OT: David Collins Flagrant 2

[HuskylnSC]

You just don’t get to claim this was an accident after that. Leading with your shoulder and then walking away without showing any concern for the guy. There is a 0% chance this was an a accident.

Agree 100%. When I've been in the situation where I knew I was going to hit someone, I would either wrap them up or side away to minimize risk of injury. This guy blew Moore Jr. up. That deserves suspension. If you can't control yourself to play the game right you don't deserve to play the game.

 

[Scoe]

You do have to hand out a suspension to set a precedent, by no means does this make Collins a bad kid, hopefully a learning experience.

A dirty play no doubt, obviously not thinking. That’s what your hoping that it becomes a long term learning experience for him with the upcoming suspension.

 

[CTBasketball]

No harm no foul. That was play-continuation in the 1980s big east.

 

[Lefty2one]

That's about as dirty as it gets on the basketball court. Hell, that's a 15-yard penalty in the NFL (defenseless receiver).

I think he'll be suspended for a few games but we'll see.

 

[CL82]

Remember when Rod Sellers became a folk hero for slamming Laettner’s head into the court?

Stuff happens. He didn’t try to kill anyone and he apologized on the court. He’s not going to be suspended for the rest of the season, much to the chagrin of our pearl clutchers. He’ll certainly get a game or two off and he deserves that, but that’s about the extent of it.

Totally different set of circumstances.

1. It was Laettner.
2. Laettner had previously stopped on Sellers chest.
3. He didn’t slam his head to the ground. He just gave me a little taste of forearm. There was virtually no risk of serious injury from it.
4. This kid look like he was a safety taking out a wide receiver mid air. There was significant risk of injury.
5. It was Laettner.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

He just gave me a little taste of forearm

CL82 is Christian Laettner confirmed?

 

[connVA]

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Never will I wish a bro a healthy season? Can anybody translate that for me. Is it like a backhanded comment?

Never have been a dirty player, never will. Clemson is a couple (dozen) rungs above USF academically, so here’s hoping the kid can pick up basic punctuation before graduating. Unfortunately, signs point to “No”…

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

The ACC or the school has to take care of this so players on other teams don't take matters into their own hands. A lot of geezers are nostalgic for the 80's Pistons or the late 80's, early 90's Big East. Actually, the basketball was often terrible and barely and there were a lot of fights. The NCAA cracked down hard on the rugby-ball, and the game is a lot better as a result.

It’s 2022. No one’s taking matters into their own hands.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

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Never will I wish a bro a healthy season? Can anybody translate that for me. Is it like a backhanded comment?

"Let's eat grandma" vs. "Let's eat, grandma."
#commasmatter

 

[Chin Diesel]

Totally different set of circumstances.

1. It was Laettner.
2. Laettner had previously stopped on Sellers chest.
3. He didn’t slam his head to the ground. He just gave me a little taste of forearm. There was virtually no risk of serious injury from it.
4. This kid look like he was a safety taking out a wide receiver mid air. There was significant risk of injury.
5. It was Laettner.

Bob Saget's family disagrees.

 

[navery12]

Bob Saget's family disagrees.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

 

[MexicoHusky]

Yikes. That dude started his run somewhere between half court and the three point line.

 

[CL82]

CL82 is Christian Laettner confirmed?

Ha ha, if I am I’m surprisingly magnanimous about that incident. Actually, now that I think about it I’ve actually heard Laettner talk about it and he is surprisingly magnanimous.

 

[CL82]

Lol, we need to get Boat on the wall.

 

[CL82]

Yikes. That dude started his run somewhere between half court and the three point line.

And he lowered his shoulder. Seriously, I wish our football secondary hit that hard.

 

[CL82]

"Let's eat grandma" vs. "Let's eat, grandma."
#commasmatter

Yeah, I tried a bunch of different punctuation in there, but I just couldn’t figure that one out. It’s always obvious after you see it though, right?

 

[MexicoHusky]

And he lowered his shoulder. Seriously, I wish our football secondary hit that hard.

I can't say I've seen too many fouls like that. In any era or any level of basketball.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Those USF teams were brutes and the style of play was very concerning. It wasn’t quite basketball.

 

[Spaceman213J]

In this day and age, it probably would have been a flag in the NFL for hitting a defenseless receiver.

For those comparing it to Sellers/Laettner, there was no chance of CL never walking again after the Sellers forearm. But it is the NCAA, and they will probably wait until the tragic day that a guy is put into a wheelchair or worse. I understand this type of play is very uncommon, but sooner or later a guy is going to come down wrong and some people will change their tune. I hope it's never in my lifetime, but guys take nasty falls even on clean plays at times or simply lose their grips on the rim.

It was weird because when I watched it, I thought of Carson Palmer talking about the NFL and how the day is coming when we are going to see an on field death in the NFL because of the way players are getting bigger, faster, and stronger.

 

[PNolanFan]

Horrible play, but that being said I have seen many extremely dirty plays from Duke players over the years. Should be punished but don't want to hear it from Duke fans who defended Grayson Allen for 4 years

 

[Rocktheworld]

Wouldn't have blamed a Duke player for clocking him, that was ridiculous

They were at home, wouldn’t shock me if that made the coward feel tougher.

 

[superjohn]

Horrible play, but that being said I have seen many extremely dirty plays from Duke players over the years. Should be punished but don't want to hear it from Duke fans who defended Grayson Allen for 4 years

Grayson Allen and no other Duke player has ever done anything close to that in all my years of watching.

 

[slepers]

Bob Saget's family disagrees.

Sad comment

 

[awfuldan]

Suspended one game