{"id":46,"date":"2007-11-28T21:15:29","date_gmt":"2007-11-29T02:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2007-11-28T21:26:55","modified_gmt":"2007-11-29T02:26:55","slug":"yet-another-pet-peeve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Pet Peeve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unless you are someone who has ever talked to me for more than 30 seconds, you probably don’t know that I can be a relatively opinionated individual.\u00a0\u00a0And many of these opinions are about things that really bother me–pet peeves, if you will–so I figured I would start another running segment where I\u00a0take the opportunity\u00a0to get it out of my system.\u00a0 I’m no psychiatrist, but writing this segment every once in a while may improve my life, whether or not anyone actually reads it.<\/p>\n

I figured there was no better way to start this segment than\u00a0by\u00a0admitting my single biggest pet peeve in the world of sports–and it happened the other night to a team I love.<\/p>\n

Today’s Pet Peeve:\u00a0
\nGiving up offensive rebounds on missed free throws<\/em><\/p>\n

Admittedly, I have\u00a0a tendency to speak in hyperbole, especially when talking about sports, but honestly, this is my biggest pet peeve in any sport (there is one in baseball that is close).\u00a0 I know that I am not a basketball coach and that, in my playing days, I was a poor rebounder even for a skinny 2-guard, but all that I think I know about basketball leads me to believe that, barring a strange bounce off the rim or a ridiculous height or athletic advantage, the player with position should ALWAYS get the rebound.\u00a0 And, on free throws, the actual defined rules of the game GRANT THE DEFENDER\u00a0POSITION!\u00a0 So, it has to be laziness or absent-mindedness or lack of effort, right?\u00a0 Right?!?<\/p>\n

THE SCENE:\u00a0 Monday night…just shy of\u00a09:00pm on the east coast…the beautiful city of Akron, Ohio…1 minute, 17 second\u00a0to go in the second half…Akron Zips 61, Temple Owls 59…Temple’s press (weird thought) has forced multiple Akron turnovers\u00a0over the last minute or so,\u00a0in which the Owls are on a 12-2…(you all see what’s coming)…Temple’s Ryan Brooks fouls Akron 6th man, Steve McNees…he misses the first…misses the second, BUT Mike Bardo gets the offensive rebound, kicks it out, where Temple has to foul again.\u00a0 Yada yada yada, Akron wins 67-65.<\/p>\n

Granted, I was forced to watch the play-by-play on the computer (who doesn’t televise the great November Temple-Akron showdown?), so I\u00a0didn’t actually see <\/em>the play, but what are the chances that it took a crazy bounce\u00a0OR that Mike Bardo (total game stats Monday night:\u00a0 8 minutes played, 1 rebound) has a ridiculous height or athleticism advantage over a Temple big man?\u00a0 Slim?\u00a0 None?\u00a0 Obviously, there’s no saying if Temple would have won the game had they grabbed that rebound, but anyone who knows anything about basketball knows that there is a huge difference between a 2-point deficit and a 4-point deficit in the final minute of a college game.\u00a0 Infuriating!<\/p>\n

Thanks for listening, friends…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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