Duke foul on Hansbrough

[stonebreakerwasgod]

I think that Henderson fouled UNC player Tyler Hansbrough will ill intent. To me, it seemed that he led with his elbow (strange for an attempted block). Feel free to agree or disagree, but I think he should be suspended more than one game, more like 3 or 5.

 

[Freeman Ara]

Personally I think Henderson went up with the intention of blocking the ball but saw the oppurtunity to put a give Hansbrough a tough foul. I grew up in NC and have been a UNC fan my entire life. Very rarely does this rivalry , which is the best in college sports by the way, get to the point of dirty play and punches. Most of the time these guys truly respect each other and the fans are the ones that get nasty. I think Henderson was just frustrated by the outcome of the game and saw an oppurtunity to put in a hard foul, not intending to elbow him in the face. By the way Billy Packer wants to have Coach K's children, but thats a different thread all together.

 

[jboxer562]

As a Duke fan.... If anyone WATCHED the game, you would hear the announcers continously stating that there was clearly no intention of that by Henderson. Also, If you WATCHED the game, the whole game Henderson was going for blocking shots and jumping in late. I honestly don't think it was intentional but it could have been less of a hard foul. Do I feel bad for Hansbrough, NO.. Do I think Henderson should have been suspended, NO.... However, I agree with him getting ejected

 

[jboxer562]

BTW, no punches werer thrown.. and I correct myself I feel bad for Hansbrough

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

I played alot of hoops in my heyday, and never saw ANYTHING resembling that on a court. I thought it was ridiculous for Packer to state repeatedly that there was no intent. How the heck does he know? Especially when most of the people I talked to thought it was blatant and aggressive.

 

[ndirish302000]

i dont know if he intended to do it or not and no one can say for sure except henderson himself... that having been said, i think he went in way too hard and it probably stemmed from being frustrated about being blown out by an arch rival. i think the one game suspension is just for a player losing his cool for a few seconds

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

i dont know if he intended to do it or not and no one can say for sure except henderson himself... that having been said, i think he went in way too hard and it probably stemmed from being frustrated about being blown out by an arch rival. i think the one game suspension is just for a player losing his cool for a few seconds

Mitch is funny! I saw him live at Go Bananas. I think he died recently tho.

I'd like anyone to tell Hansbrough that Henderson doesn't deserve a suspension.

 

[Freeman Ara]

Do I think Henderson should have been suspended, NO.... However, I agree with him getting ejected

Well, if you believe he should have beeen ejected then you have to agree with him being suspended for the next game, by rule. He was ejected because they determined he was intending to harm the player, so by rule that warrants an automatic one game suspension. By the way, it was Billy Packer who kept insisting there was no intent to hurt Hansbrough on the play, Nantz seemed pretty sold on the idea that Henderson was looking to foul. Packer is the biggest Duke homer there is. He's as anti-UNC as Mark May is anti-Irish.

 

[PADOMERNUT]

i dont see how anyone can watch that and say it wasnt blatant. I dont like either team so that is completely an unbiased opinion.

 

[ccrit79]

By the way Billy Packer wants to have Coach K's children, but thats a different thread all together.

Packer along with every other announcer\journalist out there. Especially Dick Vitale. He would love to pull a train with the whole Duke team and have Coack K be the conductor.

 

[notredomer23]

I hate duke so i said he deserved it.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Is Dickie V annoying? Yup. But I respect the fact that he touts all that is good about college basketball & college athletics in general. He wears his emotions on his sleeve, so that tends to get old when he's on TV every week. But, as you all know, he's a huge ND homer, too. Football & basketball. I believe both his daughters matriculated at South Bend. One even married former QB, Thomas Krug.

What's odd is that Notre Dame football & Duke basketball are both either loved or hated by the fans, but Notre Dame doesn't get nearly the love from the TV talking heads that Duke does. Of course, Holtz shouldn't be included for obvious reasons. Plus, I think they encourage him to turn up the homerism a notch to get a good debate w/ Mark May going.

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Mark May is the generalisimo of cockwads!

 

[goirish#1]

It was a hard foul and that's what players are taught to do to the other teams best player. It looked kind of bad from the result, I think it was ment to be a hard foul but not to hurt him. Since that happened, I think the officials had no choice but to throw him out. It wasn't a dirty play just a hard foul went bad. That is why starters shouldn't be in at the end of a blowout.

 

[jboxer562]

NBC, I meant he should have been ejected just so they can give him some kind of punishment... so thats what i meant

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

It was a hard foul and that's what players are taught to do to the other teams best player. It looked kind of bad from the result, I think it was ment to be a hard foul but not to hurt him. Since that happened, I think the officials had no choice but to throw him out. It wasn't a dirty play just a hard foul went bad. That is why starters shouldn't be in at the end of a blowout.

I value your opinion, but I played center in h.s. I never once swung that hard with an elbow at anyone, much less lead with it. Clearly he meant to harm Hansbrough in some fashion.

 

[Freeman Ara]

NBC, I meant he should have been ejected just so they can give him some kind of punishment... so thats what i meant

Yeah I figured you meant that he deserved to be ejected, but not suspended. However you said you are a DOOK fan so I had to give you a hard time, as a Carolina guy myself. Even Hansbrough came out today and said he didn't think it was intentional and that he didn't hold a grudge against Henderson. I think both the ejection and suspension were warranted just solely based on the fact that the officials declared it an intentional foul with volatile intent, or something to that effect, which by rule demands a one game suspension. I don't think this is going to matter much in the long run because DOOK just has to survive the first round Thursday and they get him back anyway. Look its saying something when a diehard UNC fan is saying that he probably didn't mean to do it.

