kill him over this if you want but it's completely true. McKay had to be called back from the tunnel after or last made basket and then picked up a chair over his head. Hogue hit a chair so hard it popped up off the ground during all of this as well.
Both show that the decision to not go through the line was a good decision. There are times when emotion is overriding your logic and any interaction with another person would be uncertain as to outcome. Sometimes, what is wise, is to calm down before talking or interacting with others, lest your mouth or actions communicate something truly wrong.
A person can pass judgment on them for not feeling up to congratulating their opponents immediately, but it was a better choice than venting while in the line (if someone talked a bit of smack to them), and bringing real disrespect to the team and program.
These young men deal with their youth and relative immaturity as men (compared to what and who they will be in ten years) just as all college students do. They are not 40-50 years old, they are just past high school and having to work out additional complexities, like being on the nation's stage in sports, along with the normal, yet difficult things that teen and 20 something's in college are struggling with.
Having an attack mentality on-court is not always easy to turn off in seconds, especially if things have not gone your way. I give them the benefit of the doubt, and while it does show personal weakness, the fact that a couple of ours left the court early night have been an exercise of wisdom, avoiding a circumstance where their own emotional condition might have been exploited, making things much worse. Being aware of yourself enough to know when to shut up and walk away and calm down is a valuable asset. They may have done everyone a favor in walking off.
Despite the tough loss, I am so very proud of all they have accomplished and fought so hard for.
