Re: Just a thought -

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One last try at common sense. Pierce went straight up and came down head
first. I'm not saying it was flagrant, but a foul. Now he could probably
could not do it on his own if he tried. Maybe Louganis  the Olympic diver
could. Maybe the moon is green cheese. Just a thought.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: <Douglas342@AOL.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: Just a thought -


> In a message dated 12/12/2002 4:48:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> dforant1@nycap.rr.com writes:
>
> > No contact? You must be kidding. Pierce went up head first and came down
> > head first. He was definitely body bumped. Please explain this
phenomena?
> >
>
>      Well, I have never pretended to know how to ref the game, but I
watched
> the play too and am not sure that I saw a foul.  Two guys come together in
> motion, one falls down.  Sure he was bumped, but not every bump is a foul.
> The fact that PP went down hard and was hurt was, as another poster said,
> just the way things happen sometimes.  Are we saying that if someone falls
> wrong and gets hurt, it's a foul?  But if he staggers and doesn't fall, it
> isn't a foul?  If a star falls hard, it's a foul, but if it's a rookie, it
> isn't?  I imagine that the tape of that play will find its way onto the
tape
> that each team of refs gets each week.  Veterans of this list will
remember
> the fine article on refs that Josh posted a few years back and remember
that
> the league distributes a tape of controversial plays each week for review
and
> discussion by the refs.
>      So I can give the refs a pass on that one, I guess, but certainly NOT
on
> the "hard foul" against Baker.  A foul?  Maybe, but when behemoths
collide,
> s**t happens.  That was no hard foul UNLESS the NBA has now added "hard
foul"
> as a new and separate transgression, different from a "flagrant foul."
Maybe
> I ought to say that what Baker did wasn't a flagrant foul.
>     But hey!  I predicted 43 wins this year instead of 49, but the team is
> exactly on pace with last year.  I'm surprised, but not complaining.  And
> this team has been awfully lucky with injuries.  The NBA has evolved to a
> "two stars and 12 other guys" league, and if one of your stars gets hurt,
> it's trouble.  Ask the Lakers.  As long as PP and AW are OK, we have a
shot.