Hass almost ripped a CSF player's jersey off in the 1st half. On the play he got injured, Hass shoved the guy he was trying to block out with his right arm and elbowed the guy in the face with his left arm. If Haas would have just went after the ball instead of elbowing the guy in the face, I doubt he gets injured. Haas isn't the saint some people make him out to be. It is a shame he got injured, but don't dish it out if you can't take it.
Being big works both ways. Bigger people are more prone to hurt others, intentional or not, and I've seen Haas do both.
Haas plays rough. Stop denying it. We’ll see how he does in the NBA, but for now stop denying that he plays rough.
I like Haas and I feel bad for the kid. I also have no bias here. I watched the play several times and there was nothing dirty. More and more the NCAA allows what has been allowed for years in the NBA and that is guys holding an opponent with one arm while trying to rebound with the other. Both Haas and the CSF kid were trying to do that on that play. They got tangled up and Haas fell awkwardly, unfortunately. Nothing dirty, nobody's fault, just an unfortunate accident.
Not really. With his size and strength, don't you think he'd be able to clear people away a lot easier than he does? He isn't trying to bang people. He can't help it with his size, but he's not fouling. They have to mug him constantly just to compete. Unbelievable...
You're right, you are biased and so are we. The non biased party (Doyle) just happens to agree with us.
If Haas wanted to, he could power dribble, step and dunk every time vs most opponents. But he doesn't. He uses a hook, fades, etc. I'm not so oblivious to try and say he never bangs, but stop acting like he just punishes people on the regular. Most of the time if he's banging it's because people are trying to push him away from his spot. They bring the contact.
Doyel will say anything to get clicks or sell papers. Since when did Doyle become the gospel?
Doyel talks out both sides of his mouth. One day he thought Crean should be fired and the next time he thinks that Crean is a great coach so I would not take anything that guy says seriously.
He doesn't have that killer instinct/personality. Biggie tied to get him to do more, and in fact they spoke on the phone and Haas played much tougher the first half of the season or more. Then I think he just got tired of people being so physical with him that he backed off.
