I guess cursing at fans is one thing, but some sort of line has been crossed when your players are punching their opponents in the dick.

Seton Hall dismissed Bobby Gonzalez on Wednesday, ending his tumultuous four-year tenure as men’s basketball coach a day after an ignominious first-round loss in the National Invitation Tournament and the arrest of a player who had been kicked off the team.

Gonzalez was 66-59 in four seasons at Seton Hall, and his teams did not make an N.C.A.A. tournament. He received a contract extension last year, which was to run through 2015, but his future was clouded by dissatisfaction with his fiery personality.

The Pirates’ loss to Texas Tech in the N.I.T. on Tuesday night was marred by the ejection of the star forward Herb Pope, who punched an opposing player in the groin.

Throw in Gonzalez’s beef with Robert Mitchell, and it’s clear that he had become more of a liability than an asset for Seton Hall.  The lesson learned, though, is that punching someone in the dick is fatal to any career.  And in this case, the doctrine of respondeat superior sort of applies.  Well, not really, but of course a coach is going to be blamed if his players are that out of control.  Punching in the dick?  That’s not even allowed in wrestling.  Even in bar fights, shit like that is off limits.  And the punch in the dick wasn’t a hidden little slap, it was a blatant jab right to the meatpipe.

In any event, this was Gonzalez’s last stint coaching at a major program.  He’s finished; there’s no chance anyone is going to touch a guy with his sort of sketchy past.

[NY Times]