How was that a foul against Edey????
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My friend, the difference maker in many areas of life is perception vs insight. I think Coach Knight said "many look but few see." People see what they want to see. Or they believe what they want to believe. Of course, maybe I fall victim to that as well - but in totality - I believe Edey is officiated pretty fairly.
Then you are either blinded by your loyalty or ignorant of the facts in front of you.
Either way you will find a more receptive audience on your own board.
He 100% is officiated fairly. People that see otherwise can't see things for it's reality because they don't want to believe it to be true.
My favorite is when someone says "he has to foul because he's the biggest and strongest guy on the floor". Since when do guys get called for fouls because of their height or how much they can lift? It's a ridiculous take. If they watch Zach, and truly watch how NOT physical he is when he doesn't have it thrust onto him, then, maybe then will they truly appreciate how much he DOESN'T foul.
You have no idea what you are talking about.
Typical underinformed, bitter purdue troll.
edey not the only pu guy trying to draw a "foul"
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You forgot one: and the most physical guy on the floor. Does Edey get hacked and fouled a ton: yes! But, he gets a huge amount of fouls called his way. Does he also foul a ton? Also yes... but that gets overlooked. You truly believe there is all that physical play and pushing and shoving, and he's never crossing the line? C'mon Man!
I see Edey getting fouled a ton on TV no doubt, but I also see him fouling a ton. I mean, it just stands to reason that physical play and fouls would be both ways, and yet only one gets called. It really makes sense to you that one team would relentlessly push on and foul a guy and that guy would never push back? C'mon Man!
That is the difference that the pu fans either don't comprehend or refuse to acknowledge.
He shoots FTs for 110% of the actual amount he is fouled
He is called for about 20% of the fouls he commits.
Yesterday he should have been on the bench with two fouls with 12 minutes to go in the first half.
PU and the refs are being brutally dragged on social media for all of this. Never seen anything like it.
The rules allow Edy to foul indiscriminately.
He somehow gets away with “bully fouls” that should be called against him.
Pain ter has exploited this and surrounded him with supporting staff that has won many games.
IMO, these advantages are wrong.
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Its not just the Big 10 that has to endure this now. Its on display for the whole country to see and its showing everyone just how bad the officials are at doing their job. Unless, this is what they have been told to do. Either way, they suck at their job.
They had 28 fouls in 40 minutes five months ago. Hmm , do we see a pattern here? One team was amongst the highest fouling teams during an entire season and another is among the lowest fouling teams in the nation over the full season!
So Purdue, who most of you say is no Blue Blood and has zero influence on college basketball is suddenly at the heart of a nationwide conspiracy that allows them to win more than 30 games , go undefeated against 15 out of conference teams, win the Big Ten by by multiple games for the second straight year and defeat more ranked teams than any other team in the country? Wow!
Sour grapes abound in this thread. UT gameplan was to foul relentlessly and keep it close. They did the same thing in Maui with the same result.
Assembly used to have the moniker "The Hall of Calls" when IU was good. Tables have turned in the last 25 years.
Assembly used to have the moniker "The Hall of Calls" when IU was good. Tables have turned in the last 25 years.
A meme based on that one could be as good as the Sidney Crosby launch into the air from the 'trip' from a stick a foot away from the skate.
Indiana started getting the short end on calls in big games when TV Teddy behaved criminally and nothing happened to him. All officials then knew they could fix games.
It's different when a team (coughpurduecough) actively is trained to flop. Hoosiers didn't do that even decades ago when they got calls. "Hall of calls' was rarely true anyway.
I don’t know that would be the case. If the refs called everything by the letter of the rules, Edey’s defenders would also be called for more fouls earlier and the game would be unwatchable. You would need to do the same at all positions, not just the center. The game would be 3 hours long.
Duke perfected false-positive flopping in the 90's. Hall of Calls being rarely true is kind of the point, re: all the complaints about Edey. His advantage is mostly physical and thru his developed skillset -- not from fouling.
I must've missed that one, but, generally speaking, the Ft. Wayne kid is infallible.
Assuming you know what that word means, we shall learn how good he and Smith are next yearI must've missed that one, but, generally speaking, the Ft. Wayne kid is infallible.
Four Big Ten titles with names like Vince Edwards, Carsen Edwards, Ryan Cline, Dakota Mathias, Matt Haarms, Issiac Haas, Caleb Swanigan, Eric Hunter, P.J. Thompson, Evan Boudreaux, Grady Eifert, Trevion Williams, Sasha Stefanovic, Nobel Eastern, Brandon Newman, Zach Edey, Braden Smith, Lance Jones, Fletcher Loyer, Mason Gillis, Caleb Furst, Trey Kaufman-Renn, Myles Colvin, Camden Heide, Ethan Morton, Will Berg. In the wings, 6-9 Kanon Catchings, 6-4 Gicarri Harris, 6-11 Raleigh Burgess, 7-3 Daniel Jacobsen, 6-6 Jack Benter, 6-2 CJ Cox.
The old metric RMK used to aspire for was to make more FTs than your opponent took. Obviously he didn't aim high enough. Make 3X as many as your opponent takes seems to be CMP's metric!
That is not remotely accurate.
No comparison in the fan bases or their respective knowledge of the game. PU fans are generally under informed EQ midgets. You guys storming the many IU boards after your wins or IU losses is just one example.
Respective knowledge will tell you that TJD aka “chicken wing” was called for less fouls per game over his career despite playing 8 more minutes per game. Now do Cody Zeller.
I'm sure that Edey is getting constantly hammered and I'm impressed how he doesn't let that get to him. At least he doesn't let it affect his game. What you Purdue guys are failing to acknowledge is that it would only take 3 or 4 fouls called on Edey to totally change what Purdue can and cannot do. Those fouls are definitely out there and not being called. I have not watched Purdue much this year but I watched them Sunday and Edey literally had to move a guy 4 or 5 feet and push him all the way off the court in order to finally get a whistle. I saw PLENTY of other calls that should have been called on him which drastically changes the outcome of that game. I'm sure most of the other games he has played in this year fall in same category. Now, Tennessee had their chances, missed FTs down the stretch and missed some good open looks, but Edey should have been on the pine a lot more than he was.
honestly, it's not even close imo. It's laughable how angry the Mackey crowd gets at every call that goes against them. You'll hear booing in AH if it's a particularly egregious call, or if several go against them, but when I watch the Boilers in Mackey, the crowd loses their sh*t, screaming on any call that goes against them. I think it got ingrained in them from Mean Gene removing his jacket and slamming it down after a call he disagreed with... which was generally in the first 10 minutes of any IU game.
IU fans in AH get so angry about calls they start dropping cement and metal from the roof.
I believe the only foul on Edey vs UT was after a loose ball along the baseline where a guard, not his man, recovered it and was dribbling back under the basket and Edey crowded him out of bounds with his body. He's a smart kid and Painter's a smart coach. A few over the backs, moving screen and trucking over a defender to gain position or throwing a 'bow, and they'd tone it down, or he'd be on the bench. It would drastically change the game and how they play.
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