Whats going on?

[BradleyBrave]

NO. I am not criticizing anyone on our side.

I say again, when andrew went over to see Merfeld lutz was there too and they talked and whatever it was...was over with..

I don't think Les did anything wrong either.

You, give it a rest, friend

I am glad we're all at least still 'friends'.

[Future Walk-On]

I posted this in another thread.

Here is what I saw. (privileged to find an open row of seats right at mid court 3rd row )


There was the loose ball scuffle. For whoever knows why....the CU staff and bench players immediately ran out to form a huddle right around AW who was still on the ground. Why did they have to do this? I have no idea.

The CU coach said something to AW....and AW turned around and......don't want to bash on our players....but AW said a choice four letter word in the sentence "Shut the **** up." (This is only what 3 of us all agreed we saw)

The coach started to jaw at warren and follow him as Les was walking to check on Warren because he looked shook up. This is when JL and Lutz exhanged words.

After the game....Warren and the coach looked fine.....when Les and him shook hands...something was said and Luts ripped his hand away from Les....then Les was walking to locker room and Lutz continued to talk and Les turned around and gave the "you want to go?" look.

Personally I don't really care as I am not a sensitive person, but I love the fact that JL was standing up for his players and was showing he cares.

Also when Dy hit a late three (I think it was Dy) Les threw his fist and went nuts. He looked like nothing mattered more, and it got me fired up.

I'll take Les any day to be my coach!

Oh and McD yelling box out every time our player was about to shoot a FT was annoying.....like his players are really going to forget to boxout.
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I will add. I did see the coach say to Les. "Are you going to let your players talk to me like that"

[Braves4Life]

Good for AW. That coach needed to shut the **** up. Opposing coaches should not initiate a confrontation with anyone but his own players. Reminds me a little of that whiny punk Alford at New Mexico...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Gex...eature=related

[lefty]

Good for AW. That coach needed to shut the **** up. Opposing coaches should not initiate a confrontation with anyone but his own players. Reminds me a little of that whiny punk Alford at New Mexico...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Gex...eature=related

I agree opposing coaches shouldn't initiate anyting but quite frankly a player shouldn't be saying that either...walk away and be done....why let anything escalate? It's not a sign of weakness either...I would rather we do our talking by playing on the court and winning games....as far as I'm concerned there is way too much trash talking in all sports

[Da Coach]

I have to side with the player in this situation. They are the ones putting everything on the line physically and emotionally. An assistant coach, especially a first year, low-level assistant, should definitely have kept quiet and not tried to further provoke a player who was just involved in a physical skirmish on the court. Andrew is as nice a guy, and as mild mannered as any D1 player. For him to react, and I did not see or hear him say anything, is forgiveable. I think any player would have reacted the way AW did.

[lefty]

I have to side with the player in this situation. They are the ones putting everything on the line physically and emotionally. An assistant coach, especially a first year, low-level assistant, should definitely have kept quiet and not tried to further provoke a player who was just involved in a physical skirmish on the court. Andrew is as nice a guy, and as mild mannered as any D1 player. For him to react, and I did not see or hear him say anything, is forgiveable. I think any player would have reacted the way AW did.

You always side with the player...when it's BU....that's fine..Regardless what an asst. says I don't think any player BU or whatever should be telling a coach to shut the &%$# up.......Nobody knows what the asst even said. For all we know he's a nice guy that errored in judgement....AW is a nice guy too but it doesn't mean they can't have poor judgement once in a while.

[Da Coach]

lefty, I don't want players who are so meek (we already lack toughness), and I don't want players who back down when other coaches use intimidation tactics. I see nothing wrong with the way AW reacted. It's not like he started the conflict, or escalated it, reacted physically, or is a dirty player. He told the Creighton assistant exactly what he should have done. Maybe his words were a little coarse, but that is about the only thing I could see anyone objecting to.

