GoZips Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Phil McKnight (Chris and Brett's father) often yells out to the referees "Integrity of the game".Today I witnessed the classic lack of integrity of the game officials. Early in the game Kant playerChris Singletary slugged Nat Linhart with a closed fist. Ninety per cent of the fans in the building sawthe punch. None of the three referees saw the blow. It was only by persistent cries of out rage fromthe Akron bench and fans that the officials decided to review the game video. There was Linhart laying on the floor writhing in pain and these three jerks ( need I be any politer?)were pushing for continuance. No foul was their collective call. Are you kidding me? Even the Crap Ufans were in shock. Was the king of thugs about to get away with another one? He almost did.The referees looked at the video monitor for several minutes trying to determine what they, the three,evil, blind mice might have missed. Obviously they missed something. After review they saw theirlucrative future officiating paychecks drifting off into the wild blue yonder if they did not take action.Now, none of us in the (sic) gym got a look at the video. But, you can bet those peckerwoods realizedthat they had to take action if they ever wanted to referee a college game in the future. And with,gulp, extra pay tournament action blowing in the wind they manned up and ejected Chris, the a-hole,Singletary. A player who, if Geno Ford actually had gonads would have been dismissed from theteam prior to the start of the season.Ford showed his lack of personal integrity by letting this THUG beat up on opponents all seasonfor the sake of Ford's personal gain. Ford, you have no integrity. You are a disgrace to your profession.You three gutless officials were want to keep Singletary in the game until the replay showed that all ofyou would no longer be officiating if the bum was allowed to stay in the game.Shamefully the officials called several ticky-tacky calls on the Zips through out the entire first half to help suave the Cant wounds. Shame again.In the second half Brandon, becoming a thug, Parks clearly punched Nate Linhart in the face knockingNate to the floor. No call. NO CALL!!!! If Parks did that on a public street he would have beencharged with battery. A crime you nit wit. I would hope that that "no call" will get those three actorsout of their zebra suits for the MAC tourney. They saw the punch. They just did not want to furtherdamage their beloved Felon U. What a farce ... integrity of the game.Any one who was at the Saturday game between the Akron and Cant women or watched it on TVknows how utterly and shamelessly biased the officials were in their support of Felon U.And you ... COW ...lousy ... you are every bit as much of an a-hole as Singletary is. Shame ...!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyrifle32 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 question: because he was ejected, doesn't he have an automatic 1 game suspension? or is that up to the discretion of the coach/university? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyforPresident Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 "Integrity of the game." I like that, and from what I understand about Singletipsy, from other posters, is that he has been suspended from the MAC Tourney by the league. Hopefully that is the case, because as we all know, we would see no discipline from Hippie Tech, because hey, anything goes at that mockery of a program. I also saw, and correct me if I'm wrong, Sullinger elbow Hitchens in the face when clearing some space out on a rebound in the first half, which resulted in no call. I didn't catch the Parks contact with Linhart but I really wouldn't doubt it. I do almost find it comical that Hippie Tech threw cheap shots the entire game and yet the Zips refrained and acted with total class and yet they end up winning the game somehow, when it was ours to win. We're easily a better team, but just let every opportunity in the end of the second half slip through our hands. There were clearly some no calls in this game that should have went the Zips way... But there really are no excuses. We should have had this one. It makes me very proud of our program that we play with integrity and demonstrate our character by playing the game the right way in spite of the fact that others, like Geno's thugs, trash it up with infantile and inexcusable actions. I just wish we could have proven this afternoon that you can play the game the right way and still hand it to the other team regardless of their infantile, petty actions. Well, as a result we've got four more to go before we can show the nation that we're on our way to finally arriving and doing it the right way... Here's to the true Blue and Gold in the MAC Tourney. And as I understand it...ZIPS DON'T QUIT!P.S. Am I the only one that thinks Brandon Parks is the Fugliest looking player in college basketball? I mean, what gutter in Ravenna did you crawl out of?