Team needs to be Much more aggressive, and to play Much tougher. They are being manhandled by some teams. Hawks are being smashed in the face over and over again. The opponents make it look innocent, just going for the ball, contesting a loose ball or rebound, However they are getting away with thug behavior.....
Happened in the clone game. Solomon Young was getting away with bloody murder. He and Brady were going for a loose ball and he smashed Brady in the side of the head, knocking him to the floor with force, then he stomped the floor next to Ellinson's head while continuing on down the floor. Don't believe they called a foul. Took Brady a while to get up.....
Later in the game, Young and Cordell were going for a loose ball on the sideline, Young wasn't even attempting to get the ball. He slammed into Pemsl and threw him out of bounds when he was off balance. Again no call other than denying the ball to whomever touched it last.....
In the Penn State game, Ryan Kriener faked a shot near the basket, making the PS player jump into the air over his head, on the way down he smashed Ryan in the head, causing a concussion. Again no foul called. Should have been a flagrant, just like Young's transgressions.....
In the Buckeye game Garza was smashed in the face going for a rebound. It was not inadvertent. It was deliberate and then he seemed to hit Tyler in the face while continuing his rampage. Again no foul called. I do not believe.....
The referees are letting them get away with this, Injuries have been caused, and it could be worse. On the other hand, we get called for little touches. This seriously affects the pace and style of the game for the Hawks. We can't afford to have players sitting on the bench, like Cook and Garza because of early touch fouls. The opponents have adopted this strategy. It has to stop.....
We have more than enough fouls to give. Wagner, Pemsl and Kriener have 15 fouls to obtain. They should be seriously hard fouls. Let us start putting these thugs on the floor, while avoiding a flagrant. Same as they are doing to us, over and over. if they want to play ThugBall. Ok Let's Play.....
Last season we had the reputation of being JunkYardDogs. Calhoun would mention this over and over. He loved the fight and never-say-die attitude the Hawks displayed. This season that attitude is obviously absent. We need to start playing Hard. If a MFer laughs in our faces and taunts the coaches and players on the bench, we need to make them pay for that.....
The Hawks play as tough as anyone who grew up on the streets of Philadelphia, like most of Penn State's roster, and anywhere else. Let's start to show our toughness and Fight Back.....
Fran knows about tough play. He grew up in Philadelphia, and now needs to let the Lads loose.....
Time to fight back.....
Typed this rather quickly, sort of a rant, and just might need to edit later on.....
