NBA OFF TOPIC THREAD

[Heatles84]

Perfectly?

Lol

What'd they do wrong? They said Tua felt fine and passed all concussion tests. If you want to LOL, at least provide a rebuttal.

 

[dtgold88]

It was a bad call.

Firing an official over 1 bad call is utterly ridiculous.

In such an incredibly tough sport to officiate no less.

 

[dtgold88]

Costing a team a chance to win the game as they did yesterday in Tampa is just as ridiculous

Cool, but the lesser graded official you want to replace him will do better?

 

[dtgold88]

Never seen an ending like that. Two WR’s run into each other LOL

and wanted a PI called.

 

[dtgold88]

That is not what I am doing at all.

I have never once said that they don’t make bad calls or that they rarely make bad calls.

What I have said repeatedly is that the job of being a ref is way harder than you give it credit for. And bad calls are part of the reality.

Unless you want to slow everything down and do video review of every single play, they will always get stuff wrong. And even with video review they would still get things wrong at times.

Fans just don't get how incredibly difficult it is to ref an NFL game. way tougher than the NBA which is kind of hard, too.

MLB? That's a different story. Very easy to ref/ump at least compared to the other 2 (other than balls/strikes)

 

[dtgold88]

Literally the only reason I watch games other than the Browns is because of fantasy football, literally the only reason. I could watch any postseason baseball game, college football or NBA game. The NFL is trash and I would feel the same way if my team was good. It seems like nothing is set in stone as far as rules.

Fine as it's personal opinion. Some (likely many?) see it differently and would not watch one second of a baseball game with no rooting/fantasy interest. Myself included.

comparatively, baseball is an incredibly easy sport to ump/ref and they still get things wrong.

 

[dtgold88]

I disagree. Love the NFL. Could be a difference in the franchises we follow. The Eagles are a way of life here. A fall greeting in a convenience store holding a door for a stranger will regularly end with a Go Birds like it’s a good morning. It also helps that the Eagles have been one of the best run organizations in the league since 2000. The NFL is top of the heap in my eyes.

doubt is has anything to do with the franchises but the sport he likes better. I mean, at 1-31 most Browns fans watched every second of every game.

 

[Wamu]

Not even close.

Either you don't remember what happened or you're being over the top dramatic.

After threatening to kill him, Spewell choked Carlesimo for 7-10 seconds and didn't stop until assistant coaches and teammates pulled him off.

Then, after showering and changing clothes, he came back to practice and attacked Carlesimo again and punched him before being dragged away again.

My point was they were both outta line. My bad for not specifically saying that.

 

[Wamu]

That is a ridiculous comparison.

And the video has been out for days.

Like I just said to trojanfan. Both of them were outta line. That was my point. My bad for not being clear enough.

 

[fightinfunbags]

It also looked good last week. 25 points is good as well

Against the bend but don’t break Vikings right?

 

[fightinfunbags]

doubt is has anything to do with the franchises but the sport he likes better. I mean, at 1-31 most Browns fans watched every second of every game.

Not sure why that’s a badge of honor. Browns = perpetual misery

 

[dtgold88]

Not sure why that’s a badge of honor. Browns = perpetual misery

just facts....people like football.

Way you talk about them you'd think we are the Lions. But I get you like to exaggerate about certain teams/players that show up on your Rip Radar.

 

[fightinfunbags]

just facts....people like football.

Way you talk about them you'd think we are the Lions. But I get you like to exaggerate about certain teams/players that show up on your Rip Radar.

Are the Browns much better than the Lions though? There’s always someone else to look down upon. In fact, for many of us, that place is Cleveland and the Browns.

 

[dtgold88]

Are the Browns much better than the Lions though? There’s always someone else to look down upon. In fact, for many of us, that place is Cleveland and the Browns.

Based on your "perpetual misery" comment? Yes, the Browns are much better.

 

[bksballer89]

Against the bend but don’t break Vikings right?

Yeah

 

[trojanfan12]

My point was they were both outta line. My bad for not specifically saying that.

No doubt they were both out of line.

You're not alone making that comparison.

Earlier in the thread, someone suggested that Draymond needed a punishment like Sprewell got.

I had forgotten how far Sprewell had taken it. Had to look it up. I saw that he also had an earlier incident (previous season, I believe) where he fought a teammate, returned to practice with a 2 by 4 and threatened to get his gun. Draymond is just a garden variety loudmouth asshole. Sprewell was a legit bad dude.

 

[trojanfan12]

What exactly happened to Tua? Turns out that Tua actually didn't have a concussion on Sunday and the Dolphins followed the protocols exactly the way they were constructed. This isn't going to help, because if there's any sign that a player might have a concussion, this would lead to them being placed in concussion protocol. This happened to Teddy Bridgewater who didn't even stumble after he was hit on Sunday. Teams could be left short-handed at certain positions that can lead to players having to play through certain types of injuries because of depth issues.

Some of the folks who were insisting that he had a concussion have now pivoted to..."if his back caused him to stumble like that...what was he doing in the game?" lol

 

[Wamu]

Are the Browns much better than the Lions though? There’s always someone else to look down upon. In fact, for many of us, that place is Cleveland and the Browns.

Pretty sure the Browns are playing with a journeyman back up QB right now. But I could be wrong about that.

 

[Wamu]

No doubt they were both out of line.

You're not alone making that comparison.

Earlier in the thread, someone suggested that Draymond needed a punishment like Sprewell got.

I had forgotten how far Sprewell had taken it. Had to look it up. I saw that he also had an earlier incident (previous season, I believe) where he fought a teammate, returned to practice with a 2 by 4 and threatened to get his gun. Draymond is just a garden variety loudmouth asshole. Sprewell was a legit bad dude.

Until you mentioned it I forgot how that Sprewell stuff actually went down.

What I should have said yesterday was that both players actions were a really bad look for the league. And of course totally outta line.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Pretty sure the Browns are playing with a journeyman back up QB right now. But I could be wrong about that.

They’ve never played in a Super Bowl though. I read somewhere that there’s been a lot of those played over many different seasons.