Denverpacker wrote: Please.  He knows the drill and still made some stupid fouls.  His reputation precedes him and that will not change.  He needs to get smarter.

Denverpacker wrote: Please.  He knows the drill and still made some stupid fouls.  His reputation precedes him and that will not change.  He needs to get smarter.

Nicbsbll2 wrote: Rich hasn't had any issues with any of the touch fouls he was called for today all year long. Does anyone think that he all of a sudden changed the way he was been playing when the ACC refs stepped on the court?

Steven1974 wrote:

Denverpacker wrote: Please.  He knows the drill and still made some stupid fouls.  His reputation precedes him and that will not change.  He needs to get smarter.

There shouldn't be a reputation they are calling from though. Call what's happening on the court, not what you might think is happening cause of "tendancies". Using other conference refs, they don't seem to see anything wrong with what he's doing and they have no reputation to go on. Clearly there is a problem here and I don't think it's Richard most of the time.

fakeoutrage wrote:

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--- graywolf4life wrote:

Up to this point Richard Howell has performed up to and exceeding his potential.  Today, enter ACC refs and what happens?  He spends a lot of time on the pine.  The attitude of ACC officials towards Howell is really revolting.

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This was not the first game with ACC refs. There have been quite a few, actually.

Treyvon wrote: Remember, RH called out the officials (I believe last year) and they havn't forgotten.

ArmandJ wrote: Howell has made some stupid reach in fouls in this game. If he cut that out, he wouldn't be getting fouled out so much.

Sometimes, it's not the refs.

NCSU1949 wrote: Coach Gott may have to do what Deano did about Montross. He called them out on it. It worked.

KChill wrote: Rich is not going to pick anybody's pocket or block any shots so he should just friggin learn to keep his arms straight up in the air.

I've been critical of the ACC refs for good reason, but if the rest of the games are refereed like the bonnie game, I feel hopeful for the season.

RaleighBound wrote:

I've been critical of the ACC refs for good reason, but if the rest of the games are refereed like the bonnie game, I feel hopeful for the season.

Wufman66 wrote:

RaleighBound wrote:

I've been critical of the ACC refs for good reason, but if the rest of the games are refereed like the bonnie game, I feel hopeful for the season.

I don't. The officials were terrible. They simply didn't call fouls the same way at both ends of the court. How many times was Scott Wood hammered & held right in front of Eades with no call? How about the time the St B point guard had the ball coming up court and simply smacked Lewis is the chest with his forearm and lewais was called for the foull? I could name a number of other times those 3 clowns didn't do their job correctly. It's amazing how well we do when the officials are from another conference that doesn't have pre-conceived ideas about how to call fouls on State.

camvilpack wrote:

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--- graywolf4life wrote:

Up to this point Richard Howell has performed up to and exceeding his potential.  Today, enter ACC refs and what happens?  He spends a lot of time on the pine.  The attitude of ACC officials towards Howell is really revolting.

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I swear to Buddha, when will State fans stop blaming the refs?? It really is embarrassing that we still have fans who do this. EVERY TEAM'S FANS complain about refs. Nobody likes it when they think their players got 3 more fouls called than the other team. Take off your ********* rose colored gl*****. There were numerous times today when I couldn't believe our guys weren't called for fouls down low. It goes both ways. The other night when we shot a billion more free throws than Stanford - I'm sure their fans were bitching a moaning, too.

You people who complain about refs after every game look like ******* retards. We won this game going away and people are STILL complaining about the refs!!!! Un-*******-believable.

Wufman66 wrote:

RaleighBound wrote:

I've been critical of the ACC refs for good reason, but if the rest of the games are refereed like the bonnie game, I feel hopeful for the season.

I don't. The officials were terrible. They simply didn't call fouls the same way at both ends of the court. How many times was Scott Wood hammered & held right in front of Eades with no call? How about the time the St B point guard had the ball coming up court and simply smacked Lewis is the chest with his forearm and lewais was called for the foull? I could name a number of other times those 3 clowns didn't do their job correctly. It's amazing how well we do when the officials are from another conference that doesn't have pre-conceived ideas about how to call fouls on State.

1321wolf wrote:

Steven1974 wrote:

Denverpacker wrote: Please.  He knows the drill and still made some stupid fouls.  His reputation precedes him and that will not change.  He needs to get smarter.

There shouldn't be a reputation they are calling from though. Call what's happening on the court, not what you might think is happening cause of "tendancies". Using other conference refs, they don't seem to see anything wrong with what he's doing and they have no reputation to go on. Clearly there is a problem here and I don't think it's Richard most of the time.

The only tendencies the ACC refs are calling are their tendency to call 5 fouls on Richard Howell.

camvilpack wrote:

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--- graywolf4life wrote:

Up to this point Richard Howell has performed up to and exceeding his potential.  Today, enter ACC refs and what happens?  He spends a lot of time on the pine.  The attitude of ACC officials towards Howell is really revolting.

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I swear to Buddha, when will State fans stop blaming the refs?? It really is embarrassing that we still have fans who do this. EVERY TEAM'S FANS complain about refs. Nobody likes it when they think their players got 3 more fouls called than the other team. Take off your ********* rose colored gl*****. There were numerous times today when I couldn't believe our guys weren't called for fouls down low. It goes both ways. The other night when we shot a billion more free throws than Stanford - I'm sure their fans were bitching a moaning, too.

You people who complain about refs after every game look like ******* retards. We won this game going away and people are STILL complaining about the refs!!!! Un-*******-believable.