That’s not what he’s doing at all. That would be very stupid of him, not to mention pointless.
It is what he is doing to an extent, for sure
like the cheap touch fouls in which we got called for 4 charges in the 1st half, 3 of which were pure bullsh*t?
I don’t have to read minds. He said exactly what he meant. It’s y’all trying to add stuff to what he said.
I definitely respect your point of view. I don't think he needs to go all Bobby Knight and start throwing chairs all over the place... I just think he needs to dial it up a little bit.
It’s exactly what he was doing!! Great job by Coach Pike!
We also got a few calls our way that were wrong like Caleb out of bounds for one
I have heard Steve Pikiell in private express this sarcastic attitude toward the officiating a number of times, he feels the same about it as fans do.
He immediately said, next sentence, that they need to work on it. Can’t work on the calls.
That might be true in Little League. It’s a real factor that Pike is correct to address.
LOL. Address it how?
Pike is amazing. The guy is just getting started. We are very lucky to have him.
I read it as he was saying - we need to learn to adjust how we play to the way the game is being called.
Baloney. He was getting on the refs all night.. because they deserved it. He should demand respect when the refs don't call things evenly.. meaning what a charge is on one side should be a charge on the other side.. not a blocking foul.
Exactly my point. He works on that which can be worked on. Which ain’t whining about bad calls.
I think he’s talking to the players. The fouls almost were too much to over come. I love the intensity but they must find ways to limit fouls.
I think you guys are right. He knows his teams are going to be called for more fouls than the other team. He coaches an aggressive way of playing defense and that breeds more fouls. But when it gets to 24-11 that's not more fouls, that's calling it one sided and he's letting them know how he feels about it in a polite way.
What’s great is that Pike can say, “see what happens when you focus on your jobs and we don’t let the calls affect us at all”. And “we could’ve won by even more if we cut out some of the touch fouls“.
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Nah. What would be the point of letting them know about it? The refs aren’t watching the post-game interviews. They’re showering and/or heading home. Where they won’t give it another thought until or unless there is some game review process to ensure quality.
Here's my unbiased view
Uh-huh. Sure. If he was doing that, and I’m skeptical, then he’s just being agreeable with fans rather than argue with them which is also smart of him since there’s no point in such an argument. Easier to just humor them.
