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Old Tue Mar 05, 2013, 12:33pm
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And, I'm not offended by any means, but it seems to me that quoting the Bible and referring to it as "the casebook" is inappropriate for this venue on at least a couple of levels.

I'm not really complaining, honest. I know we allow a lot of off-topic stuff in the name of humor (which I'm happy about!), I'd just ask you to think about whether that's the kind of thing you really want to post here, Billy.
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Old Tue Mar 05, 2013, 01:12pm
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And, I'm not offended by any means, but it seems to me that quoting the Bible and referring to it as "the casebook" is inappropriate for this venue on at least a couple of levels.

I'm not really complaining, honest. I know we allow a lot of off-topic stuff in the name of humor (which I'm happy about!), I'd just ask you to think about whether that's the kind of thing you really want to post here, Billy.
I completely agree with this point of view.
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Old Tue Mar 05, 2013, 02:04pm
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I completely agree with this point of view.
And I completely don't. It was meant to be humorous. Lighten up.

I have no problem with a no-call in this situation, and telling the coach to STFU if he's mad I didn't call it, simply on the principle of advantage/disadvantage. If he wants to argue it further, he'll get his foul soon enough.
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Old Tue Mar 05, 2013, 02:48pm
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It was meant to be humorous.
Thanks, but my post was actually meant to be informative, not humorous. I believe that Freddy's original post was meant to be humorous, but I should let him speak for himself. I could be wrong, I usually am, just ask any veteran Forum membesr, or my ex-wife.
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Old Tue Mar 05, 2013, 02:53pm
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I, for one, am just glad that Billy didn't post a picture based on this post:

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Old Tue Mar 05, 2013, 02:59pm
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I, for one, am just glad that Billy didn't post a picture based on this post:

Now that is a funny post!
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Old Tue Mar 05, 2013, 03:09pm
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I, for one, am just glad that Billy didn't post a picture based on this post:
Be careful, don't give me any ideas. I'm getting a colonoscopy tomorrow, and I can post photos on the Forum if anybody is interested in my results.
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Old Tue Mar 05, 2013, 03:30pm
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And with that....let's get this back towards on topic before I issue a pre-emptive strike on Billy's account.
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Old Tue Mar 05, 2013, 02:45pm
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I know we allow a lot of off-topic stuff in the name of humor (which I'm happy about!), I'd just ask you to think about whether that's the kind of thing you really want to post here, Billy.
I was simply explaining the Bible story that Freddy was referring to in case some Forum members was wondering what he was talking about. Up until a few years ago, I would not have known what he was talking about, and I'm sure that there are others in Forum land who had no idea what Freddy was referring to.

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Jacob did that in his first game some 4500 years ago. Wasn't called intentional, but his deception at that young age did play itself out later in life.
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Genesis 25:25: The first one to come out was red. His whole body was covered with hair. So they named him Esau. Then his brother came out. His hand was holding onto Esau’s heel. So he was named Jacob.
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Old Mon Mar 11, 2013, 12:05pm
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I was simply explaining the Bible story that Freddy was referring to in case some Forum members was wondering what he was talking about. Up until a few years ago, I would not have known what he was talking about, and I'm sure that there are others in Forum land who had no idea what Freddy was referring to.
I for one did not get the joke the first time, so this was much appreciated.

And back on topic of the video ... it seems like its intentional ... but from that far away, it would be easy to be fooled if the player fouled was exaggerating the contact.
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Old Mon Mar 11, 2013, 10:42pm
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looks like intentional.
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Old Tue Mar 12, 2013, 12:31am
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Not sure why that wasn't an intentional to be frank.
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Old Tue Mar 12, 2013, 01:09am
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Not sure why that wasn't an intentional to be frank.
It certainly could have been but I guess it was missing the element of stopping an an opponent in an obviously advantageous position. It isn't like the fouled player was looking at an open shot.
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Old Tue Mar 12, 2013, 07:57am
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It certainly could have been but I guess it was missing the element of stopping an an opponent in an obviously advantageous position. It isn't like the fouled player was looking at an open shot.
Yeah, I get that. But intentionally grabbing a player's ankle isn't basketball, and it's certainly a safety risk. This play is an intentional for me (I won't say "in my game") 10 times out of 10.
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