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Originally Posted by DRU
Can somebody that was at the game please back me up here? It was probably 20 yard line to 20 yard line that the coach ran after him. MAYBE 30 to 30.
Again, the TV broadcast did not show that series of events correctly. They showed a REPLAY of Barry pushing the coach but did not show the entire tantrum down the sideline and the coach running after him.
As for the exact reason they wound up pulling him back after having ran after him, maybe they thought it was too late, maybe they had decided they didn't want him in there in that state of mind, I don't know.
I say again, the point I'm really trying to push here, and I think anybody that was at the game can attest to this, is that the sideline was a mess at that moment. They looked confused, and many of the coaches and players were worried about Richardson instead of the big 4th down play that was coming up. All I've been trying to say is they should have called a timeout to settle things down rather than go out there and shit on themselves like they did.
I think of this way a little bit, too. Everybody around me in my section saw the same thing I did and were all focused more on Richardson than the actual 3rd and 4th down plays. So were many of the coaches and players. It was a messy sideline and it turned into a messy play at a big time. It all started because of a tantrum.
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Guys,
DRU has it exactly right. All of you guys that were watching the game on TV need to shut the fuck up and listen to him.
I was sitting in section 342 and I was staring at Barry Richardson the entire time that all of this BS went on. I saw him get pulled from the game after he got called for the penalty when the Chiefs were inside the 5 yard line and about to score. I saw him shove the assistant coach. Then another player got in his face (I couldn't see who the player was), and Richardson shoved him too. He was completely out of control, and it sounds like the TV cameras didn't capture this at all. I saw Richardson run away from everyone, and at the time I said to my son "Are they sending him to the locker room?".
I saw the coach run after Richardson and yell something to him. I saw Richardson turn around and start to sprint back onto the field, but he was about 75 yards away from the line of scrimmage, and I told my son "No, look, he's running back onto the field, but he's never going to make it".
They wanted Richardson in there for the 4th down play, but he was too busy making a total jackass out of himself. He may be the best option at right tackle right now, but he let the team down on that play. I'm glad it didn't cost them the game.