I responded in the thread about Vaklentine. Called him a terrific official---And look, he is. SO then I was asked what I felt about the technical he gave Knight for "checking on" an injured Luke Recker.
Here was my response:
He is a terrific official. I mean you do realize officials make mistakes, right? I mean, I dunno what you do for a living---but Im certain you've made a mistake at t your job. Right? Does that make you a bad employee?
I get it....IU fans hate him. Understandable. But does that hate blind you to the fact that he's a pretty good official? Hate can certainly fog ones judgement.
As for the Recker incident? IDK, to be honest. Who knows what Knight said to him; and he certainly said something. And he(Knight) said something in a situation where nothing needed to be said. Knight says all he said was, " I have an injured player." Well, that isn't true. He was saying something to him well before he got close to Recker, and said something again as he approached Recker. Valentine says Knight told him, "thats your fault right there"(pointing at Recker). Maybe he did.Maybe he didn't. I dunno. But I do doubt that Valentine ejected him for simply walking on the floor.
I know this post won't be well received. And TBH, I don't care. I'm not gonna lie and tell you something just to make you feel good. I'm gonna give you my honest answer. And my answer to the Recker situation?
IDK. Nor do you. Unless of course you can, with 100% certainty, clarify that Knight didn't say anything worthy of a technical foul. And ask yourself this before answering: What's more likely---Knight not saying something nasty...Or him saying something nasty.
I think you know the answer.
Yeah----They gonna love that answer, huh?
Here was my response:
He is a terrific official. I mean you do realize officials make mistakes, right? I mean, I dunno what you do for a living---but Im certain you've made a mistake at t your job. Right? Does that make you a bad employee?
I get it....IU fans hate him. Understandable. But does that hate blind you to the fact that he's a pretty good official? Hate can certainly fog ones judgement.
As for the Recker incident? IDK, to be honest. Who knows what Knight said to him; and he certainly said something. And he(Knight) said something in a situation where nothing needed to be said. Knight says all he said was, " I have an injured player." Well, that isn't true. He was saying something to him well before he got close to Recker, and said something again as he approached Recker. Valentine says Knight told him, "thats your fault right there"(pointing at Recker). Maybe he did.Maybe he didn't. I dunno. But I do doubt that Valentine ejected him for simply walking on the floor.
I know this post won't be well received. And TBH, I don't care. I'm not gonna lie and tell you something just to make you feel good. I'm gonna give you my honest answer. And my answer to the Recker situation?
IDK. Nor do you. Unless of course you can, with 100% certainty, clarify that Knight didn't say anything worthy of a technical foul. And ask yourself this before answering: What's more likely---Knight not saying something nasty...Or him saying something nasty.
I think you know the answer.
Yeah----They gonna love that answer, huh?
