Posts by Adam Collins4

rapidbison42 said:Noka would probably boost our performance by at least 30%.
The thing is, I could never get past how he used "we" for the Germans and "they" when referring to us on ABC. 🤮

You’re forgetting that Noka is actually German by citizenship...

Though, personally, I see things a bit differently...

Fortaleza, why don't you just start a fresh thread for this? I know, I know—I'm being a bit of an idiot here—but I’ve already managed to open this exact same thing twice from the main page thinking it was a brand-new topic... I’m getting old, I guess, and my brain just forgets stuff...

Just take a look at what Noka is doing with those guys from Canada, and then come to me with some actual, solid arguments trying to claim that Linus isn't a total clown—or that we couldn't have done better with a different roster...

I mean, just imagine our squad playing that high-octane, run-and-gun style of handball... we’d be absolutely crushing the French by five goals easy. They wouldn't even be able to touch us, let alone keep up. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating just a little bit, but you get my point...

Terry Fisher2 said:That offensive foul—it looked like one, sure, but Pajovic also gave Paul a little nudge into Vugrinec. If he hadn't touched him at all, it would have been a turnover on the defense.

Look, once a player steps in defensively with his back turned, there’s zero chance of a successful drive...

Everyone knows what a drive actually looks like... you've got both feet planted, you're staying stationary...

Instead, he's just driving into you with his shoulder or his back while he's spinning away...

Anything else—shoving with your backside, hacking at an arm, whatever—that isn't a legitimate drive.

Brian Doyle6 said:Yeah, right... though I’m pretty convinced if the roles were reversed, they'd be calling an offensive foul on us every single time. Just like they did a few possessions ago. But honestly, everything just comes down to the penalty calls... (that massive variable in basketball—you don't see this in soccer, and hockey is way more straightforward about it... etc.)

I wouldn't go so far as to say hockey is "cleaner"—it's just that they actually bother to look at the replay, whereas in this game, they barely glance at it...

I don't even need to hand you a penalty to absolutely dismantle you...

And especially since that kind of thing doesn't happen in basketball—one wrong look and boom, whistle, foul...

Or maybe it does, depending on what they need. You're forgetting that basketball involves much more player rotation, and the game is twenty minutes shorter...

Which matters a lot more than you think...

rapidbison42 said:As for that officiating disaster in the final seconds—well, 🤮

I can’t even wrap my head around what John was thinking, man; some things are just plain unacceptable. You can't go around robbing people like that. You've got two Poles absolutely flattening the center in the paint, and the refs? Nothing. Just standing there. It's pathetic.

The foul was actually on the defender inside the key, not the center... though I was typing this out so I didn't get a perfect look... but I definitely saw where the guy ended up lying after the contact...

rapidbison42 said:hahaha, what a bunch of jerks.

That wasn't even a clean penalty they called against John in the final seconds.

No way...

Does anyone actually have a recording of that?

What a total blunder by Narcisse—honestly, he’d been stumbling toward this mistake for a while now, especially after that slip-up with his footing earlier...

Agree, and man, the Spaniards really need to step up their offensive game...

Seriously though, what happened to the Spaniards' offense? They've completely lost it.

And just like that, the Spaniards are back...

mellowcrane41 said:.. that this was definitely the work of the... RED... Spaniard... 100%

Which one?

Narcisse touching Garcia?

21-21

Give me a break—it wasn’t even about the refs helping out. It was more about how the Spaniards just suddenly decided to stop playing entirely, for no reason at all and without any explanation...

Man, those weren't even two minutes...

Chris Lopez59 said:What are you even talking about? What did they actually do to them?

That is a massive rules violation... and it’s even worse when it directly messes with the final score...

In the last 40 seconds alone, they pulled that move twice...

The first time was somewhat justifiable—you know, just managing the clock and adding a few seconds here and there...

But the second time, right after Team USA scored at the 36:37 mark, they stop the clock and force the Icelanders to head to center court...

That doesn't happen in handball... ever...

Look, if a team is stalling during the restart at center court, sure, you give them a warning—but you don't just kill the clock, wait for them to get to the center, signal for the play to start, and then hold up your hand for passive play...

And then, depending on how much they're actually attacking the goal, you either strip them of the ball or you don't...

What they did to Din-Din is completely against the rules of the game...

They screwed over Iceland... and they did it big...

He basically blocked the shot... this kind of thing hardly ever happens, yet people act like it's some kind of unsportsmanlike move...

That's why I can justify sending him off... it’s just like when you intentionally step in front of a pass to cut off the lane—this was clearly intentional...

What an absolute idiot this Spaniard is—and then he actually has the nerve to act surprised...

Though, I guess this isn't exactly a two-minute read either...

And finally, a stream that actually works without glitching out...🙏

On the last one, I was still staring at the halftime screen just a few minutes ago...

It’s actually insane how many mistakes they manage to pack into these things...

Karabatić is a total crook...

Omeyer can't even hit the broad side of a barn today, let alone pull off anything useful...

The Spaniards are looking pretty solid...

Hombrados is absolutely wild—he’s out here pulling a seven against Joli... honestly, he’s basically doing it right to his face...