bball wrote:
Jimmer? out of control? Not hardly. It only reveals that that official was doing a homer job on Jimmer. And what business does an official have telling a coach to take a player out of the game? That is crazy. I think the ref was a Utah booster and trying to get Jimmer out anyway he could.
Agreed. And Boyen also made some outrageous comments about Jimmer on The Mountain afterwards. Not wanting to admit that his team was successful in limiting Jimmer to 23 pts by way of official-sanctioned gauntlet, he made thinly disguized jabs at Jimmer, calling him "very difficult to officiate," hinting that Jimmer is skilled at taking a dive, and looking like he's been bumped off a shot. He said that Jimmer delivers hard blows with his hips against defenders that are at a disadvantage because they are not as "big and strong," as Jimmer is. Finally, Boylen says that his guards get "bumped all day," and it doesn't get noticed, because they are not as "big and strong."
What a crock o' crap! This is an old communist ploy during the Cold War: accuse your strategic enemy of the very things that you know that you, yourself are doing.
In the words of Lucifer?