Ed Hightower, more than just a Michigan hater. Apparently he hates all.
January 9th, 2013 at 8:39 PM ^
But 724 fouls were called in Hightower’s 19 games compared to 611 in Hillary’s.
January 9th, 2013 at 8:46 PM ^
if the leagues look at the number of penalties called by ref to determine who may be calling too many or too few.
January 9th, 2013 at 10:03 PM ^
In the ACC they grade every call and no call as either correct or incorrect. They expect their officials to be correct at least 90% of the time. In the last 4 minutes of the game, they expect their officials to be perfect.
Source: I once attended a lecture by the Director of ACC officials.
I'm sure the B10 has similar standards.
January 9th, 2013 at 8:43 PM ^
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Assembly Hall. Wish Fab 5 could bitach slap that fool...
January 9th, 2013 at 8:52 PM ^
January 9th, 2013 at 8:53 PM ^
Hightower reminds me of a foot fungus. Minor nuisance in the big picture, but everlasting ...
January 9th, 2013 at 8:54 PM ^
Eddie Basketball has the best hairpiece in the business, that's for sure.
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January 9th, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
My old boss at Intramurals had an autographed basketball by Ed Hightower. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that after I went into a tirade about how much I hate that douche. I still hate him 15 years later.
January 9th, 2013 at 9:12 PM ^
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January 9th, 2013 at 10:06 PM ^
Also, geez, that article is 4 years old.
January 9th, 2013 at 11:58 PM ^
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January 10th, 2013 at 10:41 AM ^
But cool enough to be a scout trooper? Because that's what he's pictured as.
January 9th, 2013 at 10:40 PM ^
My opinion is he is just a bad ref. As a ref myself (mostly football so far but my brother and I are getting in to basketball more) I can tell you that I've worked with lots of bad refs and none of them want one team or another to win, some are just not good at seeing the game. It is a huge thing for all officials to stay impartial. There were lots of bad calls tonight, but if you watch him work other games, I bet you see the same.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:17 AM ^
If you really were much of a ref, you'd know just how good any division 1 ref is.
I wish more refs called the game like Hightower. It would finally force teams to adjust and the B10 wouldn't be the hack-fest that it is at times.
January 10th, 2013 at 9:31 AM ^
Every official has a different style, a slightly different interpretation of the rules, and a different point at which they decide fair play has stopped and a whistle needs to be blown. Clearly the stats show that Hightower is quicker to whistle than some of his peers. But that doens't mean he's bad at doing his job.
January 10th, 2013 at 10:20 AM ^
i respect your attempt to be diplomatic but, no, sorry
hightower is just terrible