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[Husky048]

Let's give it up to the admins on this site for deleting several mike Stuart threads. Terrible #smh

 

[huskiesnyc]

If you don't like the Mike Stuart threads why start another one? Stuart is a corrupt S.O.B and deserves everything coming to him.

 

[sammydabiz]

If you don't like the Mike Stuart threads why start another one? Stuart is a corrupt S.O.B and deserves everything coming to him.

Here here

 

[Fishy]

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. (Hanlon's razor.)

Stuart's not corrupt - he's just bad at his job.

 

[prankster]

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. (Hanlon's razor.)

Stuart's not corrupt - he's just bad at his job.

I disagree.

No one simply applies for the job and is gifted a position/career as a D-1 basketball official.

At points in your career as a basketball official, you have to demonstrate levels of proficiency that allow you to move up in the ranks.

People who are "just bad at the job", simply are not moved up.

He cannot be just bad at it and have been advanced to the position he enjoys. Excepting the possibility that the a$$wipe that hired him is really bad at HIS job.....

 

[Excalibur]

I disagree.

No one simply applies for the job and is gifted a position/career as a D-1 basketball official.

At points in your career as a basketball official, you have to demonstrate levels of proficiency that allow you to move up in the ranks.

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Further proof that it's not what you know, but who you know.

 

[Fishy]

People who are "just bad at the job", simply are not moved up.

If you think that's true, you haven't been paying attention.

 

[huskiesnyc]

If you don't think Mike Stuart is corrupt you are either naive or don't know his history. Last year he fouled out Memphis's entire starting 5 against Louisville, and many UM fans filed a petition to get him out of the game. He's still here of course, but it's not just Kentucky Derby horse owner Rick Pitino who's got him in his pocket. It's possible Mike Stuart didn't take money yesterday, but I guarantee he has in his career. It's so easy for these guys to determine the outcome of games and congress should get more involved. By the way, every time I've been to Saratoga to see the races there is only one common theme…Tim Higgins is always there

 

[prankster]

If you think that's true, you haven't been paying attention.

I guess you are right.

It is certainly possible the AAC knows that he is really bad at his job (and/or that he is corrupt)....and they just don't give a ...

And, I suppose I can't discount the possibility that the AAC has an a$$hat, in charge of officiating who can't tell the difference between a good official and a bad one....and just doesn't give a ...

I am thinking that I might have to start cultivating an affinity for the WWF....

Sure...it's "choreographed"....but at least they don't make any pretense that the contest is on the level....

 

[Husky048]

I'm still disappointed in the fact that several Stuart threads were deleted by admins ... IMO that was the turning point in the game...oh we'll guess the boneyard is a joke thanks to the admins ...#smh

 

[Fishy]

I guess you are right.

It is certainly possible the AAC knows that he is really bad at his job (and/or that he is corrupt)....and they just don't give a ...

He's not really an AAC official - last week or so, he's done two Big East games, two AAC games, two Big 12 games, an ACC game at Duke and a few mid-majorish games.

He's a Final Four/championship game type of official which goes to show you...if you fail consistently enough, you can ref the final four, coach the Oakland Raiders or even become president!

 

[Fishy]

I'm still disappointed in the fact that several Stuart threads were deleted by admins ... IMO that was the turning point in the game...oh we'll guess the boneyard is a joke thanks to the admins ...#smh

You can always find another board to post on, sweet pea.

Or better, start your own.

 

[mauconnfan]

If you don't think Mike Stuart is corrupt you are either naive or don't know his history. Last year he fouled out Memphis's entire starting 5 against Louisville, and many UM fans filed a petition to get him out of the game. He's still here of course, but it's not just Kentucky Derby horse owner Rick Pitino who's got him in his pocket. It's possible Mike Stuart didn't take money yesterday, but I guarantee he has in his career. It's so easy for these guys to determine the outcome of games and congress should get more involved. By the way, every time I've been to Saratoga to see the races there is only one common theme…Tim Higgins is always there

If you can find out Higgins and Stuart share a room at Saratoga then I think we're on to something!

