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    Front Page Write Up On VT and Thuggery

    Not sure what the point of the front page write up is. I watched and rewatched the pick and didn't think there was any over the top taunting. People on the board always remind folks that these are just kids. Duke players are just as guilty of "showboating" or "taunting" as other teams ... see Andre Dawkins and, in an even bigger show, Quinn Cook after The Shot 2.0.

    Was it the most sportsmanlike action? Probably not. Was it some sort of unacceptable display? I hope not, or else we have some issues on our own team.
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    Taunting after making a good play is just... well... kinda stupid.

    But it's another thing entirely to hurt someone, even if unintentionally, and then stand over them woofing for even half a second. Which is exactly what Raines did. I saw it on the replay a couple times and it pissed me off.

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    Just wanted to get this off my chest - every time we play Maryland in College Park they show the replay of Dave Neal's pick on Nolan Smith which gave him a concussion. The announcers have a good laugh about it, they joke about Nolan "seeing stars" while commending Neal for being so tough. Never mind the fact that a player was seriously hurt. If a Duke player did that to someone he would be vilified as a thug and the fact that no call was made would serve as proof that Duke gets all the calls.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Rosenrosen View Post
    Taunting after making a good play is just... well... kinda stupid.

    But it's another thing entirely to hurt someone, even if unintentionally, and then stand over them woofing for even half a second. Which is exactly what Raines did. I saw it on the replay a couple times and it pissed me off.
    Guys, I've watched the replay on TV many many times. And it happened literally 30 feet in front of me. I can tell you that there was nothing I wouldn't expect from any center laying out a point guard.

    I think we watch the world through our Duke blue colored glasses as much as Terrapins and State fans believe there are conspiracies throughout the league.

    There was nothing wrong with what happened during, or after, the pick. Tyler was actually fine.

    No need to stoke the FNG fires any more. After all, we're about to get 2 - 4 FNGs to complain about. It's time we let VPI just, well, not matter.

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    Didn't Daniel Ewing get a T for the "taunt" over Tyler yesterday?

    I thought I saw a slight taunt after the pick. I figured nothing was called since it was so close to the end of a close game. For the record, I don't like it when a Duke player does anything like this either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DukieInKansas View Post
    Didn't Daniel Ewing get a T for the "taunt" over Tyler yesterday?

    I thought I saw a slight taunt after the pick. I figured nothing was called since it was so close to the end of a close game. For the record, I don't like it when a Duke player does anything like this either.
    Well, the old fogie / sportsman in me wishes that every taunt like this would be T'd up 100% of the time, muscle flexes, yells in the camera, rim swings, staredowns, etc. But they're NOT! Which means that if the ref had T's up that very small staredown, then Duke really WOULD get all the calls.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cf-62 View Post
    Well, the old fogie / sportsman in me wishes that every taunt like this would be T'd up 100% of the time, muscle flexes, yells in the camera, rim swings, staredowns, etc. But they're NOT! .
    I hear ya!
    My inner Fogie agrees with this. In fact I'd take it further.

    I don't like the physicality that is allowed to take place in the games today at a very general level (not specific to the Duke-Vt game) I think that the "physical play" that's unfortunately the norm today, takes away from the players that are true technicians and students of the game. It detracts from proper execution and fundamentals in playing the game, at least from my POV.

    If a player is bringing the ball across 1/2 court is un-pressured and carries/palms the ball.. the the ref should MAKE THE CALL. I don't understand how "advantage" is selectively employed... NOT making that call is an inherent advantage to the team that doesn't focus on the fundamentals (not to mention rules) and rewards poor play. I am not a fan of this trend.

    As for fouls on Duke not being called. Sorry Boozer was fouled on the put-back Vs IU. Langdon was fouled vs Uconn. Deng got KNOCKED OUT in a game and still no fouls FOR Duke? Whatever benefit Duke *may* get, I refuse to feel bad about it EVER!

    All this carping seemingly started from UMd and UNC fans -
    I'd dare say at this point Duke gets away with less violations than any other team. All this white noise about fouls and favoritism ... its affecting the Refs and they have to try hard to demonstrate a non-bias as opposed to just calling the dadgum game.

    I'll stop now before somebody asks me to document and prove my assertions. I don't have the time or initiative currently to get into all that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DukieInKansas View Post
    Didn't Daniel Ewing get a T for the "taunt" over Tyler yesterday?

