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Here is Zags' take on who will play tomorrow. Not much new info, although some good quotes from D'Lo that make me believe his head is on straight. Good warning from Dom as well to make sure our new guys come to play.
Here is Zags' take on who will play tomorrow. Not much new info, although some good quotes from D'Lo that make me believe his head is on straight. Good warning from Dom as well to make sure our new guys come to play.
“His big thing is his controlling his emotion with refs and the calls they make, and he has gotten a lot better,” Lavin said. “Now he just takes things in and stays in the game without anything getting the best of him. He plays with a lot of intensity and a lot of passion, and you never want to take that away from him. I love the passion that he plays with.”
Surely complaining about ref calls is not the reason Lavin disciplined him 3x? Especially when the refs were calling fouls on D'Lo for looking at or breathing on the other players.
Surely complaining about ref calls is not the reason Lavin disciplined him 3x? Especially when the refs were calling fouls on D'Lo for looking at or breathing on the other players.
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And what if he doesn't control his emotions in a tight conference game and we lose because he gets T'd up? If complaining is a problem, then Lavin is absolutely right to do something about it. Especially since refs aren't the most mature people out there. They definitely know who the bitchers and moaners are. It hurts us if Harrison's reputation precedes him.
3 punishments for complaining about calls is a little crazy...if that's the main reason though, why is he coming off the bench tomorrow? We only had 2 exhibition games and he sat 1 out entirely and the other he played very little then got benched. It's not like we had a 3rd game where he complained, so what gives?
Seriously? Were you watching last year? He came to the school with a rep as a hot head and certainly lived up to it. Showed a lack of control and class quite frequently. Frequently jawing at refs, opponents, other teams bench, his teammates. The kid does have issues and I hope Lavin can straighten him out. If I wasnt' a fan of his and the team I'd be tempted to call him a punk. I don't care where you were brought up, that type of posturing is immature at best. Of course I probably feel this way because I'm old (I thought 50 was the new 30?). But given the way you post I can understand that you probably wouldn't have seen it the same way I saw it. Generation gap continues.
FWIW I know plenty of kids of your generation who don't have your attitude and are actually fine young adults. Don't paint an entire generation with your brush, I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate it. That said I know plenty just like you too. It's a generation thing that we need to get over because even if 95% of the board sees your posts as obnoxious and disrespectful you don't and it's not worth getting into an argument about every day. Agreed?
Well when 95% of the board is over the hill, different disagreements are bound to happen. Anyway, D'Lo gets fired up...I don't think there's been a player in NCAA history who hasn't thrown his arms up at a ref or yelled over a bad call. I'd be more suspicious if a terrible call was made and he just stood there like a deer in headlights. I think you confuse passion and being in the heat of the game with being a punk. If you have ever played sports in your life you know what I'm talking about. Should he try to keep it to a minimum? Sure, but don't tell the kid to play the game with a straight face with no fire to it. I actually did notice him getting heated vs. Sonoma State I was sitting close enough to Lavin to observe them and I heard Lavin saying he was racking up way too many fouls. He did seem to laugh at some calls the refs made and stuff, but nothing that really stood out to me from any other game with any other team. He should be fine though, he will learn to hold back a bit more in terms of reactions to bad calls.
Not to beat a dead horse but Joe, Harrison has issues. He would jaw at student sections during road games incessantly. If it wasn't for the lack of players he would have been benched for several games for his behavior.
Like I said before I kind of prefer him off the bench ala James Harden, JR Smith, and Manu Ginobili. That instant offense off the bench could be pivotal.
Like I said before I kind of prefer him off the bench ala James Harden, JR Smith, and Manu Ginobili. That instant offense off the bench could be pivotal.