Karl Hess tosses two NC State players

[fiasco]

My take:

Justification: We'll probably never know the exact reason Hess decided to pull the trigger. But, like others here I'm willing to give Hess the benefit of the doubt. If you're a veteran D1 official, I'd have to think you don't stick your neck out like this without good reason. I do find it laughable that Corchiani and Googs are claiming they said nothing more than "you're not doing a very good job out there." Considering that they went to Twitter moments after the incident, they've been able to frame the incident exactly in a way that absolves them of any responsibility. They've won the PR fight by a landslide.

Execution: This is where Hess failed miserably, and he's received the necessary slap on the wrist for it. Who knows if he'll miss postseason games as a result. You don't give the heave ho like he did. You don't interact with said fans like he did. Say nothing to the fan(s), go directly to game management (or the closest thing resembling game management) and let them take care of it.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by fiasco

You don't give the heave ho like he did.

Does he work baseball games in the off season?

[Brad]

Originally Posted by fiasco

Who knows if he'll miss postseason games as a result.

I'd bet good money against it. I doubt he will miss a single game for the rest of the season, let alone the post-season.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Brad

I'd bet good money against it. I doubt he will miss a single game for the rest of the season, let alone the post-season.

And this was an ACC Policy, not an NCAA Policy which might be expanded now because of these types of incidents.

BTW, Curtis Shaw got rid of a mascot and did not use GM to do so. I did not see that part of the ejection even focused on and I do not recall that it hurt him either.

Peace

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

And this was an ACC Policy, not an NCAA Policy which might be expanded now because of these types of incidents.

BTW, Curtis Shaw got rid of a mascot and did not use GM to do so. I did not see that part of the ejection even focused on and I do not recall that it hurt him either.

Peace

Don't know if this is considered in the policy, but the mascot is out there to make a spectacle of himself. He, and others, probably got a kick out of the whole thing. These distinguished alumni in the case at hand, not so much.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Don't know if this is considered in the policy, but the mascot is out there to make a spectacle of himself. He, and others, probably got a kick out of the whole thing. These distinguished alumni in the case at hand, not so much.

For a moment they were "extinguished".

[Brad]

Originally Posted by just another ref

These distinguished alumni in the case at hand, not so much.

They lost the "distinguished" part when they started acting like buffoons!!!

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Brad

They lost the "distinguished" part when they started acting like buffoons!!!

I wish you were right.

[IUgrad92]

Originally Posted by Brad

They lost the "distinguished" part when they started acting like buffoons!!!

We're the video that shows this? I'd like to see it.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by IUgrad92

We're the video that shows this? I'd like to see it.

It doesn't. It's an assumption on my part. And a good one.

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by IUgrad92

We're the video that shows this? I'd like to see it.

Any adult who admittedly spends the majority of the game harping on the referees rather than cheering for their team is, by definition, a buffoon.