I'll defer to you if there's a better angle. It was still an obvious flop and I really hate seeing that rewarded in that situation.
I mean, the dude lifted his elbow into the other dudes chin.
Well, I guess that's one analysis. If you actually watch the replay closely his elbow comes nowhere close to the other guy's chin. And the Shelton kid flops like he's been hit by a cannon ball.
It happened RIGHT in front of the official. ..probably 10 to 15 feet maximum with the ball not in play or ready for play. I think by rule a T is the only thing that could be called. I don't think a personal foul is an option there by rule.
You now what, that is fine, I don't care. This is a game vs 2 towns that won't even be there in 10 years.
I agree 100%. Look at it this way, nobody is going to jerk their head back and fall after that little of contact. I got flat out clocked once or twice back when I played and I never fell down, nor was a foul called. This kid fell back as if he got shot by a sniper.
Is this about the voucher scheme to eliminate small public schools?
The towns will most likely exist, but their schools will probably be consolidated with other towns.
Yeah, I watched the video from the 1st half. Clear cheap shot. And the 2nd angle of the T foul shows him clearly getting too much contact with the ball in the refs hand. IMO, the Santee kid had it coming. Yeah, the other kid flopped a bit, but before the flop, his whole upper body is jarred back from the blow, wasnt a light love tap or anything. Sucks it had to come down to that, and Im all for some rough play, but seems like the kid was a bully, and I love seeing bullies get their comeuppance.
Yep, zero reason for a forearm, especially when the ball isn't even in play. I watched some pretty rough basketball the other night and never saw anyone throwing forearms.
Makes no difference. Why is that kid throwing a forearm during an inbounds?
I think the video clearly shows that saying "throwing a forearm" is a vast exaggeration. There is always jostling on any routine inbounds play, and in this situation Santee was trying to inbound with a 1 point lead and like 7 seconds to play. It was also their 3rd inbound attempt because Shelton was fouling to get to the bonus because they were desperate. I don't think the Santee kid did anything remotely close to deserving even a foul, let alone a tech. People who say, "he shouldn't even touch him in that situation" have clearly never played basketball and have no clue how hard it is to inbound the ball in that situation. And finally, the ref was clearly itching to call a tech because he made the call instantly. Should've at least gathered his crew and discussed it in that situation.
On the bright side, the kid from Shelton instantly received a scholarship offer from Wisconsin.
Can't say about santee but since reservation, I would assume school would be there. Tribal and federal $$. Shelton not going anywhere. Bedroom community for Kearney and grand island.
Let's just say I've seen all kinds inbounds plays this year and I've yet to seen anything remotely like that. Was that how you were coached to separate? By instigating contact with your forearm? It's playoff time for high school basketball, the roughness gets ramped up. But contact at the rim or battling for a rebound is different than what I saw on that video.
Okay, if you watched that video and you think the notable action was the "contact" and not the giant flop then we're just not going to agree. Were you taught to flop?
No.
I find it strange that so many people have such strong opinions about something they are so clearly wrong on. Randomly shoving people clearly isn't part of basketball. The fact it happened before the play even began makes it even more clear. Some real street ball fans on Twitter. Lol.
We just start from completely different premises, because I laugh at the take that he "shoved" him at all. He touched him. Barely. You are engaging in about as much drama as the Shelton kid did.
Maybe it's just perspective. You clearly grew up playing pick up games in inner city Chicago or somewhere like that. Because I've never seen a basketball game that was officiated where players are allowed to do stuff like that.
