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Duke Blue Devils (that rat faced scumbag)

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I hung up the phone, went to my back yard in Cincinnati and pounded my forehead against a tree until the blood was in my eyes.

Impulse control led me there in March 2011, bleeding and afraid. Impulse control looks to be Grayson Allen’s issue as well, impulse control triggered by frustration.

Look at his three tripping incidents. In early February, Allen tripped a Louisville player after going down in a heap under the basket without a foul called. A few weeks later he tripped an FSU defender whose physicality had taken Allen off his game (7-for-20 from the floor). Wednesday night he tripped Santa Ana after the Elon sophomore drove past him; not coincidentally, Allen was having perhaps the worst offensive game (1-for-8, three points) of his career.

After being caught Wednesday night, Allen’s initial reaction was to lamely accuse Santa Ana of grabbing his arm. Moments later, sitting on the Duke bench, Allen was screaming and pounding the chair. Duke assistant Jon Scheyer, who took his turn from 2006-10 as America’s most hated (Duke) player, tried to calm him but Allen was inconsolable.

He was me, pounding my head against that tree, terrified that I was throwing away my own career.

This was nearly six years ago. I was at CBSSports.com. Readers who knew me, they most likely knew me as a ranting, raving hot-take artist who was likely to write anything for CBS, say anything on the radio, tweet anything on Twitter. Readers accused me of playing a role, being the bad guy for attention. They thought I was pretending.

I wasn’t.
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bukIpower said:
Exactly so no point in doing it... it was obvious and he knew it. I don't think he means to do it it's just at this point it seems like a reaction that he needs to somehow kick.
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which most people seem to outgrow by the time they are 2-3 years old

If ass kickings are being handed out his parents should be the first two in line

He didn't just all of a sudden get like this. It's behavior that's been enabled since birth.
 
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Meh just have to disagree then... you saw his reaction on the bench. He didn't consciously do it he just reacted and unfortunately part of his instinct is to throw his foot out. Call it habit.

I realize most of us here hate Duke along with most of America but this wasn't on purpose
 
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bukIpower said:
Meh just have to disagree then... you saw his reaction on the bench. He didn't consciously do it he just reacted and unfortunately part of his instinct is to throw his foot out. Call it habit.

I realize most of us here hate Duke along with most of America but this wasn't on purpose
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That's three times this year he has pulled some variation of this. Not an aberration. He doesn't get the benefit of the doubt.
 
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bukIpower said:
Meh just have to disagree then... you saw his reaction on the bench. He didn't consciously do it he just reacted and unfortunately part of his instinct is to throw his foot out. Call it habit.

I realize most of us here hate Duke along with most of America but this wasn't on purpose
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his previous two tripping incidents were absolutely intentional. as such, i cannot assume that yesterday's tripping incident was anything else but intentional. given his pattern of behavior, he does not deserve the benefit of the doubt.



edit: also, if a player's intentionally malicious behaviors become so repetitive that they become subconscious habits, then the player deserves harsh punishment in order to correct what has become ingrained. otherwise, he'll do it again and perhaps actually injure someone.
 
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bukIpower said:
I agree... but ever do something reactionary that you didn't mean?

I know I have... especially when competing
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Yeah. I plowed a kid over in soccer bc he was a petulant little shit. It was a douche move.
bukIpower said:
Hey... leave me alone I finished my captain, my wife's grey goose, and am seriously considering finding a way with my wife's goldschlager
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From experience........STAY AWAY FROM THE SCHNAPPS. Just because it's the only alcohol left in the house, doesn't mean you should drink it.
 
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