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[KCRuf/Nek]

I guess I just don't see that all over the women's game. Sure some teams play rough but I see a lot of other teams p-laying hard and playing right. There are still plenty of teams and coaches doing it right. Nothing has been ruined for me.

 

[badger]

here, i just threw this together for the enjoyment of everyone NOT baylor

 

[MsProudSooner]

I guess I just don't see that all over the women's game. Sure some teams play rough but I see a lot of other teams p-laying hard and playing right. There are still plenty of teams and coaches doing it right. Nothing has been ruined for me.

I agree there are more teams doing it right, but there seems to be an alarming trend towards a more violent game.

 

[tycat947]

here, i just threw this together for the enjoyment of everyone NOT baylor

:ez-roll::clap:ez-roll::clap:ez-roll::clap

 

[SoonerNorm]

I agree there are more teams doing it right, but there seems to be an alarming trend towards a more violent game.

I don't see the game headed in a 'violent' direction but, you do need to get tough if you want to play with the big girls.

 

[MsProudSooner]

I don't see the game headed in a 'violent' direction but, you do need to get tough if you want to play with the big girls.

There is a difference between being tough and surviving some of the things we've seen in this tournament. The foul of the UConn player by the Maryland player and the play where Morgan was injured are just 2 examples. Football is a violent sport. Basketball is a contact sport. Big difference.

 

[SoonerNorm]

There is a difference between being tough and surviving some of the things we've seen in this tournament. The foul of the UConn player by the Maryland player and the play where Morgan was injured are just 2 examples. Football is a violent sport. Basketball is a contact sport. Big difference.

You cannot referee out injuries. They are going to occur regardless of the officiating. We have injuries in practice so they are to be expected in games. The injury to Morgan has been described by some as intentional. Others saw the same play as the Tenn. girl losing her balance and falling when Morgan faked her out. I didn't see the play so I have no idea. If it was unintentional and just occurred in the normal course of the game, you can't really count that as resulting from physical play, I wouldn't think.

 

[SoonerNorm]

One thing I'm concerned about is players getting injured who hit the floor a lot. Sharane is in that category. She is at a higher risk, IMO, for getting a head injury than players who seldom hit the floor.

 

[MsProudSooner]

You cannot referee out injuries. They are going to occur regardless of the officiating. We have injuries in practice so they are to be expected in games. The injury to Morgan has been described by some as intentional. Others saw the same play as the Tenn. girl losing her balance and falling when Morgan faked her out. I didn't see the play so I have no idea. If it was unintentional and just occurred in the normal course of the game, you can't really count that as resulting from physical play, I wouldn't think.

Please save that little speech. I'm sure the parents of someone who incurs a serious neck or head injury will be comforted by it.

No you can't 'referee out injuries'. There are certain injuries that basketball players are more inclined to incur - knee injuries and ankle injuries, for instance. But head injuries aren't common in basketball. Basketball isn't played on a slightly forgiving surface like grass. Basketball players don't wear protective headgear - except for a LSU player this weekend who had suffered a concussion recently. The powers that be, the NCAA and the officials of the game, need to do what they can to protect players from head injuries. There are rules to the game. The people who are supposed to enforce the rules of the game are the officials. They need to start doing their job before someone is seriously injured. If the rules of the game are enforced, it lessens the probability of serious head injury because basketball is supposed to be a contact sport, not a violent sport.

 

[SoonerNorm]

Please save that little speech. I'm sure the parents of someone who incurs a serious neck or head injury will be comforted by it.

No you can't 'referee out injuries'. There are certain injuries that basketball players are more inclined to incur - knee injuries and ankle injuries, for instance. But head injuries aren't common in basketball. Basketball isn't played on a slightly forgiving surface like grass. Basketball players don't wear protective headgear - except for a LSU player this weekend who had suffered a concussion recently. The powers that be, the NCAA and the officials of the game, need to do what they can to protect players from head injuries. There are rules to the game. The people who are supposed to enforce the rules of the game are the officials. They need to start doing their job before someone is seriously injured. If the rules of the game are enforced, it lessens the probability of serious head injury because basketball is supposed to be a contact sport, not a violent sport.

I don't know what you want them to do. They can't do a thing until a foul occurs. If the foul was intentional, the player should be ejected. I don't see many fouls that appear to fall in that category. Do you?

 

[MsProudSooner]

I don't know what you want them to do. They can't do a thing until a foul occurs. If the foul was intentional, the player should be ejected. I don't see many fouls that appear to fall in that category. Do you?

Using the play where Morgan was injured as an example, she was fouled well before the Tennessee player fell in front of her. Call the original foul, it doesn't get to the point where Morgan was tripped. Officiate the game as the rules are written and more players will foul out unless they alter the way they play defense. Eventually, coaches will change the way they play defense and the game becomes safer.