 

[Get Nasty]

Stonebreaker

Stonebreaker

Did you even watch the game? Henderson went up for the block. Because tyler got fouled below he couldn't jump and get the ball up. Henderson had an OPEN PALM (a closed palm would be used if you are trying to elbow someone), and was going to try and block the shot into tomorrow. Because the ball went up he swung to get the ball around tylers shoulders. It was a shame his elbow hit him that hard but it wasn't on purpose.

It was clearly unintentional, as clear as night and day. Y ou must live in Alaska!

 

[tommy]

As a Duke fan.... If anyone WATCHED the game, you would hear the announcers continously stating that there was clearly no intention of that by Henderson. Also, If you WATCHED the game, the whole game Henderson was going for blocking shots and jumping in late. I honestly don't think it was intentional but it could have been less of a hard foul. Do I feel bad for Hansbrough, NO.. Do I think Henderson should have been suspended, NO.... However, I agree with him getting ejected

One thing they said that stuck out to me was if he didnt mean to do it why didnt he go over and try to help him up or something to that effect. He damn well meant to do it he was looking right at his face when he swung

 

[irishnd31]

Intentional and classless.

 

[ackirl]

UNC Fans Demand Mike Krzyzewski Be Arrested For Attempted Murder
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CHAPEL HILL, NC--UNC fans are in a lather over the vicious hit delivered by Duke’s Gerald Henderson on Tar Heels forward Tyler Hansbrough in the waning seconds of Sunday’s game at the Dean Smith center. While some have directed their ire at Henderson himself, many are the placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski, whom they claim put Henderson up to it.
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The only way for justice to truly be served, Tar Heel fans say, is for Krzyzewski to be arrested and charged with attempted murder.
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“Coach K is a thug who ordered his goon to try and kill our best player!” said Kbonser23, a poster on a popular Tar Heels message board. “That punk criminal should be arrested and charged with attempted murder. There is no other way around this!! If that was any other team, player, or coach in the country, they would be in jail right now, being administered the lethal injection. But no, when it’s Coach K and his merry band of KILLERS everybody looks the other way. Coach K is a MURDERER and he has no class!!!!!!”
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Replays of the incident shows Hansbrough elevating for a layup, losing the ball, and then taking a forearm to the face from an airborne Henderson. The result of the play was a broken nose for Hansbrough and a one game suspension for Henderson.
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“A one game suspension is a joke,” said Jamie Nagel, 20, a UNC sophomore. “That was a planned hit ordered by Coach K with the intent to kill. Why does everybody treat this guy with kid gloves? Every time he and his gang of marauding thugs jeopardizes an innocent person’s life, the brain dead media and fans try to convince themselves it was an ‘accident.’ Well it wasn’t an accident. If this guy isn’t in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs by next week, I’m going to do something about it myself. I’m going to…let’s see…comment on a message board, I guess. And consider that a fair warning!”
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One website has already popped up calling for Krzyzewski’s arrest. The site, StopCoachK.com, was built by disgruntled UNC fans and is already averaging 10,000 visitors per day. The webmaster, Patrick K. Reece, said the site is part of a new, grass roots movement to end Coach K’s reign of terror.
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“Coach K has been hiding behind his squeaky clean image for years now, and it’s time people started to wake up,” said Reece, a 26-year-old UNC alum. “Did you know that he often berates officials? Did you know that he missed a bunch of games in 1995 and then allowed the interim coach to have all the losses added to his record? He did. It’s all here documented on Stop Coach K, which was originally supposed to be titled ‘Coack K is a Ruthless Psychotic Demigod,’ but that was already taken – for every domain, including dot edu.”
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While Tar Heels fans are outraged, some observers feel that the foul wasn’t intentional at all, and that the outraged is misplaced. Others feel that the sight of Hansbrough with a bloodied face inflamed passions and made the hit look worse than it was. Even North Carolina coach Roy Williams admitted he didn’t think Henderson was looking to injure anyone.
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“I looked bad, but I don’t think Gerald went out there and said ‘I’m going to break someone’s nose,’” said Williams. “It was just a rough foul. It deserved about a one game suspension and that’s what he got. Fans do get a little carried away when it comes to Duke because of the rivalry and because of the perceived media bias in favor of them. Of course Billy Packer isn’t helping to break that perception. He’s so biased he might as well paint his face blue and jump around like those retards at Cameron Indoor.”
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As for Hansbrough, he plans to wear a protective mask and play in the ACC tournament, despite a fractured nose. He was initially angry over the incident, but now says that it’s time to move on.
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“When it happened, I was pissed,” said Hansbrough, who had 26 points in the game. “It seemed deliberate, and I hate Duke anyway, so I was ready to punch someone. But I’m over it now, and to tell you the truth, I’m not even sure it was intentional. Not that I care anyway. The important thing is we’re coming up on the tourney and I to get to wear one of those cool plastic masks. Crazy Mask Guy, coming at you! Grrrrrrr! Arrrggrrhhh! Ow! That hurt my nose when I did that.”
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Copyright 2007, The Brushback - This article is satire and is not intended as actual news.

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Did you even watch the game? Henderson went up for the block. Because tyler got fouled below he couldn't jump and get the ball up. Henderson had an OPEN PALM (a closed palm would be used if you are trying to elbow someone), and was going to try and block the shot into tomorrow. Because the ball went up he swung to get the ball around tylers shoulders. It was a shame his elbow hit him that hard but it wasn't on purpose.

It was clearly unintentional, as clear as night and day. Y ou must live in Alaska!

u are clearly on crack! of course, you are unbiased in your opinion (per the duke sign on your profile)

 

[tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cqrNQCe6l8 You cant watch this and tell me he didnt mean to do it unless what stonebreak said is true