** Edited by TomTurkey at 11/20/2025, 12:25:38 PM

and he couldn't jump well but he was big and got the best position around the rim. A 3 pt shot back in the 60's and 70's was rare and rebounds didn't go far from the hoop.

Kinda....

In the first one, Dorn put his forearm into the back of the Bryant player and then extended upward. Kinda like an old-school "forearm shiver" that I was taught to do in football, but it was in the back of the player. In the second one, Dorn had his elbow extended and as he moved toward the basket, his elbow/forearm landed in the back of the head of the Bryant player. Both were legitimate calls, IMO. They weren't outrageous, dirty-looking plays to me. I don't know if the interpretation of the rules are different here vs what he is used to in Germany, but he will get called for this every time here, I think. He'll need to learn to play a little differently. ** Edited by win-tech at 11/20/2025, 9:06:00 AM

Contact to the head/neck/shoulder areas with force is a serious foul not only in basketball but in soccer/lacrosse/wrestling It's been a huge point of emphasis for the past 3 years at the NCAA level and it has to be called.

Sort of a "bull in a china shop" performance last night.

However, he is still adjusting to the speed and physicality of American college basketball. Also trying to adjust to how referees here call games and rile variations. The later is made much more difficult by fact that for Providence and St. Joseph's we had good experienced referees who let them play. Whereas last two games we have had bottom of the pool referees who are less experienced and less confident. Likely try to prove themselves by calling anything and everything especially it it is a point of emphasis. Young based on his comments seemed to want to light a bit of a fire 🔥 under Dorn. MY is good coach and Dorn is mature experienced guy, my bet is he will respond and with time adjust to American game. Obviously the sooner the better, but be happy Gurdak had a break out night that has earned him more PT. He is ahead of expectations. Dorn behind at this point 5 games in. It is still early. Patience mirror MY presser attitude.

The flagrant 1 calls were deserved, unfortunately. Turns out good maybe in that Gurdak had a chance to play and he was very effective.

You could easily argue he's bigger than Dorn. He's much more nimble. He's got a quick baseline spin move that seems to embarrass other bigs. He works the offensive glass. I've yet to see anything from Dorn that warrants him being given more minutes that Gurdak.