Huskies Throwing Elbows? Cool. Ducks Throwing Elbows? Ejection Time!
I’m watching the Ducks and Huskies play in the second round of the Pac-10 Tournament against the Huskies and Aaron Brooks has just been ejected from the game. Brooks threw an elbow into Husky Guard Ryan Appleby’s face after Appleby, on the previous possession, appeared to intentionally elbow Brooks in the face. Both Brooks and Appleby were bleeding. The officials didn’t call a foul on Appleby but did throw Brooks out of the game, crippling the Ducks’ chance to win. That’s Pac-10 officiating for you.
Also, Ernie Kent is horrible at teaching rebounding and defense. It’s absolutely incredible that someone whose players have no concept of how to box out or play proper defense isn’t on the coaching hot seat.
March 9th, 2006 at 11:34 pm
Ducks win despite not having Brooks in the game for all of the second half. “Champ” Oguchi was goddamn incredible again: in the two Pac-10 tournament games he has a total of 12 three pointers, which is a (four game) tournament record.
It’s good to beat the Huskies, particularly when it’s against the odds.
March 10th, 2006 at 8:33 am
The Ducks might be better without Brooks. How can a guy play D-1 college hoops for 3 years and not improve? In fact, he’s probably digressed a little bit.
March 12th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
Not hard to figure this one out…Appleby may have fouled Brooks …and the foul may not have been called.
So, based on Brooks retaliation strategem, each time a player is fouled and gets a non call, that player is then allowed to intentionally injure his opponent.
‘That’s Pac-10 officiating for you.’
And that’s Oregon Sports writing for you….
March 12th, 2006 at 7:59 pm
“may have fouled Brooks”? Heh, you’re a sharp one.
Brooks deserved to be thrown out of the game and suspended- what he did was inexcusable. But he wouldn’t have done something stupid if the officials had called Appleby for hitting Brooks in the mouth in the first place. Ignoring a foul like that is inexcusable and indicative of what Pac-10 officiating has become: sloppy, inconsistent, and unprofessional.
I just hope Appleby can recover from having to receive two stitches in time for the tournament. What a brave lil’ trooper.
March 13th, 2006 at 12:49 am
This is basketball we are talking about, right?
Wake me up when UO has Pac-10 baseball…
March 13th, 2006 at 11:51 am
‘But he wouldn’t have done something stupid if the officials had called Appleby for hitting Brooks in the mouth in the first place.’
Ian–you have placed the responsibility where it belongs, with Brooks. Fouls will happen and some of them won’t be called. I have reread your last statement thinking at first that you were expressing sincere admiration of Appleby’s recuperative powers.
Well, of course you weren’t and how could I have not discerned your apparent disdain for the victim? ‘Two stitches….lil’ trooper…examine your words. You say that Brooks was ’stupid’ and then it seems that you wish Appleby had been hurt worse…
And you seem to blame the victim (lil’ trooper) because his injuries were slight…
Heh, I’m not the sharp one….
March 13th, 2006 at 1:36 pm
I think watching trained seals play basketball would be more entertaining.
That said: Brooks sucks, Appleby sucks. The solution is THUNDERDOME!
Two Oafs enter, One oaf leaves!
March 13th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
Jeebeezus Ian… ever played competitive basketball? There are non-calls that should be flagrant fouls quite often. I learned in my 5th grade league that when a player leaves the floor to shoot a jumpshot, I can use my off-ball hand to push that individual as hard as I can in the waist and never get called for it. It is a foul? Yes. Does it get called by the ref? No. Does it piss the other player off? Yes. When they did something stupid in retaliation did they get called for a foul? Yes.
The first thing all basketball players should know is refs make horrible calls. That’s what they are there to do. The second thing they should know is non-calls are a part of horrible calls. Aaron Brooks was wrong here, he should have walked straight up to the ref with blood in hand and waited for the ref to call a timeout to get him off the floor.
Although I think Tim
myhas it best… two scrawny punks enter, one scrawny punk leaves.[Edited By Tim To Correct Name]
March 13th, 2006 at 10:55 pm
You say that Brooks was ’stupid’ and then it seems that you wish Appleby had been hurt worse…
I don’t wish he’d been hurt worse– I just don’t think he was hurt badly in the first place, despite the intense exercise of his tear ducts. The announcers were making it sound like Brooks had shot Appleby in the head and then deflowered his little sister. Hell, I’ve never even heard of someone getting less than five stitches. He was completely ineffective for the rest of the game.
Jeebeezus Ian… ever played competitive basketball?
Yes, albeit not at a collegiate level, where you’d expect the officials to be competent. You must think my disdain with the officials is rooted in surprise rather than expectation- I assure you that it isn’t. I see them miss blatant fouls all the time.
Although I think Tim has it best… two scrawny punks enter, one scrawny punk leaves.
Both scrawny punks left. Brooks would have helped his cause far more by getting hit, showing the official that he’d started bleeding, then channeling his anger into actually playing quality defense.
Anyways, this is a rather pointless argument- the Ducks are out and the Huskies are in (mostly thanks to Basketball Jesus Brandon Roy.) You Husky fans should come back during football season, when I can make Neuheisel jokes that won’t be quite so out of place.
March 14th, 2006 at 3:45 am
Six stitches…guess he qualifies as actually being hurt. Maybe next time we can count the drops of blood. Why is it necessary to demean them as scrawny or Appleby as a wimp because he wasn’t hurt badly enough?
If Brooks played for the Huskies he would be suspended for the first five games of the 2006-07 season. Brooks, having been recruited by the Huskies, is simply bitter because the path he chose has thus far led nowhere. Talk radio in the Seattle area is rampant with Brooks defenders. Local, talented nice kid who will now be remembered for his one violent act.
You Oregon football fans should be thankful that a cetain freshman forward for the Husky basketball team does not play football.
Yeah, I’m done with this too….