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To do and i'm still gone whoop on him afterwards. we're hearing from well known players that are saying, look, this behavior is not acceptable. we all know that coaches can lose their cool but it's clear that mike rice crossed the line here. >> i don't think i'm hearing many people come to his defense, that's for sure. and you see some of the video that's been widely broadcast, just the side lines behavior and just the intensity. there's nothing wrong with intensity but when it gets to the level of the video. by the way, joey jackson, this video was shot by a name of eric murdoch, a former pla...

>> rutger's head basketball coach mike rice going off the handle and abusing players during practices from 2010 through 2012 according to the sports network. the footage surfaced after eric murdoch, rice's director of player development until he was fired, showed it to rutgers athletic department officials. in an interview with espn, murdoch says the abuse caused several players to leave. >> to see your coach physically putting his hands on players, physically kicking players, firing balls at players from point-blank range, the -- the verbal abuse, the belittling, i was in total shock this guy...

Toughen up buttercup. and mr. rice is not very ginger and obviously, totally out of line, but is it a fireable offense? >> yeah, i mean, look, i think it's a fireable offense. do i think, i mean, a guy on espn categorizes it the most heinous treatment of players of all time. give me a break, he threw a basketball at a division one basketball's players ankle and put an elbow in a guy's chest. if this was a football team and not a basketball team, nobody with a bat an eyelash about this. when i played lacrosse 30 years ago in high school and the coach would put on gloves and punch you in the fac...

You know, the fact that the public has now seen the video does change the legal grounds against him. >> yes, it does, and this has now elevated this in a real sense to undermine the structure and integrity of the school itself. the fact that this came to light. just all that it does is demonstrate that the damage from his actions has increased and therefore, the punishment must also increase and it did. >> megyn: arthur, what about this guy, eric murdoch, the former director of player development. apparently the one responsible for taking some or all of the video and a whistleblower and told t...

Girlfriend did a great job being for me the entire time until my mom and stepdad could be this, but nothing like seeing my teammates, now, we're brothers and i wouldn't trade these guys for the world, you know? it's just a bond there, that's never been broken and that's just as real as it gets. >> and getting calls and this is big, national? >> definitely a conversation with coach, now, i'm not a strong -- i've always been a lebron kind of guy, but kobe, you know, kobe reaching out to you and the twitter and instagram, i felt it was disrespectful and ended getting back on twitter to verify tha...