OT: Zeke Pike ejected at 7 on 7 tourney

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OT: Zeke Pike ejected at 7 on 7 tourney

My twitter account has been blowing up about Zeke Pike getting thrown out of a 7 on 7 tourney for throwing a ball at an official. I first saw it on Bruce Feldman's twitter page. This is not good coming from a highly touted recruit. I dont know the whole extent of the story, so Im not going to divulge into at all, but I hope this is not a sign of things to come. Again, I do not want to speculate about an 18 year old kid who I do not know anything about except that he is one of the nation's top high school qbs. Just thought Id inform you guys and see what you think about this whole situation.

 

 

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:07 PM | Honestly, if he just tossed (Score:1)
Kal
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Honestly, if he just tossed the ball at him out of frustration I don't think it's a big deal. If he wound up a rocket and blasted the ref in the face then I could see it being an issue.

April 10th, 2011 at 2:41 PM | There have been several times (Score:1)
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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...

Hail.

April 10th, 2011 at 4:51 PM | Cmon Johnny you can do (Score:1)
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Cmon Johnny you can do it

Yea, Johnny fire that fucking pigskin

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:07 PM | Was it a tight spiral? If so, (Score:1)
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Was it a tight spiral? If so, I still want him in this class.

April 10th, 2011 at 2:09 PM | BOOM...MALLET'D (Score:1)
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I put up a tough front, but deep down I just want to be held.

April 10th, 2011 at 2:10 PM | Yeah, this is almost (Score:1)
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Yeah, this is almost certainly a huge character flaw and probably represents an immense underlying psychological issue. /s

Obviously throwing a ball at a ref is a bad idea, but let's not blow this out of proportion.

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April 10th, 2011 at 3:38 PM | exactly its not like he is (Score:1)
Irish
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exactly

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

Current Smug rating: "lethal"

April 10th, 2011 at 7:31 PM | yes (Score:1)
umchicago
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otherwise the ref would probably be firing the ball at the QB.

April 10th, 2011 at 10:33 PM | If he was an ND recruit, he (Score:1)
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If he was an ND recruit, he would have missed.

April 11th, 2011 at 11:52 AM | Kid's got fire (Score:1)
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I'm sure it can be harnessed, but you can't coach that kind of attitude.  I think Hoke could harness it and use it to their advantage.  I'd rather have an attitude and fire in a football recruit than the opposite.

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April 10th, 2011 at 3:53 PM | So BlockM, I downloaded your (Score:1)
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So BlockM, I downloaded your Ultra-MGoBoard after your shameless plug yesterday, and I must say that it's pretty cool.

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April 10th, 2011 at 4:05 PM | Thanks! If you think of any (Score:1)
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Thanks! If you think of any features you'd like put in, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

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April 10th, 2011 at 4:09 PM | I can't think of anything off (Score:1)
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I can't think of anything off the top of my head that you could do with Ultra. Most of my wishes would probably take Brian altering some stuff.

I'll let you know if I come up with anything though.

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:11 PM | Ya, I have no clue if he just (Score:1)
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Ya, I have no clue if he just tossed it at him, or if he did a 5 step drop and threw a bullet. Whatever he did, it was obviously severe enough to warrant an ejection. Who knows though. Everything gets blown out of proportion these days, so I guess we will have to wait and see.

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April 10th, 2011 at 7:03 PM | Everything gets blown out of proportion these days (Score:1)
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Dantonio agrees with you.

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April 10th, 2011 at 8:40 PM | Funny as hell (Score:1)
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thanks

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:12 PM | A Few retweets (Score:1)
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is hardly a big deal without any other facts. A good reason to not have these 7on7 games.

Brady Hoke - High quality recruits one or two at a time.

April 10th, 2011 at 2:13 PM | Was the guy a hockey ref as (Score:1)
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Was the guy a hockey ref as well?  If so, I understand.

April 10th, 2011 at 2:15 PM | +1 because I was going to say (Score:1)
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+1 because I was going to say the exact same thing.

April 10th, 2011 at 2:17 PM | maybe he just didn't want to (Score:1)
BsGriffin1
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maybe he just didn't want to be there anymore and decided that was his best way out

April 10th, 2011 at 3:22 PM | Maybe... (Score:1)
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Maybe the ref told him to get the f off his field and he got mad.

April 10th, 2011 at 2:19 PM | Got a kick out of this. (Score:1)
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 Live NCAA Football 
 
If Zeke Pike was really a 5* prospect, he'd have been ejected for HITTING an official with the ball. ... 
14 minutes ago 

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:28 PM | saw that...pretty funny (Score:1)
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saw that...pretty funny

April 10th, 2011 at 2:21 PM | 7 on 7 rules are probably (Score:1)
Kal
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7 on 7 rules are probably just strict. It would be an unsportsmanslike conduct penalty in most situations.

April 10th, 2011 at 2:23 PM | Hopefully he just watched (Score:1)
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Hopefully he just watched Varsity Blues and was confused

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:25 PM | You gotta always protect the McNuggets (Score:1)
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April 10th, 2011 at 2:30 PM | This may not be meaningless (Score:1)
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If the story is true, ejections, especially for actions that threaten referees, are serious.