    I thought I saw a slight taunt after the pick. I figured nothing was called since it was so close to the end of a close game. For the record, I don't like it when a Duke player does anything like this either.
    If Karl Hess had done the game, Dell Curry and Doc Rivers would have been ejected.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wilko View Post
    If a player is bringing the ball across 1/2 court is un-pressured and carries/palms the ball.. the the ref should MAKE THE CALL. I don't understand how "advantage" is selectively employed... NOT making that call is an inherent advantage to the team that doesn't focus on the fundamentals (not to mention rules) and rewards poor play. I am not a fan of this trend.
    Agreed.

    In the same vein, it makes me cringe the fact that Austin walks EVERY time he catches the ball on the perimiter. He is SO sloppy with his footwork when he catches the ball. I can't figure out if its on purpose to keep his defender off balance (since they have no idea what his pivot foot is, considering he doesn't either) or what. Austin isn't the only player who does this though, its VERY common in college ball and particularly in the NBA.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wilko View Post
    I hear ya!
    My inner Fogie agrees with this. In fact I'd take it further.

    I don't like the physicality that is allowed to take place in the games today at a very general level (not specific to the Duke-Vt game) I think that the "physical play" that's unfortunately the norm today, takes away from the players that are true technicians and students of the game. It detracts from proper execution and fundamentals in playing the game, at least from my POV.

    If a player is bringing the ball across 1/2 court is un-pressured and carries/palms the ball.. the the ref should MAKE THE CALL. I don't understand how "advantage" is selectively employed... NOT making that call is an inherent advantage to the team that doesn't focus on the fundamentals (not to mention rules) and rewards poor play. I am not a fan of this trend.

    As for fouls on Duke not being called. Sorry Boozer was fouled on the put-back Vs IU. Langdon was fouled vs Uconn. Deng got KNOCKED OUT in a game and still no fouls FOR Duke? Whatever benefit Duke *may* get, I refuse to feel bad about it EVER!

    All this carping seemingly started from UMd and UNC fans -
    I'd dare say at this point Duke gets away with less violations than any other team. All this white noise about fouls and favoritism ... its affecting the Refs and they have to try hard to demonstrate a non-bias as opposed to just calling the dadgum game.

    I'll stop now before somebody asks me to document and prove my assertions. I don't have the time or initiative currently to get into all that.
    I don't know why this is, but we ALL know that Duke got shafted by the refs at the end of certain games - that cost us at least an opportunity to win more championships - yet we are all able to couch that knowledge with a grounding "well, we shouldn't have been in that position" or "we missed too many free throws." Instead of focusing on foul 5, for example, we accept the fact that the first 4 fouls were silly, putting you at the mercy of a quick whistle by mr. stripes. Yes, Mr. Benedict didn't call a foul that was intentionally committed because the defender knew the layup wins the game. Maybe we shouldn't have blown a 17 point lead - including an 8 point lead in the last 2 minutes.

    Why other schools can't seem to deal with this, I don't understand. Kansas, by the way, seems to have this mindset as well. The ability to not focus on a possible physical play by a defender, but rather simply say that their guard wasn't strong with the ball.

    The funniest are the Kentucky fans that re-write history to MAKE the loss in '92 the refs' fault. Nobody complained in 1992, or 93, 94, 95, ... all the way up to about 2002. That was when the story out of Lexington changed to "Laettner should have been ejected." Gee, at the time you didn't seem to mind the fact that he got called for a technical that started a 12 - 2 run. In fact, I would say that everybody involved from the UK side would say they got what they wanted - until the infamous 2001 Final 4 with the 2 whiniest fan bases I've ever seen - Maryland and Arizona.

    At any rate, while I do get extremely riled up at certain calls (Ted Valentine, offensive foul on Dawkins last week comes to mind), I never sit around and say "the ref cost us the game."

    And, again, back to the staredown, I heard that D-Ewing was hit with a technical for the TT staredown, so it all worked out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukeENG2003 View Post
    Agreed.

    In the same vein, it makes me cringe the fact that Austin walks EVERY time he catches the ball on the perimiter. He is SO sloppy with his footwork when he catches the ball. I can't figure out if its on purpose to keep his defender off balance (since they have no idea what his pivot foot is, considering he doesn't either) or what. Austin isn't the only player who does this though, its VERY common in college ball and particularly in the NBA.
    The "reverse pivot on the catch at the hash line" is actually one of those calls that I mention gets me riled up. It is called maybe twice a year. The fact that it was called Thursday night on Seth - grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Not just Austin, but every player that comes off a flex screen to the hash mark essentially double pivots when they catch the ball. NEVER called - except in the worst of situations. (like we're up 2 on UNC - happened a few years ago).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Channing View Post
    Not sure what the point of the front page write up is. I watched and rewatched the pick and didn't think there was any over the top taunting. People on the board always remind folks that these are just kids. Duke players are just as guilty of "showboating" or "taunting" as other teams ... see Andre Dawkins and, in an even bigger show, Quinn Cook after The Shot 2.0.

