The refs need to explain the full nelson foul
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I thought the same thing, but then I watched it a couple of times and Karl clinched his arms tight and wouldn't let the guy remove his arms.
Way too many head scratching calls from that officiating crew today. I hope we don't see those clowns anymore, but we probably will.
I agree. I don't understand the double foul there. The action went on for a few seconds with no call at all. Then, by that time Towns is reacting to being grabbed/fouled from behind (which, by the way, put Karl in a very vulnerable situation). No way should KT have been called for a foul there. I wonder if the officials reviewed this at all? Maybe it was not a reviewable play?
My point is that, even if Towns clinched his arms, how could he have possibly "pinned" the a&m players arms if they weren't already wrapped around him.
It's a chicken **** call where the ref basically admits he didn't see anything on the play until the aftermath.
It's a chicken **** call where the ref basically admits he didn't see anything on the play until the aftermath.
It's pretty simple. The ref was never, ever going to blow his whistle against Texas AM on that play until Towns FORCED him to actually a call a foul. Once Towns forced his hand (the ref would have preferred to just whistle Towns) he knew he had to call a foul on the player who had initiated it all, so he called one on both.
No it wasn't. Perhaps by the time he MADE a call it looked right, but had he called the first foul, when it happened, rather than wait until it became a double foul several seconds later, that would have been the actual right call. Letting one player grab another and waiting till the other guy fights back before you whistle anything is not, under any circumstance, the right call.
without a doubt it was the wrong call. the only excuse would be if the ref. looked up and saw them tangled
exactly what I saw, and I was yelling "how in the hell is that a foul on KAT"?
How the hell did that dude's arms even get in the position to have Townes clamp down to begin with????
If you look the video the first foul is when TAM player get his arm underneath towns, which isn't a big deal, but then he lifts his arm up even so he was underneath, and which point he lifts Towns. (If he was unlocking he should have lowered his arm). Go opposite of towns, on the other hand towns lifted his hand up because he was above him.
Towns is like wtf, and then leans forward and clutches him at the same time and lifts him. Then drops his ***.
That was terrible call.
I still don't understand why they didn't review the punch in the face that booker received. That was EFFED up. That was beyond bad. It was pretty obvious...
Towns is like wtf, and then leans forward and clutches him at the same time and lifts him. Then drops his ***.
That was terrible call.
I still don't understand why they didn't review the punch in the face that booker received. That was EFFED up. That was beyond bad. It was pretty obvious...
That one and Towns 5th foul were just horrendous. How in the world those are called is beyond me. Really makes you wonder about the objectivity of these refs.
Could have sworn that KAT shoved an A&M player very hard into the rim support a few plays earlier and the refs didn't see it. If so (and if it was the same player), the 'full nelson' may have been payback. Again, I don't have DVR, so not sure if the A&M player was shoved. Would love for someone to go back a few plays earlier and check this and report back.