't agree with you more about the stupidity of JFChrist. He obviously was spawned from some back road hillbilly type parents who more than likely were brother and sister. This likely caused a mental deficiency and likely some form of physical deformity as well. Thus keeping him from entering into public and into the real world where people intermingle on a daily basis without regard to race. I would like to point out however, that ignorance is spelled with one "G" and not two. I can sit back and hope that this was a joke in reference to his obvious ignorance. Lets all just revel in the fact that when JFChrist meets his maker, he will have to answer to the fact that he places a picture of Christ on his page and refers to one of God's children in such a defamatory way..
  • put em in your mouth intellect man
  • Boy, you're one ranting, uneducated, racist mental defective, aren't you? Love the trite, inaccurate and painfully latent generalizations regarding whites. So, I could just as easily gather that you're likely one rabidly spiteful piece of ignorant black/brown ghetto trash, true? Yes.
  • What a moron.
  • In case you missed gypsy32, you have a couple of words mispelled also. I know, "typo"!
  • what did he misspell? ironic that you would misspell the word misspell. dumb people. go back to grade school.
  • Actually, there was nothing "mispelled" in gypsy32's comment. You're hardly in a position to criticize when you MISSPELL the name of the problem. Consult a dictionary.
  • A comment to RENEELOVINLIFE: You need to learn to spell as well, and your sentence structure really sucks. However, I do agree with your ideas. Get out a dictionary. You will atleast sound more intelligent.
  • Consult a dictionary before criticizing someone's ability to spell. Also, learn to use punctuation properly. Just so you know, it's YOU'RE not your, IGNORANT instead of iggnorent, and IGNORANCE not iggnorance. I'm not defending JFChrist, nor do I agree with his comment in any way. I just find it rather funny when someone criticizes one's spelling when he/she obviously has issues with it as well.
  • Dude, if you’re going to comment on intellect maybe it would be wise to understand the rule of grammar. Run-ons, dangling prepositions, and poor subject verb agreement is hardly the way to make a point about intelligence.
  • yea, you all sound real smart
  • How about a period, genius?
  • I love how this whole conversation is in regard to a screen name and comment left by someone trolling the actual issue - the coach kicking a player. Good job jfchrist! The art of trolling is strong with this one, haha.
  • This is a tragic display of abuse. The problem of abusive coaches is epidemic in collegiate sports as well as (most disturbingly) in high school athletics. The "coaches" are supposed to be teachers first. They are, however, pressured by University and even High School administrations to PERFORM, to bring in the bucks. The problem is much bigger than this one unfortunate instance.

    There is a petition on Change dot org intent on bringing attention to and stop abusive coaches (and teachers). Find it and sign it! It is focused on certain coaches at Cary High School in Wake County, NC, and is a laser pointer for a problem that needs floodlight attention. This is somewhere (similarly to the attention finally given to players on the field with concussions) where celebrity would be a great help.
  • Thank God he didn't call the player a Nappy headed ho ! He could have gotten in some serious trouble then. Heck he may have even lost his job.
  • It is always funny to see so many idiots do stupid things like this coach it shows over and over who the children are. Secondly the idiot with the fake picture of christ must definitely be another white idiot there are so many its hard to miss any. You all need a good kick now and then maybe some of you not all but some will get just a little smarter sooner or later, if not I say mass destruction instead of that kick would be great noone needs you period. There are MANY different races get over it this is 2012 get some sense and act like it dunce. I am sure another idiot like you will come to your defense but the thing is ALL of you type your hate on blog, comments and youtube but you NEVER say things like this to someones face. So maybe you are little smart because nowadays you know what will happen to you.
  • Well, you've made clear your not so latent contempt toward whites in general, you bigoted moron. Do you see the hypocrisy with your post and so many similar, blindly ignorant, anti white rants on YouTube and the like? And to suggest that we need a "kick in the head" collectively is another shining bit of insight into this seething hatred. I welcome your misguided, limp kick to the head and can only shake my head at your small mindedness and mental density. Might I remind you that it was whites whom invented, designed and built the very hardware you use to condemn them on via such forums/boards? How ironic and how sad for you, angry little fool.
  • This coach has never lost his dream of leading a collegiate socer team to the national title. Just another display of misplaced rage from unfulfilled life goals. Basketball will never measure up to the sweet feet of soccer, you people know this, you know it. He knows it. Now that poor boy from Cal knows it. Build more soccer balls, and they will come!
  • you stupid as hell
  • Oh, the STAGGERING irony when someone who writes in ebonics calls someone else "stupid." I just love it.
  • The look on his face reminds me of a 5 year old having a tantrum.
    I wish this was an NBA game cuz he'd have his a$$ handed to him. If I was married to him and saw this clip, I'd divorce him the next day.
  • What is the rest of the story? I'm sure that the player was talking **** the entire game and went into the Arizona bench a little harder than usual. College basketball players are nothing but ignorant thugs. When they are not in uniform for the game they are looking for trouble some where else. Tragic display of abuse? The only trajic display of abuse that I see is the abuse of the academic system by these players, because we all know that don't do any school work. They are only there to get to the big leagues, so they don't have to worry about getting passing grades.
  • JFchrist- I can only assume you wanted to get dialogue started to boost your confidence. (WhoooWhoooo) Well, it worked. I am assuming you missed taking your meds today and just cannot focus therefore your spelling is a little off. It happens to all of us from time-to-time. I am not quite sure why you associate yourself with a representation of Christ (capital “C”); I understand that individuals who are a little “crazy” (for the lack of a better word) associate themselves with religion to become a little less recognized as “crazy”. Now I realize there is a lot of truth to that. Just a few words of advise; 1) always take your meds on time everyday; 2) find positive ways to get attention; and 3) Seek the Lord sincerely. God Bless You and I hope you have a better day tomorrow.
  • no one cares about spelling on here, its an article about athletes and coaches I'm sure they're understanding of a few grammar mistakes....advice....quite the judge arent you godly one
  • I think he should be reprimanded for it that is for sure. How can you promote good sportsmanship when the coaches act like this. Way to take pride in your job and represent your University. So proud of you!!
  • Did you all watch the clip? He did not kick him, when the player fell on the bench his shorts got caught up with the assisistant coaches foot..........Everybody is trying to condem this poor coach for trying to get his foot out of that players ass.....
  • It's obvious if you closely watch the clip that Pasternack's foot got caught in Gutierrez's shorts as he was tipped back in his chair when Gutierrez fell on him. He was simply trying to free his foot. As for his facial expression...not sure what I would look like if someone were falling on me but I'm guessing I wouldn't be smiling. This is much hype and drama over nothing. Not to mention irresponsible jouranlism.
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