Oso planning to go pro
Facepalm. I've heard The Onion is hiring writers. You should consider applying.Please tweet your solution to MUBB. I look forward to watching Wojo get technicals every game going into halftime, and making the other team's best player a "marked man." Like, the best player on the opposition isn't already at the top of the scouting report.
Am I the only one that thinks Howard was barely touched (if at all) on his injury? I thought he just slid into the chair and hit his head. If someone has a video of the replay, I’d love to see. Unless I see otherwise, it seems like crazy talk to think Wojo should have done anything on that play.
I DVR'd the game. I have watched the play multiple times. It looks to me like Baddley's elbow hits Markus and Markus's head recoils immediately. (Feels like the Zapruder film)
The two aren't mutually exclusive. Marquette has obviously won games featuring Markus. It's harsh, but it's reality. This was never going to be "The Year". Giving the team the opportunity to win games while using Markus as a recruiting tool at the same time is not a bad strategy IMHO.
So, I tried an experiment. My wife is a big basketball fan. Hoosier fan, but I love her anyway. My 13 year old son has been playing basketball since he was 5. I pulled up the DVR of the sequence of plays leading to the play in question. I told them that I was going to play this little bit and I wanted their observations. I told them I was not going to preface it in any way, just tell me what you see. When Baldwin initially stole the ball, wife: 'that's a foul"! Son, " he mugged him"!When Markus got clocked, Wife "did they call a flagrant?" Son, jumping out of his chair and pointing at the screen, " He totally elbowed him in the head!" Sometimes, people see what they want to see. Markus 6-14 from the field prior, 2-13 from the field after.
Right people see what they want to see. In real time it looked like a bad foul. Can you honestly say you saw his elbow hit his head hard, not a recoil did you actually see it his head. Look at the replay they gave from a different angle. We are marquette fans I wanted it to be a flagrant it simply wasn't.
You're simply wrong.
I didn't need to watch it multiple times. I've had it happen to me and it isn't pleasant. People think Markus got hurt after he hit the ground, which I don't believe is the case. The way he crumpled indicates to me that the elbow caused most of the damage.
But you said they were. "Wojo is focused on the long game and that undoubtedly will affect results in the short term."
Question: Why would Wojo keep playing Howard if this was SO serious, debilitating and concussive?Btw - I suspect you catch a lot of elbows while playing hoops. You’re THAT guy.
It is possible to be affected without being concussed. Markus had 5 second half points in 4 minutes and 16 seconds, so up to that point, the second half adjustments had not affected him. 2-13 after.
Some players are very competitive and will do anything to stay in the game. Markus seems like one of those guys. Reminds me of Favre a little.Obviously you talk basketball and have played very little or you would know that everybody takes elbows in basketball. The term " taking a bow" comes from how common taking an elbow is. Try it sometime.
At this point you are approaching grassy knoll territory. Until the hard foul at 15:46, Markus had one turnover and missed a three pointer (and took the technical free throws). Two theories as to what happened after half time to Markus: Jordan adjusted or Markus was concussed to the point he was debilitated. At this point, we know the first is true...and we have a statistical comet trail that other teams out adjust MU at halftime....and that the A teams scheme successfully against Markus. I love Lavin...but he wasn’t a great game changer...but there is a reason he is calling this out.I await the concussion news.
Reminder. The Onion is hiring.
Down 1 w 5 seconds left. Doable.
I wonder how smart he would be talking if Baldwin had been hammered into the floor and they had gone on to lose the game with Baldwin being totally ineffective.BTW it isn't that typical for Markus to be shut down in the second half of games.
Am I missing something??Oh, I get it......You thought I meant taking a bow like when you curtsy in your drama club.It's a totally different thing in basketball.It's what happened to Markus in the Butler game.
WhoaJoe,Serious question. What if multiple top recruits want/were promised the green light?