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Did Nate take a hard foul on anyone later in the game? If not, he has nobody but himself for the lack of respect the rest of the league shows him. Lack of respect gets you punched in the face. Romeo never got punched in the fact.....J. Wood would have kicked the asses of half the Can't team had he gotten punched in the face. Nate is a guy who is a four year letterman and still has not passed 1,000 points (less than 8.5 points per game if you figure 30 games per year). Players don't respect a guy with statistics like that. Some of you can think what you want, but they don't. I think half the good press he gets on this board is more sympathy than respect. He has a chance to regain his manhood this week in Cleveland. Can someone please break the cycle of losing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyTuba11 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 P.S. Am I the only one that things Brandon Parks is the Fugliest looking player in college basketball? I mean, what gutter in Ravenna did you crawl out of?... GP1, Nate is a blue collar worker, not an enforcer. The big plays he makes do not always end up on the stat sheet, but they are a big part of Akron wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips88 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 P.S. Am I the only one that thinks Brandon Parks is the Fugliest looking player in college basketball? I mean, what gutter in Ravenna did you crawl out of?...For whatever reason, Can't always seems to have a Big Ugly in the middle. Unfortunately, their big uglies can also post numbers in the final box score. We have no middle - NONE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Did Nate take a hard foul on anyone later in the game? If not, he has nobody but himself for the lack of respect the rest of the league shows him. Lack of respect gets you punched in the face. Romeo never got punched in the fact.....J. Wood would have kicked the asses of half the Can't team had he gotten punched in the face. Nate is a guy who is a four year letterman and still has not passed 1,000 points (less than 8.5 points per game if you figure 30 games per year). Players don't respect a guy with statistics like that. Some of you can think what you want, but they don't. I think half the good press he gets on this board is more sympathy than respect. He has a chance to regain his manhood this week in Cleveland. Can someone please break the cycle of losing?Actually Nate DID foul McKee, clean but hard, with a few minutes left while going for a legitimate block on a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksu sucks Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Did Nate take a hard foul on anyone later in the game? If not, he has nobody but himself for the lack of respect the rest of the league shows him. Lack of respect gets you punched in the face. Romeo never got punched in the fact.....J. Wood would have kicked the asses of half the Can't team had he gotten punched in the face. Nate is a guy who is a four year letterman and still has not passed 1,000 points (less than 8.5 points per game if you figure 30 games per year). Players don't respect a guy with statistics like that. Some of you can think what you want, but they don't. I think half the good press he gets on this board is more sympathy than respect. He has a chance to regain his manhood this week in Cleveland. Can someone please break the cycle of losing?For some reason I feel like there's something deeper motivating this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyforPresident Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Did Nate take a hard foul on anyone later in the game? If not, he has nobody but himself for the lack of respect the rest of the league shows him. Lack of respect gets you punched in the face. Romeo never got punched in the fact.....J. Wood would have kicked the asses of half the Can't team had he gotten punched in the face. Nate is a guy who is a four year letterman and still has not passed 1,000 points (less than 8.5 points per game if you figure 30 games per year). Players don't respect a guy with statistics like that. Some of you can think what you want, but they don't. I think half the good press he gets on this board is more sympathy than respect. He has a chance to regain his manhood this week in Cleveland. Can someone please break the cycle of losing?Sorry GP1, I usually enjoy your football related comments but are you seriously questioning Linhart's manhood on the floor? That's a joke at best. That kid is as tough as they make em. And yes he did make a hard foul on a breakaway drive to the hoop in a hard, yet clean way, as well as some other basketball savvy plays throughout the game to keep us in it. The kid has intangibles and crazy mad work ethic and is the embodiment of Akron, not just the University, but the city as well. Just as Akron is a city that refuses to give up, and just as Akron continues to grow and innovate despite difficult circumstances, so does this team as led by their floor captain Nate Linhart. Just because he doesn't put up 20 points a night, although I believe he's about 50 points short of 1,000 if that means anything (which it surely should) doesn't mean he's some creampuff out on the floor. Basketball is about defense, sweat, and hustle, not about putting up 115 points per game... just ask the phoenix suns how that worked out and why they acquired Shaq.. It's about a balanced game with ferocity on both sides, and when you can create turnover points in excess as well as box out, thus giving up very few offensive rebounds (i.e. dominating inside defensively), you can typically, easily win the game. That's been my long held theory anyway... Take it for what it's worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 question: because he was ejected, doesn't he have an automatic 1 game suspension? or is that up to the discretion of the coach/university?No game suspension because is was not a fighting foul. According to the talking heads on tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Did Nate take a hard foul on anyone later in the game? If not, he has nobody but himself for the lack of respect the rest of the league shows him. Lack of respect gets you punched in the face. Romeo never got punched in the fact.....J. Wood would have kicked the asses of half the Can't team had he gotten punched in the face. Nate is a guy who is a four year letterman and still has not passed 1,000 points (less than 8.5 points per game if you figure 30 games per year). Players don't respect a guy with statistics like that. Some of you can think what you want, but they don't. I think half the good press he gets on this board is more sympathy than