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Please don't blame the refs

Horatio said:
Do you recall the Yakwe flagrant foul call?
Have you ever seen that called before?
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I saw it in the Purdue game this week, but when it was called it was absolutely no question a hook and hold. Much different than this one.
 
superjohn said:
The flagrant 1 on Yakwe was like the only call they got right. It's a point of emphasis this year and I've already seen it called several times this season.
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This reminds me of when Dejuan Blair almost tore off Thabeets arm in a 08-09 matchup.
 
Chief00 said:
Exactly!
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As I said Carey did it plenty on Thursday too but who's to complain when we win. Yet he did it numerous times only to get away with it numerous times. To be honest refs blow for the most part anyway no feel for the game I'm afraid.
 
I missed the game while driving up to Vermont for the weekend. Sounds like it's a good thing I missed it; my blood was boiling during the Syracuse game and this sounds like it was even worse.
 
temery said:
It was a foul, but from what I saw he turned and raised his left arm and it got caught under the other players arm. Not sure how it was flagrant.
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They cannot leave this rule the way it is, and that Yakwe play is the reason why. 2 guys are jockeying for space to get a rebound, Yakwe's hand is facing upward as he uses the elbow to try to keep his man to the side. To me, having played basketball under the hoop for years, this is a completely normal way to have your arm. Once the defender drops his arm over your elbow, suddenly there's a problem. I agree that this is a dangerous situation, for reasons like Dejuan Blair flipping Thabeet over his head, but can't they wait to call a flagrant when someone actually does something dangerous?

Yakwe had his hand facing upward, the other guy put his arm down over it, and boom flagrant foul 2 shots and the ball? Why teach your kids how to play basketball, just teach them to recognize when a post player has his hand facing upward and draw the flagrants!!!! FUN!!
 
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temery said:
Sorry, but posts blaming the refs, right or wrong, make this site look like a bunch of whinny little bitches.
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No one is blaming the refs for anything but sucking. Are you saying that you think they were good or even ok?

The only whining I see is from people complaining about the people who are being critical of the refs. The refs were awful and deserve to be criticized. The criticisms have been well presented. It isn't like anyone is acting like a former coach of ours.
 
Lefty2one said:
I missed the game while driving up to Vermont for the weekend. Sounds like it's a good thing I missed it; my blood was boiling during the Syracuse game and this sounds like it was even worse.
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Casual fan. ;)
 
temery said:
Sorry, but posts blaming the refs, right or wrong, make this site look like a bunch of whinny little bitches.
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Your post whinning about posts whinning about refs looks whinny.
 
temery said:
It was a foul, but from what I saw he turned and raised his left arm and it got caught under the other players arm. Not sure how it was flagrant.
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That’s how I saw it too.
 
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