    Was it the most sportsmanlike action? Probably not. Was it some sort of unacceptable display? I hope not, or else we have some issues on our own team.
    I have watched the replay several time now and agree completely with you on this. Nothing even remotely thuggish on the play. Can we move on yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JNort View Post
    I have watched the replay several time now and agree completely with you on this. Nothing even remotely thuggish on the play. Can we move on yet?
    Well, it's hard to argue with this not knowing what your definition of "thuggish" is, but I was at the game and was personally outraged in the moment. I've now watched the replay and again saw the VT player pause to look down at Tyler after the pick knocked Tyler to the floor.

    I thought it was uncalled for and displayed poor sportsmanship. Just my opinion.

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    "Thug" is one of those words that gets overused and misused way too often. Same with "stalker" or "sarcastic." People really should think about what the word actually means before using it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 91_92_01_10 View Post
    Well, it's hard to argue with this not knowing what your definition of "thuggish" is, but I was at the game and was personally outraged in the moment. I've now watched the replay and again saw the VT player pause to look down at Tyler after the pick knocked Tyler to the floor.

    I thought it was uncalled for and displayed poor sportsmanship. Just my opinion.
    That's what I saw. He paused to look down at Tyler after the pick. I don't know why he looked down at Tyler, but that's probably where I would have looked if I had set such a pick. He could have been thinking, "Take that you so and so." He could have been thinking, "I hope he's not hurt." I couldn't read his mind so I don't know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by camion View Post
    That's what I saw. He paused to look down at Tyler after the pick. I don't know why he looked down at Tyler, but that's probably where I would have looked if I had set such a pick. He could have been thinking, "Take that you so and so." He could have been thinking, "I hope he's not hurt." I couldn't read his mind so I don't know.
    Exactly - if the player isn't focusing on setting the pick he runs the risk of getting his clock cleaned. Taking half a second to focus and finish the play is not horrible and, as mentioned, nobody knows what Raines was thinking. My only point is its a little hyper-sensitive to write an article about that play showing VTs "thuggish" behavior.
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    Quote Originally Posted by camion View Post
    That's what I saw. He paused to look down at Tyler after the pick. I don't know why he looked down at Tyler, but that's probably where I would have looked if I had set such a pick. He could have been thinking, "Take that you so and so." He could have been thinking, "I hope he's not hurt." I couldn't read his mind so I don't know.
    I was actually on the phone with someone else watching the game when it was happening and had almost this exact conversation. My first thought was that Raines was talking trash, but seeing it again didn't looking like he said anything. If the exact same play had happened against Boston College or Davidson, or some other school where there was no history of seemingly dirty play and heavy trash talking, I don't think I would have thought twice about it. However, while this play might not have been dirty and Raines might not have been woofing at him, VT doesn't exactly have a stellar reputation for sportsmanship, which made me immediately jump to the conclusion that it was a dirty play.

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    I didn't a problem with it on first watch either. If your adrenaline is flowing like crazy and you take a full-speed hit from a 200-lb man like a champ in a way that helps your team, your initial, half-second reaction is going to be fueled by an even bigger rush of adrenaline. He didn't say anything or do anything demonstrative that I could see, so I'd say he handled himself decently well.

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    I think the VT player handled himself ok. Could he have offered a hand up or something, perhaps, but it's definitely not even close to the worst behaivor we've seen.

    My complaint is the fact that there seems to be no consistancy in the taunting call throughout the NCAA. I don't understand how a player can make a dunk plus the foul, then come down with his arms pumped up, he's strutting around and not get called for taunting. Then in the Duke game against Virginia Tech at Tech, Andre Dawkins gets called for a tech after he makes a three pointer for what appears to be maybe looking at the guy after the shot? Now what I couldn't tell was if Dawkins said something but I thought the technical in that case was unwarrented. As with so many different calls, traveling, carrying the ball, and taunting, consistancy is clearly lacking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bluedevil31 View Post
    I think the VT player handled himself ok. Could he have offered a hand up or something, perhaps, but it's definitely not even close to the worst behaivor we've seen.
    Offer to help him up with the game clock running at the end of a close game?

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