Matthews bringing the attitude
SIAP but I tried a search.
Please tell me someone else saw/heard Matthews at the 8:22 point in the 2nd half after Paschall drove the lane on Iggy. Iggy gives ground, gets the foul and hits the floor under the basket. Matthews comes over to pick him up and then turns to him and says, while extending his forearm, "You gotta push that m*****f***** back!"
He's bringing the same dog attitude that he gave Ward in EL last season. It seems to permeate the team: Iggy right in Paschall's grill after the Simpson dust up, the pregame shoot around showdown, the overall aggressiveness on D and the boards. Not sure if the trigger was Morgan from Illinois or Zach going postal in the huddle years ago in EL. but every year now, we've got toughness to go with our talent.
November 15th, 2018 at 11:27 AM ^
I don't recall this exact moment, but I do remember him having a nice slam down dunk off a rebound and let the entire stadium know with a mighty roar that he was here to fuck shit up.
EDIT: It was at about 6:38 left in the first half. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! IN YO FACE!
November 15th, 2018 at 11:30 AM ^
Also recall him laughing on his way back up the court after a putback dunk.
November 15th, 2018 at 11:50 AM ^
There were a lot of IN YO' FACE, CHARLIE MURPHY moments and they were great.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:36 PM ^
What did the five fingers say to the face?
November 15th, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^
I LURRVE laughing Charles Mathews. That's when he's on, doining those laughing Charles Mathews things.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:12 PM ^
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November 15th, 2018 at 11:29 AM ^
He has a masculine side and a cerebral side. Just like Don Brown.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:38 PM ^
Upvote
November 15th, 2018 at 12:42 PM ^
I mean, that's got to be a MGoBlog shirt right?
November 15th, 2018 at 11:35 AM ^
Both the basketball team and football teams are playing with an attitude players like Z, Matthews, Bush and Winovich leading the way. Play with swagger, play with anger, play with an edge. I love it.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:26 PM ^
They're playing like they're family.
November 15th, 2018 at 11:36 AM ^
Loving the attitude our guys play with. Agree it's been building over the years.
November 15th, 2018 at 11:38 AM ^
For me, it started with Matthews laughing in Ward's face.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:57 PM ^
And saying, “Remember when it was you guys being physical and playing great defense?”
November 15th, 2018 at 1:01 PM ^
I thought he said something along the lines of "Enjoy those ankles while you can, so bend over and grab them."
November 15th, 2018 at 1:17 PM ^
Better angle:
November 15th, 2018 at 2:34 PM ^
"you don't want this smoke mutha!"
November 15th, 2018 at 1:35 PM ^
That was the moment when we all realized that M wasn't going to be physically or mentally intimidated my anyone.
November 15th, 2018 at 11:43 AM ^
Another brief attitude move was a taller player and Z were struggling for the ball and it looked like the Nova player pushed Z at the end. Iggy ran in and it looked like gave the Nova player a shove back.
Just sayin... pick on someone your own size. Although I think Z could handle himself.
November 15th, 2018 at 2:25 PM ^
I remember points!
November 15th, 2018 at 4:58 PM ^
I swear he’s mocking that weird Boilermaker mascot.
November 15th, 2018 at 11:53 AM ^
Win with character. Win with cruelty.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:12 PM ^
Nothing makes me smile like a Charles Matthews smile.
November 15th, 2018 at 1:13 PM ^
Nothing?
November 15th, 2018 at 12:12 PM ^
Can someone explain to me why Nova got 2 and the ball after Z stole the ball and got fouled and the Nova guy shoved Z? Long conference and they called flagrant 1 on Z, made ZERO sense.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:19 PM ^
Can't. That was some highway robbery.
I guess the call was a Zavier hook-and-hold...like he was drawing the personal foul. It was wrong anyway but how that became a flagrant I've utterly no clue...and Zavier was the one pushed after the personal foul too. If a close game I imagine more hell would've been raised but it was atrocious officiating. It took forever for them to come up with that garbage as well.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
Matt and Terry on the radio call said Kerry Kittles even gave them a look across the table and shrugged saying, what was that call, to them. So even the nova guys didn’t get it.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:33 PM ^
It makes sense a foul was called on Simpson; he, I think, intentionally held the Nova guy's arm after the struggle. That being said, I thought the shove from the Nova guy would offset Z's foul.
EDIT: Okay, someone immediately beneath my comment said the exact same thing. Sorry for the redundancy!
November 15th, 2018 at 12:39 PM ^
Z got a "Hook and Hold" flagrant 1, where you loop your arm around someone's arm and tug. It's a point of emphasis this year for officials to look for.
Nova guy was issued a regular personal foul for the shove. Iggy was not penalized.
November 15th, 2018 at 1:15 PM ^
Nova's foul was before the hook and hold, and was the reason they stopped play. My assumption is that they ruled the shove was because of the hook and hold, so no additional foul on Nova.
November 15th, 2018 at 3:02 PM ^
In my view, there should have been two fouls on the Nova player. One for the initial ball contact foul and then a technical for the shove. I am okay with Z getting the foul (although I think flagrant was a bit much). But we should have gotten at least one free throw out of it (and maybe the ball back).
November 15th, 2018 at 1:44 PM ^
The reason it didn't seem like Nova got a foul was because that was only their 4th foul, so no one from Michigan shot FTs.
November 15th, 2018 at 1:30 PM ^
Z locked up the guys arm. Point of emphasis this year. I thought it was a crock.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:19 PM ^
Z had that player's arm in his armpit and wouldn't let go. Ultimately I think it was the right call, but usually the second guy get's the foul. Either way, it's good to see the guys playing with an edge.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
The fact that that guys arm was there in the first place means it should've been a personal foul on him
November 15th, 2018 at 12:27 PM ^
I totally agree. I thought the end result was a foul called on Nova during the play, but also a flagrant 1 on Z thus giving Nova free throws and the ball. Do they even have the power to overturn a regular foul call on replay?
November 15th, 2018 at 12:29 PM ^
You're correct foul on the Nova player. Flagrant foul on Z. Flagrant foul gets the shots and the ball. That was the result.
November 15th, 2018 at 1:47 PM ^
it was - that guy was called for a common personal foul and then z (or x??) got the flagrant 1 hook and hold.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:33 PM ^
Speaking of officiating, did anyone else think Paschall (and to a lesser extent other Nova players) were pushing off with their off hand/arm? I know that always happens when players drive, but when you extend a forearm at some point it gets called. I chalked it up to the refs letting things go in a blowout. That is until Iggy got called for a foul for simply getting a forearm from Paschall. It was on the play referenced in the OP. I thought Matthews was complaining Paschall was pushing off with his forearm, not telling Iggy to push back.
November 15th, 2018 at 1:32 PM ^
All freaking game long. Numerous offensive fouls overlooked for pushing off.
November 15th, 2018 at 1:38 PM ^
Refs went full-on sympathy calls for Nova in the second half. Oh, Michigan looked at you? Here, have a foul. That's the only reason this didn't end up a bigger blowout.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:53 PM ^
Since we are talking about Charles Matthews, I will just mention that sweet fadeaway he hit consistently last night. When is the last time a Michigan player could consistently hit that particular shot. I can't remember. I think Hardaway's jumper was different.
November 15th, 2018 at 2:55 PM ^
Sean Higgins used to take fadeaways from the three point line...
November 15th, 2018 at 1:10 PM ^
Yes I heard it. It was great, and after he said it, he looked right into Paschall's face.