 

[tycat947]

Using the play where Morgan was injured as an example, she was fouled well before the Tennessee player fell in front of her. Call the original foul, it doesn't get to the point where Morgan was tripped. Officiate the game as the rules are written and more players will foul out unless they alter the way they play defense. Eventually, coaches will change the way they play defense and the game becomes safer.

:clap:clap:clap

That's how it got to this place now! It's only a foul now if it impedes the progress of the player when it used to be a foul if you ran over someone whether they had the ball or not for the enhancement and speeding up of the game. Dr. James Naismith is rolling in his grave somewhere!

 

[SoonerNorm]

Using the play where Morgan was injured as an example, she was fouled well before the Tennessee player fell in front of her. Call the original foul, it doesn't get to the point where Morgan was tripped. Officiate the game as the rules are written and more players will foul out unless they alter the way they play defense. Eventually, coaches will change the way they play defense and the game becomes safer.

I have said the game is too physical. But, it is unreasonable to think the refs see every foul. Not possible. To say that the refs do not call the fouls according to the rules brings judgment into play. You think you saw a foul prior to Morgan's injury. It is possible from your point of view you were mistaken. It is equally possible the ref didn't see the foul or he did not think the activity constituted a foul according to the rules. What I don't want to see is every ticky tack fouled called. I do the the shoving in the paint needs to be called closer though.

I also recognize from watching replays, refs are right a lot more often than the fans are.

 

[got mulk??]

here, i just threw this together for the enjoyment of everyone NOT baylor

Wow.....you are a genius, BUT we have 2 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (2005, 2012) Guess that's Boomer logic, since OU will NEVER get one!!

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

Please save that little speech. I'm sure the parents of someone who incurs a serious neck or head injury will be comforted by it.

And how many of those types of injuries occur in basketball? Can you name one in the last 50 years? I'll bet if there was one it more than likely occurred when there was contact with the floor. The worst injury that will ever happen in basketball happened yesterday and the only contact involved was a leg to the floor. But please, spare us the bleeding heart rhetoric about someone's parents. How many serious neck/head injuries happen on bikes, skateboards, swing sets, etc.? Shall we further the wussification of our society by banning them?

Any time you have contact in a sport there is a chance for injury. How many athletes get injured in non contact situations? You can't put helmets on everyone(Ask Sydney Crosby how that helps) and once you start slowing things down and people are afraid of getting hurt then they usually do get hurt.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

Wow.....you are a genius, BUT we have 2 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (2005, 2012) Guess that's Boomer logic, since OU will NEVER get one!!

How's that one for this year looking? Maybe Baylor logic is if you cry enough about the refs then it will all of a sudden change the outcome.

 

[BlackwellSooner]

Wow.....you are a genius, BUT we have 2 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (2005, 2012) Guess that's Boomer logic, since OU will NEVER get one!!

I would love for OU to win a NC... But if it comes with the price tag of having a whiny ***** (rhymes with Witch) like Mulkey for our coach, vs Sherri Coale, then I am content to never win one. Some things come with too high of a price tag, having Mulkey as our coach is one of them.

BTW, nice first post, after last night's debacle. Come onto a visiting board talking smack... Nice.

I predict that others will not be so gentle.

 

[MsProudSooner]

And how many of those types of injuries occur in basketball? Can you name one in the last 50 years? I'll bet if there was one it more than likely occurred when there was contact with the floor. The worst injury that will ever happen in basketball happened yesterday and the only contact involved was a leg to the floor. But please, spare us the bleeding heart rhetoric about someone's parents. How many serious neck/head injuries happen on bikes, skateboards, swing sets, etc.? Shall we further the wussification of our society by banning them?

Any time you have contact in a sport there is a chance for injury. How many athletes get injured in non contact situations? You can't put helmets on everyone(Ask Sydney Crosby how that helps) and once you start slowing things down and people are afraid of getting hurt then they usually do get hurt.

I'm just going to keep typing this until people get what I'm saying:

I'm not talking about football or skateboarding or any other sport.

1) Basketball has rules.

2) The official's job is to enforce those rules.

3) The officials aren't doing their jobs. The fact that they aren't doing their jobs is making the game more dangerous for the players.

4) See #1.

 

[BanjoCharley]

Wow.....you are a genius, BUT we have 2 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (2005, 2012) Guess that's Boomer logic, since OU will NEVER get one!!

That is opinion and not logic. You used to do better than that when you were winning, now you are just being tiresome.

 

[35TangoTango]

Got MulK? What's your take on Kim's post-game presser - appropriate, inappropriate?