Ed Cooley has seemingly made it a point to hardly ever criticize the officials in his post game press conferences, but following Saturday’s 73-68 loss at St.
I think ever since Shaka Smart whined about MU not getting "their share of calls" in their loss to PC, the refs have responded by not making obvious calls when Hopkins is getting hacked/slapped/bumped. The fact of the matter is that during the MU game, their strategy was to foul Hopkins all night long- because they could not stop him- and he made them pay at the line. That was an obvious turning point. Hopkins has great body control and is being treated unfairly. This needs to be remedied. I give him a lot of credit for keeping his cool and composure.
I think ever since Shaka Smart whined about MU not getting "their share of calls" in their loss to PC, the refs have responded by not making obvious calls when Hopkins is getting hacked/slapped/bumped. The fact of the matter is that during the MU game, their strategy was to foul Hopkins all night long- because they could not stop him- and he made them pay at the line. That was an obvious turning point. Hopkins has great body control and is being treated unfairly. This needs to be remedied. I give him a lot of credit for keeping his cool and composure.
Reminds me a bit of how Tatum never used to get calls at the rim in the early part of his career.
Ever since he received a technical a couple of games ago, he has not received a fair accounting
Blatant fouls are no calls