Rush Propst admits he has seen the Hoover football practice video, which led to two coaches being put on administrative leave before resigning.

He is quick to point out, however, he is only seen it once.

“If that picture looked like what it was, then that might be over the line,” Propst told me Wednesday on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5.

You may feel some sort of way about Propst, who has found himself in controversial situations over the years. In 2016, he head butted one of his Colquitt County players, who had a helmet on. Last year, Propst made headlines to start the season in his return to Alabama high school football as the coach for Pell City when he threw his headset at a player who just happened to be his son.

Yet, the 66-year-old from Chatchee, Alabama, might have developed a different perspective because of those headline-grabbing moments.

The line, Propst alluded to, he says, has moved over the years.

“If you coach with integrity, don’t demean kids, you won’t cross that line,” he explained. “I’m not saying you can’t slap them on the butt. I don’t mean you can’t holler at them. I just think that’s the extent of it. You can raise your voice. In the latter years, I cut the cussing out. I don’t cuss kids like I used to.”

It’s a far cry from when he played. He said he was pushed, his helmet was yanked off. He was slapped atop his helmet.

“I deserved it,” he said.

These days, coaching is different.

“It’s just a different style of coaching,” he said. “At the same time, if there is abuse there, you can’t put up with that. There’s no way you can do that. I’m not saying there is. It’s not for me to judge. … As high school coaches, we have to understand there is a line we can’t cross. You can get to intensity a lot of different ways.”

Would Propst, the former Hoover coach who won five Class 6A titles with the Bucs, including four in a row from 2002-2005, consider returning to his old stomping grounds for a second stint as coach?

“My time at Hoover was a good time,” he said. “It’s probably past me by now.”

Last week, former Albertville head football coach Chip English was been named interim coach after head coach Drew Gilmer was placed on administrative leave.

The video circulating on social media showed problematic behavior by Hoover coaches during practice.

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.