Tulane Coach Makes Players Hold Hands After Altercation in Practice

Tulane coach Curtis Johnson has no time for juvenile behavior.

During Wednesday's practice, right tackle Sean Donnelly and defensive tackle Tanzel Smart got into a fight. That's a no-no on a Johnson-coached team.

The Green Wave coach rejected mainstream punishment and opted for something a bit out of the ordinary. Well, it's common for Johnson but not for football.

Johnson made the two players involved in the altercation walk around the field for 20 minutes, hand-in-hand. The coach said he had never used the tactic on his football players but has used it on his daughters.

Johnson talked about the punishment to Tammy Nunez of The Times-Picayune:

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Yeah, we had a little bit of an altercation and they kind of wasted some of my practice time so I took a different approach in disciplining them. If they want to act like kindergarten kids, then I just want to treat them like kindergarten kids. ...

But it was pretty effective. (They walked) actually until the coaches needed them so it was about 20 minutes. ... I pointed it out to the rest of the team. If they as grown men want to hold hands, that's fine, that's what you are going to do if you fight.

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This form of discipline, unorthodox yet endearing, should hopefully quell any future brawls.

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