Debbie said something to the effect that a flagrant foul is the correct
call when you run into a player that is in the air. That sounds like an enormous number of flagrant fouls could be called in a game.
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6mo
He knew he was going to get hit, so that last step he slowed up to make sure he did...which I think if you purposely put yourself into harm's way, there should be no flagrant.
I have watched enough basketball games lately to say let's get the refs away from the review monitor as much as possible. One way is to look to upgrade a foul to fragrant - let's stop doing this so we don't see there and watch the refs watch the game on a monitor they are suppose to ref.
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6mo
harm. Anything less is just a foul.
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chagerma
6mo
1. She said he ran into a player in the air (I know what she's referring to), when in actuality, Dorn went up before Miller.
2. She said there was contact to the head. After watching it, there was no contact to the head. His swipe at a block missed everything. The play by play guy even said it looked a lot worse initially than the replay showed.
I'm not surprised they called it flagrant but IMO it wasn't.
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6mo
...and I am usually a fan of her work overall. She described both action (as you pointed out - no contact to the head) and implied intent (it was a foul - not a premeditated murder) that mischaracterized Dorn's actual play and even his character. She wouldn't let it go and I think she was terribly wrong.
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D-Day
6mo
He was hit in the head. No call but according to her airborne player rant, it should at least be a foul if not a flagrant. For the record, I think it was a legit no call. Kind of incidental contact type stuff. But if you are going by what she says it’s a flagrant 1.
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chagerma
6mo
of the guy doing the fouling.
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D-Day
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