Washington head coach Jimmy Lake in hot water after hittting own player in facemask

Washington football head coach Jimmy Lake is rightfully coming under fire after he heatedly confronted his own player and hit him in the facemask.

The Washington Huskies haven’t been living up to expectations in the 2021 season under head coach Jimmy Lake and the sideline leader came under a bit of fire this past week after his comments about recruiting.

However, an incident on Saturday night as the Huskies battle Oregon involving Lake has him in serious hot water for the head coach’s unacceptable conduct.

With the Ducks overcoming an early deficit, Lake was heated on the sideline and went to confront one of his players. In doing so, he went up to the player and hit him in the facemask. Then, when the player turned to walk away, he pushed him in the back.

Jimmy Lake in hot water at Washington after hitting his own player in the facemask

In the wake of the incident, several people on Twitter were quick to note how extremely unacceptable Lake’s actions were.

As the game is still going on, we don’t know if there will be repercussions stemming from this incident but, in all honesty, there should be.

It’s entirely unacceptable for a head coach to put his hands on a player — on his team or not — in that manner. Lake deserves every bit of hot water he’s in and every ounce of criticism he receives for reacting like that, no matter how displeased he was with his guy.

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