--- In mnsports@yahoogroups.com, "Holst, Alan R" <holstar@...> wrote:
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> I guess you probably think Rudy Tomjanovich should have suspended
along
> with Kermit Washington, too, for rushing toward the action and getting
> himself clobbered.

Well, hey, he really knocked the shit out of Washington's fist with his
face.


After all, "players have some responsibility to make
> sure their actions don't hurt their team."
>

At the time, I don't know they had any rules about leaving the bench
during an altercation. Now they do. The rules make sense, especially
after the ugly ones they've had in the last few years. The players
know what the rules are. When there's an altercation, they know they
should stay on the bench and let the referees and then the league
determine the penalties for a cheap shot. If they don't, they get
drawn into the web of suspensions, too.