As Brooks himself said (which my screw the NCAA self smile a bit), “he was right, we are both professionals”. The difference between schlubs like you and me who hit a shot like that in a rec league and these guys is that professionals don’t rub it in. At least not ones the people give a shit about.

I think if you make a big shot that is key to winning, have fun and go to town as its excitement and such. I think hitting a 30 footer up 15 and then, turning to stare down the opponent bench is being an asshole, not swagger.

Its not taking the shot, its the showboating after making it. The image at the top is after he made that shot, notice where he is on the court. Not only is he showing off, but he’s staring down the Duke bench

I am not asking him to teach Sunday school. He is not a saint by any imagination, but he is one of the very best at a singular thing, teaching 18-22 year old kids how to play basketball. This is about doing that, and nothing else (in which your points ring true). He saw a talented kid, told him what he did great, and…

Really, what were his words? He leaned in and said something quietly in his ear. He did the same thing last week in the Yale line. The fact that he goes up to the best player or two and says a couple of words is common for him. And until Brooks said something, you had no clue what he said.

Nor should he. Do you want him to publicly call out the player? That is being an asshole. Giving some advice privately, Brooks can take it or leave it, but considering he’s been in this business for 45 years and is considered to be very good at it (ask any person who played for him at Duke or Team USA), its not the…

Barry, so what is the issue here?

Yes, he also sank a 35 footer in overtime on the road to clinch a playoff spot, IN FEBRUARY.

Sure it does. The greatest recruiting tool in the history of Naval Aviation was the movie Top Gun. If videos like this make more people interested in being Naval Aviators, they can be even more selective in their selection; thereby having better pilots.

He’s referring to field hockey, which is the only type of hockey generally played in England.

Yes that is exactly that. In football once the keeper leaves the penalty area he just becomes a player (no use of hands, etc.). But in hockey, due to the custom equipment, the goalie is actually prohibited from crossing the center ice line (short of going to the bench which is just past it in the 2nd period), so they…

Think it was more of a glass windshield.

Better get used to hearing it. It was the 31st most common boys name 2 years ago... ahead of names you probably hear now and again like:

Because it was only a flagrant 1 foul by the rules... You can’t just decide its a flagrant 2 because you want to. What he did is the same as basically shoving a player from behind to prevent a score, which per the rule is a flagrant 1.

Hmmm, 15 year career after being a first round draft pick. Sounds like $100-$150 in career earnings... You are right, that would suck.

I agree about the $14 vodka drinks, but if the guy drinking 3 of those is also going to eat 2 lobster tails, some prime rib, etc.... it is somewhat offset.

Why does it matter if they don’t show up? They still sell those tickets out, so they get all of the revenue. The very, very good seats (Championship) have free concessions, and the truly great (Legends) have a free buffet and snacks. So they get the season ticket revenue, but don’t actually have to feed more than…

Nothing like a beer garden in Yankee Stadium

The refs ate the whistle on the foul (which is fair since that a common thing to do on last plays unless its egregious), so you can’t expect them to call the travel created by the foul....

Good read. I studied this (Biomedical Engineering) as an undergrad 20 years ago, but am not in the field so new cool stuff like this is not in my knowledge base.