damn those refs! i have never seen refs so blatantly swayed by a crowd. a few of them were obviously getting visions of being Bono at a concert. "last touched by YOU Rebel, itz SHOCKA BALL!!!"
throughout the whole game, WSU were called for one pelvic thrust. just one, on a Zimm drive. driving your crotch in a thrusting motion to any opposing player is fine if your hands are in the air, pump away! it was non stop all game.
bottom line is we got man handled and i have a bad feeling every team will follow that same recipe. especially where you just swing across the dribblers forearms and you'll have a steal, guaranteed.
Questions: is it okay to shove people constantly with your non-dribbling arm? if you are dribbling near an opponent and snap your neck back is it a flagrant or just a foul?
McCaw - got very very understandably frustrated by lots of pushing and rakes across the arm which were only called when he did it to WSU. forced too much. probably the worst i have seen him play, but i give him a lot of credit by not getting a tech.
Ike - feast or famine and he starved us last night. atrocious. he's the only one that couldn't get bullied and instead he launched from deep, with crooked feet most of the time.
Jerome - too many bad plays. forced 3 when Green was WIDE open. probably have to blame the coaching on having him continuously go to the pick and roll that never worked. they defended it the way we should have.
Zimm - good as possible when all you're asked to do is set picks 30 feet from the basket.
Cornish - is it too late for a redshirt? he's reminding me of a freshman Morgan. had a nice dish to Zimm, but Zimm bailed him out by cutting, he was in no man's land. they tell shooters to keep shooting, but this is crazy.
Poyser - seemed to be the only one who wasn't effected by the atmosphere. played well. not just that he hit his shots.
Carter - good effort as usual. solid as could be, but even he forced some stuff.
Jones - i thought he played decent. didn't like seeing the 3s with people in his face.
Morgan - he needed to play angrier especially on the hack Wessel. still going too fast. every time he touches the ball i get antsy.
Green - no comment because he was in for like 3 seconds before Jerome forced one off the backboard when he was wide open. shame.
Coaching - adjusted to the Vleet show in the 2nd half, but i don't know why it didn't get fixed in the first half. we never did anything decent on offense, probably due to the allowed physical play. i don't know why the press wasn't utilized more.
okay some of that was a little harsh, but i'm sure we can all agree that had to be one of the most frustrating games to watch. felt a little like a LK vs SDSU game.
still love the team, loved how they never gave up, which would've been easy. kind of wish one of the players would've got a tech since Rice refuses to challenge the refs. i would love to see that team in March. might not be a good idea, but in my mind, we are a much better team.
p.s. - i wish we had Dantley still so he and the scrub from the other team could go one on one.
throughout the whole game, WSU were called for one pelvic thrust. just one, on a Zimm drive. driving your crotch in a thrusting motion to any opposing player is fine if your hands are in the air, pump away! it was non stop all game.
bottom line is we got man handled and i have a bad feeling every team will follow that same recipe. especially where you just swing across the dribblers forearms and you'll have a steal, guaranteed.
Questions: is it okay to shove people constantly with your non-dribbling arm? if you are dribbling near an opponent and snap your neck back is it a flagrant or just a foul?
McCaw - got very very understandably frustrated by lots of pushing and rakes across the arm which were only called when he did it to WSU. forced too much. probably the worst i have seen him play, but i give him a lot of credit by not getting a tech.
Ike - feast or famine and he starved us last night. atrocious. he's the only one that couldn't get bullied and instead he launched from deep, with crooked feet most of the time.
Jerome - too many bad plays. forced 3 when Green was WIDE open. probably have to blame the coaching on having him continuously go to the pick and roll that never worked. they defended it the way we should have.
Zimm - good as possible when all you're asked to do is set picks 30 feet from the basket.
Cornish - is it too late for a redshirt? he's reminding me of a freshman Morgan. had a nice dish to Zimm, but Zimm bailed him out by cutting, he was in no man's land. they tell shooters to keep shooting, but this is crazy.
Poyser - seemed to be the only one who wasn't effected by the atmosphere. played well. not just that he hit his shots.
Carter - good effort as usual. solid as could be, but even he forced some stuff.
Jones - i thought he played decent. didn't like seeing the 3s with people in his face.
Morgan - he needed to play angrier especially on the hack Wessel. still going too fast. every time he touches the ball i get antsy.
Green - no comment because he was in for like 3 seconds before Jerome forced one off the backboard when he was wide open. shame.
Coaching - adjusted to the Vleet show in the 2nd half, but i don't know why it didn't get fixed in the first half. we never did anything decent on offense, probably due to the allowed physical play. i don't know why the press wasn't utilized more.
okay some of that was a little harsh, but i'm sure we can all agree that had to be one of the most frustrating games to watch. felt a little like a LK vs SDSU game.
still love the team, loved how they never gave up, which would've been easy. kind of wish one of the players would've got a tech since Rice refuses to challenge the refs. i would love to see that team in March. might not be a good idea, but in my mind, we are a much better team.
p.s. - i wish we had Dantley still so he and the scrub from the other team could go one on one.
