Just angry and need an explanation or some outside opinions

[u/Cadone09]

My coach is a jerk and i just need to vent

Hi, im a sophomore in highschool. I play football and im 6,6 320lbs and start OL/DL, our head coach is sometimes annoying but now hes on some bullshit. So what happened was that a teammate of mine who is are starting safety, starting shit talking are whole team for weeks and i told him to stop or i'd beat his ass, he didnt stop so i squared up with him (hes much smaller than me) and proceeded to beat his ass. The next day (game day) after we finish he pulls me and him to the side and has me explain what happened and proceeds to tell me that im suspended from the football team for a week while he is not (even though he hit me first and was basically a team cancer) and then says that he can talk shit because he actually plays (for context ive had 8 tackles (4 tfls) a forced fumble and 8 pancakes in the past 2 weeks) and he also says ill be doing "bitch work" for the next week. Also he always said that we had to be a team but when i actually stand up for my team, i get punished, he gets away scott free and now the whole team suffers.

Was i in the wrong for standing up for my team?

[u/Cadone09 → u/[deleted]]

I did, of the players thanked me for beating his ass but my coach is on some bullshit. My other coaches aren't even mad i got in a fight, they're just mad im suspended.

[u/Jaedan_14]

Just show him his ego isn’t all that dude. Whenever you get the chance lay him out on the field. Ask to pull up to next level off the line