It was going in and I wanted the foul. The ref told me if it didn’t go in, it would have been a foul.
Yes, it's all a bit ouroborous to link to a mothership piece that is, itself, linking back to something that first appeared on BHGP, but it's worthwhile since it contains a rather startling new addendum to OPS' story.
And I hate to break out my tin-foil hat, but telling a team that they had a get-out-of-jail-free card is a pretty startling suggestion that the playing field isn't entirely fair.
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Well, right, but if this is Ed Hightower so that's assumed
I’m just saying, if it’s a foul, then it should be a foul regardless of whether or not the shot went in.
I'm guessing Ed and Ted were playing the over on how many fouls they could call.
And they weren’t going to make it if the game ended after regulation.
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
I'm thinking some people at Buffalo Wild Wings were behind it.
I hear they like to send games into overtime.
America, you're looking good: handsome, free and tall.
by Close Shave America on Feb 18, 2010 4:00 PM CST up reply actions
No one goes to BWW
To watch Hawkeye basketball
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Or Michigan Basketball
for that matter
Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
If you were going to watch either,
wouldn’t you rather be drunk and full of wings?
America, you're looking good: handsome, free and tall.
by Close Shave America on Feb 18, 2010 4:05 PM CST up reply actions
Who needs BWW to do that?
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Feb 18, 2010 4:16 PM CST up reply actions
Without looking at the replay again
It looked like any contact made, was well after the ball had left Sims hand. This isn’t middle school P.E. a little contact isn’t going to hurt anyone.
It's not that I'm lazy, Bob, it's that I just don't care
Confirmation of yet another reason most refs should be shot out of a cannon
If it’s a foul, it’s a foul whether he makes it or not. Soccer and hockey have explicit exceptions to that rule (the ref waves play on in soccer if the fouled team has the run of play, most penalties in hockey are canceled if the fouled team scores before the next whistle), but basketball does not. I’ve long believed refs did this (I’ve seen too many ridiculously late foul calls on missed shots, along with enough general incompetence, for it to be coincidence), but to have it confirmed (and have the ref sound not at all chagrined about it) is irksome.
Yet another reason...
…most refs should be shot out of a cannon.
There, fixed it for ya.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 19, 2010 9:39 AM CST up reply actions
If it's a foul, it's a foul...
…and the ones that kill me are when someone goes flying into the lane and throws themselves into another player. There’s a shitload of contact and both players take each other out of the play, with the ball usually careening off the backboard and/or rim. It’s a fucking foul on someone. Either the offensive player charged the defender, or the defender committed a blocking foul. Either way, just blow the damn whistle.
I can understand letting them play a little, but this happens WAY too often. The guys in stripes are paid to officiate the game, and yet they seem incapable of blowing their whistles at critical points during the game.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 19, 2010 9:48 AM CST up reply actions
I've always thought
If you go into the lane out of control, it doesn’t matter if someone pile drives you to the ground. It shouldn’t be called, on the defense at least, unless you have some sort of control.
It's not that I'm lazy, Bob, it's that I just don't care
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