Eli and Stan mentioned him this morning on The Zone. Apparently, he has a reputation for being a *******, & once they found out what he did, once his name was recognized, they cut the story short. This guy must be the Joey Crawford of college basketball referees.

I want a crack at him....... he he

I got under Ton O'Neil's skin at the conference tourney back in 96. He threatened to kick me out, but I told him that he wasn't man enough and he didn't. I think this guy overstepped his jurisdiction just a wee bit.

(02-20-2012 03:25 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  I want a crack at him....... he he

I have an idea...Make sure Smaug is sitting next to you, then when he looks your way after having said something to him, just point in that direction & give him your "it wasn't me" look.

JK! ;-) You know I don't want to see what happened to "Googs" happen to any of you.

Sometimes you wish you had the ability to throw your voice.

Being an official myself, I can tell you that I've only enjoyed ejecting someone once in a game....Okay, maybe twice. First time it was a coach, the second time, it was a fan, but get this...The fan was an official, or claimed to be, anyway. So, I'm always leery of giving the ref "the business" when I'm sitting at courtside, now when I'm in the "Frenchy" section, something just comes over me for some reason, and I let them have it!!! I love seeing that kind of passion and animated reactions to bad calls coming from some of us (especially when it's warranted), don't think for a minute that the players don't feed off of some of that and use it to motivate better play.

Just don't offend the yellow coat behind the visitor's bench :)

(02-19-2012 11:59 AM)Matrix Wrote:  

(02-19-2012 12:10 AM)USAFBlazerFan Wrote:  What did ol' Smauggy do, offer him his glasses or something?

More than likely, a creative wisecrack about his ancestral heritage, mis-interpretations of basketball rules and his choice in whistles. Stuff that I would not have the testicular fortitude to say to an official from where Gugliotta was sitting when he got the gate.

Now, where I sit at from behind the student section? That's a different story...Now for my money, Robin Ficker is the best heckler I've ever seen at a sporting event. If he's ever held classes on the subject, I have a feeling that some of our fans have enrolled in them, and Smaug got a Masters Degree from him.

Imagine Robin Ficker taking his act to congress! He is running for the seat in my district.

Already been to a CUSA court this year...ours in fact. Home games against Houston and MTSU...

We won those games, so he must have done a good job.