Idaho basketball coach Don Verlin had a remarkable altercation with assistant Chris Helbling during the Vandals’ 72-65 loss to Northern Arizona Thursday night.

Television cameras caught Verlin screaming at Helbling and ripping a binder from his hands before kicking his assistant off the bench.

The Vandals are 11-13 on the season and after the game, Verlin blamed execution and not his remarkable temper tantrum for the team’s latest loss.

“We didn’t execute the details of the game,” Idaho coach Don Verlin said, via KRME2. “We didn’t execute against well enough against the press. We didn’t do a good job in transition in the first half; we didn’t rebound in the first half.”

Other things the Vandals might have done differently? Speak with their inside voices. Not throw things that aren’t meant to be thrown. Turn frowns upside down.

“We are aware of the situation and it has been discussed,” Idaho spokesperson Becky Paull wrote in an email to For The Win. “It was a misunderstanding during an intense, emotional part of the game.”

Helbling also traveled separately from the team after the game, a decision which Paull said did not correlate with the altercation on the bench.