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One of the many reasons I can't stand that turd, Crean.

I mean seriously....If you're a player and the coach looks at you and says "I want you to go get next to this guy and act like he hit you, go to the floor and act like you're in serious pain". Would you have any respect for that guy? Me, definitely not..

Well, I get jumped all the time for saying Dean was among the most overrated coaches. Yes, a LOT of wins, but how many championships with all that talent he rolled through Chapel Hill. And back then, there wasn't nearly the number of great players there are today, so Dean had his pick of players and did the least with them possible. I live in NC, and it is still widely joked about down here that Dean was the only person that could hold Jordan under 20pts a game.

It was so frustrating watching Ted Valentine. He didn't call a foul against Indiana in the second half until about the 4 minute mark.

I wonder if this outrage was on the boards when Thomas did one of the worst flops I have seen last year vs tsun. Maybe it was, but I remember laughing at Thomas faking being elbowed. The NCAA needs to take it out of the game, but until they do getting fouls called even where there aren't any is part of the game. .

Well at the end of the game Valentine actually hurt IU...They were mugging trying to get fouls called because we weren't in the bonus. He stood there and watched Lenzell get slashed and gashed and didn't call a foul and we ran 11 more seconds off the clock. So, in that regard it helped us..

For thsoe of us who have played sports in our lifetime (specifically hoops) flopping is the most irritating thing....EVER!!!! It is part of the game but until they change it this shit will continue.

the game needs to do more.....I think College BBALL should take the lead from the NBA about flopping. To what extent? I don't know but the whole thing with reviewing every little possible elbow is ABSURD!!!!!! It is a phsyical game....sometimes you are going to get an elbow to the chops.

The Sheehy flop during the Minnesota game was absolutely horrendous and he is a pussy for listening to his coaches and trying to pull that off.

Tryling to "sell a charge" is one thing but acting you got elbowed when the dude never touched you is taking it to a whole new shitty level.

I agree with the comments on soccer.....I personally do not care one way or the other for Soccer but I have never seen more fake ass shit in any sport other than soccer. You get touched and you go down acting like you are dying but you are up and jogging around back in the game two min late. Hate that shit and SOccer has to be the worst.

Play the sport and don't be a puss.

Agree!!
I understand the "flop" when trying to sell a charge call...that's not what Crean is doing though, he's trying to get a flagrant foul called on a guy for an absolute acting job.

If our Buckeyes did this crap I'd say the same thing..BUSH LEAGUE...The BIG needs to issue a warning that this nonsense will result in a flagrant foul being called on the offending "Actor"....That way Crean would stop with all the BS...

Context, context, context.

I recall that flop and everyone was fooled because the ball handler brought his elbows high to clear space (meaning any contact is an automatic foul). Thomas then reacted like a stuntman so that only a slow mo replay revealed a complete lack of contact (probably because he actually thought an elbow was hitting him in the mouth which it would have).

Not exactly that same thing as a flop away from the ball by a team that is trying to claw its way into a game with some help from whistles.

Well he's part of the Harbaugh family what do you expect.