3 days proving how ashamed we should be

[Billso]

Am I ashamed? Yeah. Of Iowa's coaching in the 2nd.

 

[libradawg]

Blaming officials is weak for sure, but just take a minute to seriously comprehend the likelihood and frequency of them making mistakes. For instance, start brainstorming everything in life in which a person can be good or bad at something. Now think of the BEST person you know at these various activities. The best employee at your workplace still makes quite a few mistakes doesn't he or she?

Translate that to sports officials. Keep in mind I only asked you to think of the fallibility of the very best. I doubt we've seen the best official this season, let alone best possible crew. Even then there would be bad calls. In the end what people seem to do is just hope they even out. Well I'm sorry to say they don't always, LOL, and I think deep down everybody knows that. Over and entire season they probably do, but if a team loses an extremely close game there's no reason to act surprised or irritated if it gets pointed out. After all, facts are facts.

This is all very obvious stuff but something people probably don't really think about very often. Anyone can say what they want about anything, but what they can't do is remove the FACT label from officials playing a role in our loss the other night. And a far bigger one than they usually do. It's part of the game.

 

[HomerChampless]

Billso, there was another poster on this board who routinely posted pictures and some 'cute' catch phrase and thought this proved his point. Like him, Billso, I'll ask you: what's your reasoning for my fail? Hum?

 

[seepig]

You forgot the part where refs will call a few phantom fouls on the other team to help even up the fouls. So hypothetically if you foul every possession, they will quit calling them on you after awhile and they will call a few on the other team that weren't even there. It's actually a pretty good idea.

How about just getting TRAVELING calls right forget the unwritten star code. S**T there was an OBVIUOS walk by Appling on that layup cost=2 points then Fran's outburst cost=2 points. By my math that's enough to win in regulation.

 

[seepig]

Blaming officials is weak for sure, but just take a minute to seriously comprehend the likelihood and frequency of them making mistakes. For instance, start brainstorming everything in life in which a person can be good or bad at something. Now think of the BEST person you know at these various activities. The best employee at your workplace still makes quite a few mistakes doesn't he or she?

Translate that to sports officials. Keep in mind I only asked you to think of the fallibility of the very best. I doubt we've seen the best official this season, let alone best possible crew. Even then there would be bad calls. In the end what people seem to do is just hope they even out. Well I'm sorry to say they don't always, LOL, and I think deep down everybody knows that. Over and entire season they probably do, but if a team loses an extremely close game there's no reason to act surprised or irritated if it gets pointed out. After all, facts are facts.

This is all very obvious stuff but something people probably don't really think about very often. Anyone can say what they want about anything, but what they can't do is remove the FACT label from officials playing a role in our loss the other night. And a far bigger one than they usually do. It's part of the game.

Ok fouls almost always have some subjectivity like Gary Harris running over McCabe in the lane and no call is made. But regardless you just cannot cannot miss Appling's walk when Fran got the T. That no call with 3 guys looking at it is unforgivable. You can't look at that and say gosh that was close to a walk you can't even say there were too many bodies that no one had a clear look. It is these calls where refs need to be held accountable.

 

[seepig]

There was NO similar obvious missed call like that going agasint MSU. Therefore, that 4 point swing lost the game. Everything else probably evens out.

 

[PCHawk]

There was NO similar obvious missed call like that going agasint MSU. Therefore, that 4 point swing lost the game. Everything else probably evens out.

There were actually 3 really bad missed calls that cost us a total of 9 points. The travel, the over and back, and the goaltending. What happened with the fouls can just be chalked up as part of the game and I actually thought the refs did a better than normal job of calling the game. But all 3 of those calls are inexcusable and they should be held accountable.

 

[PCHawk]

Blaming officials is weak for sure, but just take a minute to seriously comprehend the likelihood and frequency of them making mistakes. For instance, start brainstorming everything in life in which a person can be good or bad at something. Now think of the BEST person you know at these various activities. The best employee at your workplace still makes quite a few mistakes doesn't he or she?

Translate that to sports officials. Keep in mind I only asked you to think of the fallibility of the very best. I doubt we've seen the best official this season, let alone best possible crew. Even then there would be bad calls. In the end what people seem to do is just hope they even out. Well I'm sorry to say they don't always, LOL, and I think deep down everybody knows that. Over and entire season they probably do, but if a team loses an extremely close game there's no reason to act surprised or irritated if it gets pointed out. After all, facts are facts.

This is all very obvious stuff but something people probably don't really think about very often. Anyone can say what they want about anything, but what they can't do is remove the FACT label from officials playing a role in our loss the other night. And a far bigger one than they usually do. It's part of the game.

You're right about the refs being part of the game. When fans get together to talk about the game, of course the officials should be discussed because they are part of the game. I swear some people around here must work for the NCAA the way they don't even want the officials to be mentioned.

 

[DDThompson]

How about just getting TRAVELING calls right forget the unwritten star code. S**T there was an OBVIUOS walk by Appling on that layup cost=2 points then Fran's outburst cost=2 points. By my math that's enough to win in regulation.

This.

But when Bilas says Applings non-travel traveling would have been a travel in the NBA....and it didn't get called...?
Oh, Woody also looked like he got fouled that caused this turnover.

 

[HawksMN]

Hawks playing weak willed basketball lost them this game. They can impose some 'will' tonight against IL if they get their heads on straight.