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Baddley did not “take out” our leading scorer. Literally. Markus didn’t miss one second as a result of that play. And the play itself wasn’t dirty. It was two guys going full speed in transition. Take off your blue and gold glasses and stop using this as an excuse for why we lost.
He should have Still worthy of a look at the monitor and a Flagrant 1- excessivecontact above the shoulders My opinion, it is on of the myriad of reasons why we lost, but not as important as not changing defenses on Kamar. Kamar is not a 3 point shooter. Play some zone. Double on the screens...something. If Coach does that, we don't even need to see Markus try to take over.
I took a few screenshots (quality is best I could get) of the play and am just not seeing any elbow or malicious intent like a few others have mentioned.Screenshot #1: Butler guy goes up with both hands as if to block the ball.Screenshot #2: Best evidence I could find of an "elbow"Screenshot #3 & #4: Markus appears to turn his head towards the hoop as if to see if the ball went in. Don't think he'd make that reaction if he just got clocked in the head.Screenshot #5: Head hitting the chair.
thank you for this! i was just going to post my recollection of that the announcers pointed out that his head hit the chair(not an elbow to the melon) and something about it not being the fan's faults because of the tight quarters/seating arrangements etc etc. i sometimes wonder about the schools need to make money-fans in folding chairs, positions of camera crews and safety of the players.
The announcers, and every other blind umpire, missed the elbow to the head. Fortunately tower and others have the game on dvr and Markus definitely took an elbow to the head. The only real debate is whether it was intentional. I contend it was because of the exaggerated arm movement by Baddley. Others disagree. That's fine.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I've rewatched it a couple of times. While I agree there was an elbow to the head, I have no idea what "exaggerated arm movement" you are referring to. I see absolutely no evidence of it being intentional. Maybe it was, but I'm not sure what has convinced you that it's a certainty.
Somebody just posted a video of the play and at the end of the attempted block Baddley swings his right arm at Markus. His body actually turns in Markus' direction like he was targeting him.
Still not seeing it. It looks like an attempted block of a layup to me. Sometimes hard contact happens.
Pay attention to the turning of his body toward Markus when he swings his right arm down on his head.It's also interesting to watch Baddleys actions after the play. He slinks away because he knows what he did.
Yeah...you have what we call confirmation bias. I'm not seeing what you are seeing and even if I was, it would tell us zero about his intentions.
We are now 36 hours removed from the incident, and have read ~50+ posts from you on this one particular play. How long should we plan on you continuing to post on that play?
The angle Baddley took to block the shot did not allow for his body to blade in the direction of Markus unless it was intentional.By the way, what did you think of Baddleys reaction??
I think you should have your own head checked. No seriously, you are over the top obsessing.
Noted, another scooper who doesn't care about Markus getting hammered and how it affected his game. That's fine. You do you
I care about Markus. I also care about truth and your slandering of another player.
Intentional fouls and flagrant fouls are part of the game. I'm sure you've never seen a cheap shot before in basketball.That play was intentional in my opinion and I think the video supports it.It's part of a bigger issue with Markus, as he's had his share of getting beat up and not getting calls.You have your opinion, that's fine. You do you
I will. Maybe you should stop claiming that others don’t care about Markus’ health.
I started this thread because no one seemed to be interested in Markus' condition or the lack of a call on what I thought was a flagrant foul.People make lots of claims on message boards, the only people who should be bothered by my statement are those with a guilty conscience.
You’re tiresome.