respect. He has a chance to regain his manhood this week in Cleveland. Can someone please break the cycle of losing?Sorry GP1, I usually enjoy your football related comments but are you seriously questioning Linhart's manhood on the floor? That's a joke at best. That kid is as tough as they make em. And yes he did make a hard foul on a breakaway drive to the hoop in a hard, yet clean way, as well as some other basketball savvy plays throughout the game to keep us in it. The kid has intangibles and crazy mad work ethic and is the embodiment of Akron, not just the University, but the city as well. Just as Akron is a city that refuses to give up, and just as Akron continues to grow and innovate despite difficult circumstances, so does this team as led by their floor captain Nate Linhart. Just because he doesn't put up 20 points a night, although I believe he's about 50 points short of 1,000 if that means anything (which it surely should) doesn't mean he's some creampuff out on the floor. Basketball is about defense, sweat, and hustle, not about putting up 115 points per game... just ask the phoenix suns how that worked out and why they acquired Shaq.. It's about a balanced game with ferocity on both sides, and when you can create turnover points in excess as well as box out, thus giving up very few offensive rebounds (i.e. dominating inside defensively), you can typically, easily win the game. That's been my long held theory anyway... Take it for what it's worth.Well stated, Z4P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 question: because he was ejected, doesn't he have an automatic 1 game suspension? or is that up to the discretion of the coach/university?No game suspension because is was not a fighting foul. According to the talking heads on tv.But apparently they called it a non-basketball move, so what was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipseuph Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 question: because he was ejected, doesn't he have an automatic 1 game suspension? or is that up to the discretion of the coach/university?No game suspension because is was not a fighting foul. According to the talking heads on tv. :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: you must be kidding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdZip Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Did Nate take a hard foul on anyone later in the game? If not, he has nobody but himself for the lack of respect the rest of the league shows him. Lack of respect gets you punched in the face. Romeo never got punched in the fact.....J. Wood would have kicked the asses of half the Can't team had he gotten punched in the face. Nate is a guy who is a four year letterman and still has not passed 1,000 points (less than 8.5 points per game if you figure 30 games per year). Players don't respect a guy with statistics like that. Some of you can think what you want, but they don't. I think half the good press he gets on this board is more sympathy than respect. He has a chance to regain his manhood this week in Cleveland. Can someone please break the cycle of losing?You're an idiot. I have more to say, but don't want to waste my time responding to that. I think "you're an idiot" pretty much covers it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I've been following basketball for more than a half century (yeah, I'm older than the average person on this forum). I've seen all manner of flagrant fouls over the years, from forearm shivers to grabbing players around the head and throwing them to the floor. But I have to say this is the first time I've ever seen clear video of someone balling their hand up into a fist, winding up and delivering it with great force to the mid-section of a player in the air focused on putting the ball in the basket.So I would have to say that this is far from an ordinary flagrant foul. This was, at the very least, fighting, albeit a aingle sucker punch, that was quite simply the most egregious physical assault I have ever witnessed in a college basketball game. Singletary is a pretty brawny fellow, and he could have had pretty much the same physical effect on Linhart by standing his ground and applying his forearm to Linhart's gut. That would have been a traditional flagrant foul by NCAA standards.But when you take the time to ball up your fist, wind up and punch someone in the gut, it represents something that goes beyond the typical college flagrant foul. It's one step removed from winding up your leg and deliberately kicking someone in the gonads.Now I'm sure that Mr. Singletary meant no special harm. I'm sure that this all goes back to his upbringing and the environment in which he was raised, in which anything goes in defending your gang turf against other gangs. Kudos to Can't State University for trying to rehabilitate these poor victims of their upbringing and environment. But I suggest that it might be better to try this in a different environment than the public college basketball court. For example, I would prefer to see Can't State University's executives invite Mr. Singletary to their homes to play basketball in their backyards with their children and see if they can break his bad habits outside the public view.I know that no one at Can't State University would want to deprive Mr. Singletary of his God-given right to play in the MAC tournament, as that might hinder his rehabilitation process. But, in this instance, a higher authority comes into play, and that higher authority is the MAC. They have a very special opportunity here to make a clear differentiation between college basketball and gang fighting in back alleys, where anything goes.Make no mistake about it. If the MAC does not deal with this harshly, then GP1 is right. College basketball should be reserved for gangstas who retaliate for brutal attacks with even more brutal counter-attacks, and those who don't like the sight of blood should quit going to college basketball games and take up chess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apalmison Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I was behind the Akron bench and couldn't see the foul very well. Does anyone have a link to a video of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksu sucks Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Kudos to you Dave In Green!I think you've summed up the feelings of many people on this forum. You have for me, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyrifle32 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 what is the address for the Can't forums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksu sucks Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 what is the address for the Can't forums?http://www.ncaabbs.