 

[Gregory Koch]

If he were just a bad ref, we would be getting a lot of poor calls our way too. We didn't. We got maybe one out of bounds call our way the whole game that should have been Louisville ball, and even that was hard to tell. And there was when they said Shabazz lost the ball out of bounds at the end of the first half. That *might* have been a charge on Shabazz, in which case it would still be Louisville ball, but Shabazz would pick up the foul. It also *might* have been a foul on Louisville, and the Louisville player *might* have cleanly stripped it out of bounds. It was hard to tell. But what did not happen is Shabazz losing it out of bounds on his own. That arguably should have been a charge on Shabazz, which would have put him in more foul trouble. That might have been a bad call that favored us, barely. It might have been a bad call that favored Louisville significantly. But it was certainly a bad call.

And then there were about two dozen bad calls that went Louisville's way, including many pivotal ones. At most, two bad calls went our way, and one (the possible charge on Shabazz) wouldn't have changed whose possession it was, and was arguably a bad call favoring Louisville.

That's not incompetence. There's something more going on. Someone above mentioned he fouled out Memphis' entire starting lineup against Louisville. Anyone know how good an official he is in games that don't involve Louisville? Something suspicious is going on here and I don't like it.

In fairness to Pitino and Louisville, even if he is taking money, that doesn't say anything about who it's from. It could be gamblers looking to make a profit by betting on the Cards. The spread opened Saturday morning with the Cardinals as 1.5 point favorites. By gametime, it had shifted to Louisville -3. That indicates a lot of betting action on Louisville. This was in spite of the fact that it was unknown if Boatright was playing until a couple hours before the game, and you'd think once we knew he was, action would shift to UConn, or at least not to Louisville. So if Stuart is taking money, it's probably from gamblers, not anyone with the Louisville program.

 

[mauconnfan]

There's no one taking money, let's not make Stuart something he's not…….he's just an awful referee with rabbit ears, a hard on and an agenda which probably changes game-to-game…...

 

[Husky68]

There's no one taking money, let's not make Stuart something he's not…….he's just an awful referee with rabbit ears, a hard on and an agenda which probably changes game-to-game…...

And you know this how?

 

[UConNation]

There's no one taking money, let's not make Stuart something he's not…….he's just an awful referee with rabbit ears, a hard on and an agenda which probably changes game-to-game…...

If he had rabbit ears wouldn't the game have been called more pro-UConn?

On a seperate note, does anyone else remember when JC got ejected a few years back for telling a ref, to his face during the game, that he had rabbit ears? I distinctly remember him shouting at the ref and putting his fingers up in the side of his head to make rabbit ears.

 

[Lefty2one]

Basketball refs have it rough, one of the few professions where you're the "best of the best" but still absolutely suck at your job.

 

[Kitaman]

Ref bitching after 48 hours is tacky.

We are UConn dammit...!

 

[zls44]

We wouldn't have closed the threads if they didn't have information about the guys home address and phone number.

If you don't understand why those posts are going too far, seek help immediately.

 

[David 76]

Ref bitching after 48 hours is tacky.

We are UConn dammit...!

So we're still good? He sucked

 

[CL82]

If you think that's true, you haven't been paying attention.

Peter principal.

 

[Husky048]

We wouldn't have closed the threads if they didn't have information about the guys home address and phone number.

If you don't understand why those posts are going too far, seek help immediately.

Ahhhhhhh the humanity! Not his home address and phone #!!! Good job policing the board nana.

 

[sledog]

We should all participate in our sacred civic duty of assisting the incompetent to either the retirement home or sanitorium

 

[SixRings]

I emailed Paul Brazeau, the AAC Senior Associate Commissioner (Men's Basketball) this morning with my complaint that Mike Stuart is either malevolent or incompetent and, either way, shouldn't be refereeing a D1 college game. I informed him that I would not be purchasing any tickets to games where Mr. Stuart was refereeing and that includes the tournament in Memphis. Admittedly, I don't really know how I will find out who the ref's are with enough prior notice. Any ideas? (He best not be at the Temple game tomorrow night or I will be home early)
Although not an AAC ref, I asked that the AAC office pressure a review of Mr. Stuart's poor characteristics which have been in question prior to this event. I added that I hope the AAC is interested in quality.
Mr. Brazeau wrote back within 10 minutes thanking me for my thoughts and assured me that perfection is the AAC goal but it is most likely unattainable. I thought it was nice for him to respond at least. Something tells me that they are fielding a lot of similar emails this morning.
Time to move on to Temple.