Much ado about nothing. Kid gets his leg tangled up with Mike and falls when Mike turns.
Lots of BS because he is an ND recruit. Anybody else and it is a non-event.
Link: https://tribhssn.triblive.com/mars-michael-carmody-faces-possible-wpial-discipline-for-championship-actions/
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His brother, Robby, a sophomore on the ND basketball team, had a history of delivering nutshots before someone, probably Brey, communicated that he better knock it off if he wanted to come to ND.
There's physical play and then there's no-class cheapshots thrown to hurt people, which is what we just saw and what we saw Robby doing in HS up until he got the message.
BTW, if you watch the other video of the game on the link, you will see Carmody run up and scream in the ref's face at the end of the game and then kick the ball to center court, at the opposing, winning team.
Jackasses are never worth it. The message needs to be sent to him to stop acting like one. ASAP.
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The announcers said the weren’t sure if the foul would go to Carmody or the other player. Carmody puts his elbow out, turns and immediately passes the ball to a teammate. Does he shove the kid?
Yes. Common foul. If Mike deliberately strikes the kid he is not bouncing back up.
Much ado of nothing.
I live in Western PA. The Carmody brothers are not known as cheap shot artists.
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He purposely swings his elbow to clear the guy out. That's definitely a foul and rises to a flagrant.
I don't know about a disciplinary hearing, though. I would say it was within the heat of the battle. But I don't know the specific conduct rules for that league. I doubt, though, it has anything to do with his being a ND recruit, but with the fact that he was twice the other guy's size.
It also wasn't real good optics that he went after the official for not calling a foul on the final play. That was a good no-call. Then he apparently kicked the ball at the opposing team celebrating at mid court.
I would like to see a mean streak in the ND players, but he needs to play with discipline to go with that. He also looks like he needs some serious time with Matt Balis.
Upon further review it was a common foul for sure.
It was more a shove than a strike.
The local media hopped all over the fact he was an ND recruit,
Much ado about nothing.
LOL. Just messing with you, Aragoto.
But seriously, whether it was a shove or a strike really doesn't matter. He used his elbow to clear the guy out, it was on purpose, and it was beyond the rules. Ergo, an intentional foul. That is what they called. It was the correct call.
All the disciplinary action could have to do with all his antics during the game.
Carmody was hacked and charged into the entire game.
The offensive player charged into him driving to the basket.
They were swallowing the whistle because of his size.
He's allowed to extend his elbow. He's allowed to turn. He passed the ball with his right hand to his teammate.
He's not allowed to swing his elbow with reckless abandon or injurious intent.
IMHO a common foul at worst. Definitely not flagrant.
In any case, his ND pedigree should not be flogged by the media.
Cheers.
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It sounds like you may have been to game, or at least, seen extended highlights. I only saw those two clips and can't attest to how the majority of the game was being officiated. As a ref, you have to know that someone that size is going to subconsciously affect the way calls are made. I don't know what effect that might have had. If you were there, you might be able to say whether that may have been the case.
I think you're using a bit of a ND filter in viewing this particular play. He was more than extending his elbow. He used it to clear out in a way that is not allowed. But enough of that. We've both stated our view of it.
I agree that more should not be made of it just because he is committed to ND. But, my friend, that is the way it is. Notre Dame in general, and especially the football program, elicits a response that most other schools never will. Part of it is ND's own insistence that their student athletes should be held to higher standards. And good for them for it.
Personally, I hope we don't see a day that people become ambivalent to everything Notre Dame. If that happens, it just means we have fallen into an abyss that will never be recoverable.
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