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=474As far as I know, they don't actually have their own forum like Zipsnation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo Zip Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 This reminds me of the Rasheed wallace-Ilgauskas thing a couple of years ago. Z's head was wide open with a lot of blood flowing. No one in a Cavs uniform got in Rasheed's face...What did Rasheed say after the game? Z deserved it and he would do it again. What did the NBA do? nothing.Today, when any cavs player is fouled hard, the agressor will get it. As a result, they think twice before they foul and the refs know that it will not go by without serious actions so they act accordingly.It shouldn't be like that in a perfect world but: Welcome to the real world.For Singletary to leave the court untouched is not a shot at Linhart's manhood but the manhood of the other zips on the floor. If it doesn't bother you to see your teammate (let alone your captain) suckerpunched, you're not a teammate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyrifle32 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 maybe it's a woman's perspective, but i'm glad no one touched him. if he had been allowed to continue to play, then heck yes i'm all for stepping up the physical game and dishing it back. but to continue a fight on a dead ball situation like that would only get our guys unnecessarily ejected and suspended. not needed at this point in the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 This reminds me of the Rasheed wallace-Ilgauskas thing a couple of years ago. Z's head was wide open with a lot of blood flowing. No one in a Cavs uniform got in Rasheed's face...What did Rasheed say after the game? Z deserved it and he would do it again. What did the NBA do? nothing.Today, when any cavs player is fouled hard, the agressor will get it. As a result, they think twice before they foul and the refs know that it will not go by without serious actions so they act accordingly.It shouldn't be like that in a perfect world but: Welcome to the real world.For Singletary to leave the court untouched is not a shot at Linhart's manhood but the manhood of the other zips on the floor. If it doesn't bother you to see your teammate (let alone your captain) suckerpunched, you're not a teammate.So greater "manhood" would have been shown by also getting one of the Zips ejected? It takes far greater strength and self-discpline to walk away and do the right thing for your team than retaliate and show you are no better. Even over on the Can't boards there are calls for addtional suspension time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Did Nate take a hard foul on anyone later in the game? If not, he has nobody but himself for the lack of respect the rest of the league shows him. Lack of respect gets you punched in the face. Romeo never got punched in the fact.....J. Wood would have kicked the asses of half the Can't team had he gotten punched in the face. Nate is a guy who is a four year letterman and still has not passed 1,000 points (less than 8.5 points per game if you figure 30 games per year). Players don't respect a guy with statistics like that. Some of you can think what you want, but they don't. I think half the good press he gets on this board is more sympathy than respect. He has a chance to regain his manhood this week in Cleveland. Can someone please break the cycle of losing?yes nate did get his revenge. On a "steal attempt" he trucked a Can't player and only got a personal foul called. It was very hard foul.Plus nate's hustle and pesky defense makes up for any respect problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 question: because he was ejected, doesn't he have an automatic 1 game suspension? or is that up to the discretion of the coach/university?No game suspension because is was not a fighting foul. According to the talking heads on tv.can a suspension not be handed down by the MAC for how bad it was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I've been asking myself all night....if the suspension policy applies only to "fighting", that would seem to mean that someone needs to be punching back. So, because nobody retaliated, then it does not fall within the definition? That makes no sense. So, maybe one guy throwing a punch is fine, but two guys throwing punches at each other is not? I'll be waiting to see how this all shakes out tomorrow. As far as my personal opinion, someone needs to finally...finally....do the right thing and make sure this guy is never allowed to play collegiate basketball again. I don't care who it is....his school, the league, or the folks in Indianapolis...but enough is enough. This kind of continual record of behavior by one guy, who continually is permitted to step on the court yet again, just leaves a bad mark on the entire institution of collegiate basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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