OT: Zeke Pike ejected at 7 on 7 tourney

There have been several times in my life that if I was within throwing distance of a referee, he would be wearing whatever substance I was holding like a gorilla mask.  And I think I'm pretty well adjusted.

The more I think about how seething mad I get at refs, the more I realize that in the hundreds of organized sporting events I've played in, I have only been ejected once for arguing with the refs.  I don't know what a TV does to your pysche, but it seems to ilicit a more serious rage response.  Perhaps that's why the internet is such a mean place...

Cmon Johnny you can do it

Yea, Johnny fire that fucking pigskin

-Johnny Moxon Varsity Blues

exactly

its not like he is a ND recruit.  (<= that is what you call a joke)

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Dantonio agrees with you.

+1 because I was going to say the exact same thing.

Maybe the ref told him to get the f off his field and he got mad.

saw that...pretty funny

As a IM referee working for Rec Sports at U of M, I agree that this is a pretty big deal.  I've reffed games where players have thrown balls at each other and have immediately been ejected for the game, sometimes forcing their teams to forfeit.  This situation is even more serious than those above especially since we are more defenseless than the players.  If this story is as serious as it suggests, then I'm disappointed in this recruit since it takes a big lack of sportsmanship to do something like that.

It isn't "always a bad sign". Sometimes a ref is just being a dick or rude and in a 7 on 7 tournament the repercussions aren't bad.

where is the tape so we can judge for ourselves?

I punched a teammate in the face during a rebounding drill when I was a senior.  I was kicked out of practice and everything was cool the next day.  I have been successful without something like that coming up again.

Come to Michigan!

Most of us "got it out of the way" without ever actually doing it.  Let's not rationalize this.  It's not necessarily a deal-breaker, but it raises concern.

Who hasn't wanted to chuck a ball at a ref in their lives?

Almost everyone has wanted to, but almost no one has.  Far more likely he will do it again, and it will really cost, than he has it out of his system.

This is MGoBlog, where we aimlessly speculate about things we don't have the answer to because we have nothing better to do. I don't know how you missed this memo, it's a recurring theme here.