These episodes are another item on the ever-evolving list of DH's 'growing edges.' I predict that he'll grow from this and the Creighton encounter, and that his responses will evolve and show greater maturity.
Yes, the haters will have some ammo from this, but with an off-season to reflect, coach will realize the greater dividends of a 8-2 Big East road record.
The range of opinions in this thread can also be helpful, assuming that somebody will brief him. It's also an opportunity for us to internally de-escalate rather than proxy fight each other about which type of response ought to be declared the clear winner. I'm reading well-offered points of view that drastically differ from other well-offerred ones. That always strikes me as a time to pause. The emotions are strong, but is the fight worth it?
DH has greatly improved his graciousness, self-awareness, and sense of humor in post-game interviews, and this has led to many media appearances where he presents much better than most of us would have imagined not too long ago.
Also, the in-game Technical was the most effective I've ever seen from him. He even seemed pretty receptive when Kimani leaned in to say something like, "Hey, not yet. I need some breathing room to think about how I want to coach the rest of the game before it gets dumped on me. I think you made your point."
Malice at the Palace. There's a good Netflix documentary about it.
Thanks for the heads up. Metta Artest's story before and beyond that episode has a lot of layers. I'm interested in seeing how it's told.