[bustudent]

You know whatever happened on the court happened, but what warren said in the paper about the coach not getting his lunch or nap, not exactly impressed, that is rubbing insult to injury. a "no comment" would have been much classier, especially after a win.

[lefty]

lefty, I don't want players who are so meek (we already lack toughness), and I don't want players who back down when other coaches use intimidation tactics. I see nothing wrong with the way AW reacted. It's not like he started the conflict, or escalated it, reacted physically, or is a dirty player. He told the Creighton assistant exactly what he should have done. Maybe his words were a little coarse, but that is about the only thing I could see anyone objecting to.

I guess we will have to disagree on what toughness is DC. I don't see it as talking to any coach in that manner. A coach said something doesn't mean it's intimidation tactics. Players can be tough without responding to what somebody else says by words. In fact to me that has zero to do with toughness. I doubt Sam M would have responded this way and I think he is a very tough player.
That asst. and AW talked at the end of the game and whatever it was, if anything seemed to be over between the two as they didn't seem to be jawing at each other--maybe they both apologized to each other and moved on...which is the way it should be. I do understand stuff happens in the heat of the battle

[Braves4Life]

You know whatever happened on the court happened, but what warren said in the paper about the coach not getting his lunch or nap, not exactly impressed, that is rubbing insult to injury. a "no comment" would have been much classier, especially after a win.

Not sure I agree bustudent. It seems AW tried to play it off with a joke. I'm not sure most college students with limited interviewing experience would know how to handle such an awkward situation or question, unlike a paid adult college coach. I think many might have read even more into a "no comment".

[Braves4Life]

I doubt Sam M would have responded this way.....

I'm not so sure about that either lefty. I think most people would have responded the way AW did. I know I probably would have done the same thing if someone got in my business.

[lefty]

I'm not so sure about that either lefty. I think most people would have responded the way AW did. I know I probably would have done the same thing if someone got in my business.

was the asst. coach in his business really? What did he say to AW? I didn't think they were face to face much actually...more like the asst. said something while they were there in the scrum(which is wrong) and AW said shut the F up walking away...you are walking away...what's the point? I don't think the asst. should have said anything to JL either kind of bringing him to mid court so JL could hear what he ahd to say...that coach had other problems, like trying to beat a last place team.. I guess I go by the 2 wrongs don't make it right idea....

Like I said they both talked at the end of the game and it seemed to be over between the two...so it's not that big of a deal I guess

It bothers me to see how many players act on the floor at many levels of the game with refs,coaches(their own and opposing),after any kind of play,fans,other players with all the talk,(which seems to be part of the game now)...

[tornado]

did you watch any of the games on ESPN last night??
There were numerous "intentional fouls" called again........the refs are going overboard making this call on just about everything aggressive but here's where I think it is going to backfire...

If you are going to get hit with an intentional foul, then you might as well get your money's worth....
this is exactly why all the rules penalizing payback pitches in MLB haven't cut down the number of brushbacks and beanings...
and there was already one failed experiment with this during the Versace era...when NCAA made (1983-84) every single foul in the final two minutes of every game an automatic 2-shot foul even if the team's not in the bonus.....
.....causing the player to just go ahead and hit hard since he had little to lose...
If you recall -- this rule was rescinded even before the season was half over as exactly what guys like Versace predicted would happen with this rule did happen and players were getting injured.

[lefty]

the intentional foul call is a judgement call...like all of the calls I guess....if they don't make a play on the ball and coming from behind then I understand why they call it

the intentional/personal foul in football is even harder to judge IMO

[tornado]

all these intentional foul calls are silly, though...just make the call and move on...just the way we've always done it....
but for each and every one, the refs stop the game, huddle for several minutes, then walk to the scorers table and watch the replay for several minutes....
then they repeat the whole process a few minutes later when the kid who was clobbered fights back....
Again...I say either call it and move on, or eject the kid, or whatever...
but the 5-10 minute delay on each of these calls is getting a bit silly......