Coaches are wary of publicly criticizing members of their fraternity.
Hitting another coach is frowned upon. Worse in the eyes of this fraternity, though, would be calling out a coach for hitting another coach. That’s more taboo than running up the score or using a timeout near the end of a lopsided game.
So, it’s no surprise coaches were not among the folks who called for Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard to receive a harsh punishment or even be fired after he hit Wisconsin assistant Joe Krabbenhoft in the head after a game Sunday.