Muskogee County District Attorney Larry Moore announced this week that he would fine misdemeanor charges against Muskogee High School’s head football coach Matt Hennesy.

Moore said the charge — which is punishable by a $500 fine or 10 days in jail — is for failing to immediately notify police after a traffic accident.

OK, unless you’ve been hanging out with Sherman and Peabody, you know that Coach Hennesy recently was involved in an accident with seven-year-old Chase Thornton.

It seems that chase had the audacity to accidentally right his bicycle in front of a car driven by Thornton and the two collided.

Now, at this point, there shouldn’t be an issue.

And I shouldn’t be writing his column.

Because Mr. Hennesy, being an adult and a father, himself, should have immediately called 911, the police, and stayed with the child until help arrived.

Instead, the coach said he called the boy’s stepfather and had one of his linemen carry the hurt child to a nearby training room, where the boy was left with an athletic trainer and a nurse. They put ice on his shoulder, put his arm in a makeshift sling and waited for an ambulance.

The coach was at dinner.

Question: So what’s wrong with this picture?

Answer: Coach Hennesy.

I’ve seen some arrogant crapola in my time, but the head coach from Muskogee takes the prize.

Despite having injured a kid, Hennesy said Monday that he didn’t realize he was supposed to call the police but that ignorance is no excuse.

Sorry, I don’t buy that.

Because the facts are pretty simple.