Suck it, Dakich
The B1G office informed me that it will have no comment beyond what John Beilein said yesterday on the @grob_1 incident with Jordan Hulls.
— Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart) February 5, 2013
"I feel real bad about it, but it was accidental contact," John Beliein said about the Glenn Robinson III situation yesterday. #Michigan
— Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart) February 5, 2013
[Ed.: Title edited with the direct address comma. Thanks for the helpful grammar reminder.]
February 5th, 2013 at 12:33 PM ^
With all the fuss being made about this, you'd think Hulls was permanently maimed. Like, eating through a straw maimed.
February 5th, 2013 at 12:35 PM ^
It was obviously an accident. This guy wouldn't have complained:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:35 PM ^
If you need me, I'll be the blue faced corpse over in the corner.
February 5th, 2013 at 12:37 PM ^
I'm sure Dakich considers his stupidity forgotten.
February 5th, 2013 at 12:37 PM ^
This really has Shoe riled up. He keeps forgetting to use the "direct address" comma.
February 5th, 2013 at 12:44 PM ^
...sir.
Should I amend the title to:
- Suck it, Dakich
- Dakich, suck it
- Suck IT, Dakich
- Suck your own Dakich, Dakich
???
February 5th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
Any of the four will do, Sir. For simplicity, may I suggest #1?
February 5th, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
I like #4 the best.
February 5th, 2013 at 1:06 PM ^
Maybe the whole thing gives rise to a more colorful title:
Go fuck yourself, Dakich.
February 5th, 2013 at 1:12 PM ^
From now on any celebuperson who comes up with a bogus claim against Michigan that is categorically dispoven we can urge them to suck our collective Dakich. The Freep comes to mind.
I actually thought he was a pretty upstanding guy; I'm disappointed, and hope he will do a UFR on his statements.
February 5th, 2013 at 1:42 PM ^
played like a girl, he had a rib removed while at Indy.
February 5th, 2013 at 12:37 PM ^
Dan Dakich, henceforth shall be called Slurp N Burp
February 5th, 2013 at 1:48 PM ^
February 5th, 2013 at 12:39 PM ^
February 5th, 2013 at 12:43 PM ^
If GRIII had actually sucker-punched Hulls, Hulls would have gone down involuntarily. The fact that Hulls didn't go down and didn't have a fight or flight response supports the theory of incidental contact.
Indiana mugged Michigan on defense most of the game; they should be satisifed that they won and stop complaining.
February 5th, 2013 at 12:44 PM ^
This agression will not stand, man.
February 5th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^
Dakich is generally very positive about Michigan basketball these days. He probably saw one angle and it looked like something and he went with it. Andy Katz did the same thing about MSU Dawson's punch. I'm not saying the two incidents are identical, just that Katz tweeted about a certain suspension and then backtracked later. (Dakich probably will too, we'll see.) I'm sure being an Indiana homer played a part, but Dakich is a good commentator who overall is complimentary about Michigan basketball. Sometime it's so easy to bet ahead of the curve these days, say something very public before all the facts are in. Happens everywhere, even here.
And Dakich is Donnal's AAU coach, so he's helping us get top-100 bigs with range and skills. Again, he made a mistake here, but who doesn't.
February 5th, 2013 at 1:04 PM ^
...several opportunities yesterday to back down and he was having none of it. In various tweets he dismissed GR3's explanation, insisted that intent isn't a factor, and said that ball players should know who's around them even if they can't see the other players. He ignored tweets that contained the side angle that clearly showed that GR3 couldn't have premeditated the contact.
I generally like Dakich's commentary, but in this case, he made the cardinal sin of passing judgment before all of the evidence was in, and because he had become so invested in being "right" (what he said he was), he then refused to back down in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
February 5th, 2013 at 1:08 PM ^
He's going down with the ship, 'Shoe. (Pun intended)
February 5th, 2013 at 1:24 PM ^
You relay that Dakich said that "intent isn't a factor"? That's some mind-blowing stuff from Dakich right there, MGoShoe. And I suppose in Dakich's mind players who run into picks should get whistled too - because, I mean, "players should know who's around them even if they can't see the other players".
Dakich sounds like he's making the sort of argument one makes when they're more interested in being right than being fair. Seems like a no se habla "oops" guy.
February 5th, 2013 at 2:38 PM ^
"But with the blast shield down, I can't see the drone, how am I supposed to fight?"
"Your eyes can deceive you, don't trust them".
February 5th, 2013 at 3:39 PM ^
"Dakich sounds like he's making the sort of argument one makes when they're more interested in being right than being fair. "
Dakich is always correct. He is never wrong, and will tell you so.
February 5th, 2013 at 1:30 PM ^
Certainly does sound like he has a case of the can't-be-wrongsies. Becomes a lot lamer in that context.
February 5th, 2013 at 2:35 PM ^
In various tweets he dismissed GR3's explanation, insisted that intent isn't a factor, and said that ball players should know who's around them even if they can't see the other players.This is beyond the pale stupid. How is Glenn supposed to do this, use The Force? Just another example of how Twitter is not your friend.
February 5th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
Clearly, Robinson had no idea Hulls was right behind him and was trying to get the ball free from Watford. I don't remember this getting a lot of attention in the game (the refs certainly didn't see grounds for a flagrant foul, and they reviewed the bloody video) until Dakich decided to open his virtual mouth. Thankfully, the conference agreed with everyone not named Dan Dakich.
February 5th, 2013 at 4:17 PM ^
It really is obvious that it was unintentional. I have heard of a no look pass in basketball, but never a no look punch. It is pretty hard to land a punch squarely in the face of someone when you are moving, they are moving, and you aren't even looking in their direction.
Watching that slow mo replay, it looks like GRIII is just about to turn and run upcourt. Watch his feet - his back leg bends and comes off the floor during the "punch." This really is much ado about absolutely nothing.
That all said, accidental or not, that was some punch!
February 5th, 2013 at 4:29 PM ^
seems like Myron Noodleman has a move like that.
February 5th, 2013 at 6:18 PM ^
trying to pull his arm away from Watford, too, no? I like Dakich, but yeah this absurd. No one outside of IU fandom would think this is anything other than random.
February 5th, 2013 at 1:29 PM ^
Little known secret. I dunked on Dakisch in Biddy Ball. Actually I teabagged him. I was the second best player in Biddy Ball history behind Spike Albrecht's dad
It went something like this
February 5th, 2013 at 1:57 PM ^
can someone help me out? what was he saying about GRIII?
February 5th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
public stoning, garrotted in the town square. You know, the usual.
February 5th, 2013 at 2:19 PM ^
throws a better punch than that Tom guy who plays for the green fellows.
February 5th, 2013 at 2:24 PM ^
Dan Dakish needs to see what a real punch looks like... Anyone know where I can find a Woody Hayes gif ??
February 5th, 2013 at 6:09 PM ^
February 5th, 2013 at 6:11 PM ^
Metta World Peace approves that video.
February 5th, 2013 at 7:18 PM ^
Rhymes with Jock Itch.