I'm surprised that so many folks immediately seem to excuse the player's behavior.

I'd like to wait to see exactly what happened before commenting further.

But let's not be so blinded by wanting talented recruits that we are willing to accept players with bad attitudes -- if that's what this episode suggests.

April 10th, 2011 at 3:01 PM | Seriously (Score:1)
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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.

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April 10th, 2011 at 3:13 PM | In all fairness though, IM (Score:1)
Kal
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In all fairness though, IM refs never interject early enough. I've been in numerous games where things are getting chippy and asked an IM ref to say something before things get out of hand, and they usually do nothing.

April 10th, 2011 at 3:35 PM | Are you really comparing (Score:1)
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Are you really comparing "reffing" IM sports to people who do it for a living? Unless this was a Varsity Blues type situation where he rocketed the pass at the ref's face its probably not a big deal.

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:30 PM | I wouldn't be too concerned (Score:1)
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I wouldn't be too concerned if he came to Michigan because honestly, do you think coaches, fans, higher-ups, etc would allow behavior like that at Michigan? If anyone has to mature their personality, I think UoM is the place to do it.

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:34 PM | Ejected Huh ? (Score:1)
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Temper, Temper, Temper.  I want him on MY TEAM !

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:35 PM | Sometimes the homerism... (Score:1)
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If this was an Ohio State commit, we'd be calling it the second coming of TP.  I agree we shouldn't jump to conclusions, but throwing the ball at an official is ALWAYS a bad sign.  It may be relatively minor, but is still worse than if he had never done it.

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:50 PM | It isn't "always a bad sign". (Score:1)
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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.

 

Does it tickle? Only slightly, only slightly.

I upvote any post by BlockM. And Magnus.

April 10th, 2011 at 2:56 PM | It isn't "always a bad sign" ... really? (Score:1)
Don
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You're justifying it on the basis that a ref is being a dick? You don't think that refs are dicks in BCS level football?

If it actually happened and it wasn't a misunderstanding—like Pike lobbing the ball to an official who wasn't looking for it—there's no way it's not a huge red flag. That's Ryan Mallett/Ryan Leaf kind of behavior.


April 10th, 2011 at 6:16 PM | I'm saying "why not?". He (Score:1)
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I'm saying "why not?". He isn't ruining a team's season or anything and I'm sure the majority of people on here have thrown a ball at someone in a low consequence setting. And no, it's not Mallet/Leaf like behavior. I don't see any text of him partying epically, doing narcotic drugs, or anything of that sort. He's a kid playing football in high school lapses in judgement and anger control are bound to happen.

 

Does it tickle? Only slightly, only slightly.

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:38 PM | This is mind blowing news. I (Score:1)
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This is mind blowing news. I have no idea how to handle it. Thank god for the advent of Twitter, because it allows people to hype information of this magnitude.

April 10th, 2011 at 4:18 PM | AAA, true that (Score:1)
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where is the tape so we can judge for ourselves?

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:43 PM | Now Zeke can be compared to (Score:1)
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Now Zeke can be compared to the likes of Demar Dorsey and other recruits with major character flaws. How can Hoke recruit this kid. OMG.

 

s/

April 10th, 2011 at 2:47 PM | How was he doing before he (Score:1)
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How was he doing before he was ejected...?

April 10th, 2011 at 2:59 PM | Kid has a mean streak, he (Score:1)
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Kid has a mean streak, he also bowls over two defenders for his runningback in the second play of his highlite film that was put up here. Get him on campus. 

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April 10th, 2011 at 2:59 PM | Who hasn't wanted to chuck a (Score:1)
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Who hasn't wanted to chuck a ball at a ref in their lives? Better to get it out of the way at 18 so as to have the "young and dumb" excuse. It's out of his system now, now come to Michigan and win.

I've decided to lay off the food for a while, and go on the booze.

April 10th, 2011 at 3:03 PM | I punched a teammate in the (Score:1)
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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.

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April 10th, 2011 at 3:06 PM | Most of us "got it out of the (Score:1)
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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.

 

April 10th, 2011 at 3:11 PM | You all do realize this was (Score:1)
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You all do realize this was just something posted on twitter and not gospel at this point. Lets reserve judgement of any kind on this 17 year old kid, until you hear it from a more reliable source. Then by all means some of you may return to condemning the kid for all of eternity.

April 10th, 2011 at 3:17 PM | Nice straw man (Score:1)
jmblue
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Yes, saying this raises concern = condemning the kid for all eternity.  Are there no shades of gray in your world?

April 10th, 2011 at 3:31 PM | There is but I like to have a (Score:1)
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There is but I like to have a bit more information before I get my crayons out.

April 10th, 2011 at 4:06 PM | He was ejected from a (Score:1)
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He was ejected from a football event. I think that is enough to raise concerns.

April 10th, 2011 at 10:13 PM | Who hasn't wanted to chuck a (Score:1)
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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.

April 10th, 2011 at 3:11 PM | Hmm... (Score:1)
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