No one pulled out a gun and killed everyone. It was just a huge brawl, started by the University of Michigan basketball coach. By current American standards, it was sportsmanship of the highest order.
But then, UM is a very classy school.
No one pulled out a gun and killed everyone. It was just a huge brawl, started by the University of Michigan basketball coach. By current American standards, it was sportsmanship of the highest order.
But then, UM is a very classy school.
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February 21st, 2022 at 12:13AM
There’s a convention for a coach calling a time out to put the bench players in when the game is decided. I don’t know whether Greg Gard did that, it’s the time out hand signal followed by what looks like the referee’s “travelling” signal and it’s a stoppage of play only long enough to sub in.
That Michigan coach is a piece of work.
But we Badgers need no urging to dislike anybody wearing that blue. Funnily, I was in Madison but not at that game.
February 21st, 2022 at 12:33AM
The Wisconsin coach explained after the incident that he did just that – called the time out to give some players a chance on the court. I want to like Howard – he overcame a lot and has accomplished a lot – but he’s a hothead and shouldn’t be coaching univ. basketball.
February 21st, 2022 at 11:02AM
It gets more complicated. There’s an etiquette in the closing minutes of the game. If it’s close, but when the trailing team fouls to get the ball back, and the leading team keeps making the free throws, it’s proper to face reality and stop fouling. If it’s not close, and the reserves are in, there are limits to how aggressively the coach advises the reserves to play. Wisconsin partisans are on the Michigan coach for leaving two regulars in and pressing, Michigan partisans (and a Marquette guy on my Milwaukee radio station) are on the Wisconsin coach for taking that time out rather than just taking the ten second violation, as there was not much time left.
February 21st, 2022 at 11:49AM
Yeah, I had a feeling I wasn’t getting all the nuances. Whatever side you’re on, Michigan owns the catastrophe of the coach-initiated brawl, and this wasn’t Howard’s first breakdown.
Poor Mary Sue Coleman, only called back to the UM presidency because the last person in the job fucked up so badly he had to resign, has had more than enough grief from coaches (some of us recall her love/hate affair with Rich Rodriguez ten years ago), and may by this point just want to get rid of Howard asap.
February 21st, 2022 at 2:32PM
Yes, the joys of big time sports. On the more cheerful side, did Gabby Nikitinaite work out transferring from Northern to your women’s team?