Coach K gets whacked

[Judtech]

Actually, my questions was were you trying to say there wasn't MUCH contact or that the contact wasn't MUCH above the shoulders?
From what I saw Thorton was not the one initiating contact and had his hands in the air. But that is just my view
Of course, this T was very predictable when looking at the previous several plays. Coach K was not happy with a couple of calls prior and VERY not happy about the previous call. The call on Thorton was just the straw that broke the camels back.

[jbduke]

Originally Posted by Judtech

Actually, my questions was were you trying to say there wasn't MUCH contact or that the contact wasn't MUCH above the shoulders?
From what I saw Thorton was not the one initiating contact and had his hands in the air. But that is just my view
Of course, this T was very predictable when looking at the previous several plays. Coach K was not happy with a couple of calls prior and VERY not happy about the previous call. The call on Thorton was just the straw that broke the camels back.

That's fair. There was enough contact to knock Thornton back a little bit, but he definitely embellished the amount of force he absorbed. Said force was delivered, as I added later, just below shoulder level, I believe.

As to what you narrate above, that is an accurate description of the second half of the play. The first half of the play saw Thornton significantly impeding GT's Shumpert as he tried to initiate a curl around a screen. My guess is that Kersey would have called the initial foul on Thornton if he'd held on to Shumpert a beat longer, but then Thornton left go. That's when the action you described began.

[LeeBallanfant]

Guess it worked for Coach K according to this report.

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