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<blockquote data-quote="IlliniFandom" data-source="post: 1517450" data-attributes="member: 26111"><p>Alright, he didn't embody the spirit of collegiate competition and wasn't the shining example of what we want a U of I basketball player to demonstrate at all times on and off the court. But this is a sport, this is a physical sport and while I don't agree with what he did, I can understand it. Fights break out all the time when playing this game. Even "old" man pick-up games emotions run hot sometimes. These are supposed to be well established individuals who are supposed to be "wise" but when playing a physical game, the brain doesn't work as it should all the time. AG just had a physical player fall on his leg and wrongly took it as intentional rather than accidental. If you look at AG's knees, they locked and I'm happy that the play didn't injure him. That said he was wrong and it was completely beneath him to do that, but as a teenager you're prone to mistakes and let's take it as that.</p><p></p><p>He is probably the second most emotional player on the team. That has propelled him to the player he was all those games before yesterday's game. But he let it get too wild and he was out of control. I'm sure he got it worse from his dad than from BU or anybody else. He let his team down and this could've been a disaster of a game, but we should keep an eye out for this behavior and if he starts to show a pattern...then of course, we start to worry. But for now I will chalk this up to immaturity/stupidity and hope he learns and grows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IlliniFandom, post: 1517450, member: 26111"] Alright, he didn't embody the spirit of collegiate competition and wasn't the shining example of what we want a U of I basketball player to demonstrate at all times on and off the court. But this is a sport, this is a physical sport and while I don't agree with what he did, I can understand it. Fights break out all the time when playing this game. Even "old" man pick-up games emotions run hot sometimes. These are supposed to be well established individuals who are supposed to be "wise" but when playing a physical game, the brain doesn't work as it should all the time. AG just had a physical player fall on his leg and wrongly took it as intentional rather than accidental. If you look at AG's knees, they locked and I'm happy that the play didn't injure him. That said he was wrong and it was completely beneath him to do that, but as a teenager you're prone to mistakes and let's take it as that. He is probably the second most emotional player on the team. That has propelled him to the player he was all those games before yesterday's game. But he let it get too wild and he was out of control. I'm sure he got it worse from his dad than from BU or anybody else. He let his team down and this could've been a disaster of a game, but we should keep an eye out for this behavior and if he starts to show a pattern...then of course, we start to worry. But for now I will chalk this up to immaturity/stupidity and hope he learns and grows. [/QUOTE]
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