Chest Bumper

[dregn]

I can get past the chest pounding, the yelling, waving of arms, etc...but I do draw the line at the throat slashing. That said, I was also disappointed in some of the actions of Ragland at the tourny. Difference was I saw him getting chewed out for his actions by other players on his team and coaches.

[uniftw]

Guys, you should have left this one alone. There are players who react with emotion after a play. Then, there are players who choreograph what they will do after a good play to bring attention to themselves. Comparing Kimba's elation after hitting a game winning shot to Mr. Routine's "Look At Me" antics are apples and oranges. The man needs to act like he has dunked, blocked a shot, and hit a shot before.

Exactly right. Even in golf, there is nothing wrong with a fist pump after a long birdie putt to win a tournament, but the fist pump is quickly put away as the golfer graciously shakes his opponents hand. You may say golf is a bad example, I for one would like to see more emotion in golf, but that is the benchmark for sportsmanship.

On another note, MSU fans chime in on how Weems is a model citizen, and that may very well be true. For all I know, the guy helps little old ladies across the street, volunteers at the local childrens hospital, gives a full, pretax tithe to his church and serves meals at the local homeless shelter. All of that is seen by the people in Springfield. Nobody in Wichita, Omaha, Des Moines, Evansville, Terra Haute, Carbondale, Normal, Peoriaor Cedar Falls sees any of it. And frankly, they don't care, nor should they. Whatever good Weems does in the community goes no further than the local fans.

On the flipside, like it or not, your basketball team is the face of Missouri State. Nobody outside of Springfield sees any of the good that Weems may do. The only thing that is presented to the entire country on CBS, ESPN and Fox Sports is how he acts on the court. The gestures, the stare downs, the arm flexes, the Superman's, the gorilla chest beating and the crying when things don't go his way, that is Missouri State because that is what the world sees of Missouri State. Weems is the leader of the team and the posterchild of the program. That is all the world sees and knows of of Missouri State. That is the billboard displayed for everyone to see. In the eyes of locals, Weems is a great guy, in the eyes of the rest of the world, Missouri State is a bunch of showboating poorsports, who cry when they lose. It may not be accurate, but you are what you project. As AceDad said, you should have left this one alone.

[bigdawg]

MVJ nailed it. If you are going to act like a jerk on the court with your "look at me" theatrics, you can't complain when the fan bases who felt insulted by your actions laugh when
it comes back around and bites you in the ass.

[WSUbballer]

MVJ pretty much nailed it.

This was a monumental thread fail.

[unifight789]

Here is how UNI celebrated being Kansas - they hugged each other, pointed to the UNI fans in OKC, then left the court....and beating Kansas is FAR bigger than a rebound with 4 minutes left in an MVC game or winning the regular season MVC crown. Coach Jake might have (I can't confirm this in anyway right now) done a small fist pump in front of him.


The difference between UNI and MSU is stunning in this area. I couldn't ever imagine UNI running around like that.

Uh, UNI was guilty of grandstanding and overall abhorrent behavior that year. The game in Springfield was a perfect example, the dude on UNI that looked liek they guy from My Name is Earl (blanking on his name) was taunting the student section all game long. Also I remember UNI players taunting the Kansas player that had collapsed on the court in sadness. Not exactly a class act.

I'm calling BS on this. I have never seen evidence of or even heard this accusation made before. No UNI players even went near him.

Yeah thats BS. Went back and watched the end of it just to watch for anything and unless the person who is making that accusation was there and saw something I couldn't see on TV here is what happened. UNI players ran to the middle and celebrated, hugged each other, and pointed to the UNI crowd. Coach Jake walked straight over to shake hands(no fist pumping while shaking hands). The players soon followed and went over to shake hands and showed Eglseder clapping once he gets through the line. Then they show the Kansas player crying on the court. Here you can see UNI players doing the unthinkable and running straight past him into the locker room. How unclassy (sarcasm). Oh then Koch and Ali went over to be interviewed.

[PeKaph]

I bet Kemba Walker sits his relatives down and still tells them about the great era when WSU was relevant in, well, nearly anything. Since they aren't old enough to remember.

I also love how one of the moderators is able to name-call and run smack. I'll keep that in mind.

And, by the way, calling "the rest of the world" to be "Wichita and the six people in Evansville who pay attention to anything" is kind of a stretch.

[WSUbballer]

Yeah, you can't defend Weems or Creekmore's actions so you try and make it into a WSU thing. Classic retort fail.

And pretty much everyone from every fan base in this conference has commented on this thread and agree that the thread was dumb and that their actions can't be defended.

Quit trying to skew misconceptions into your posts. It looks bad and makes you lose even more credibility.

[AndShock]

I bet Kemba Walker sits his relatives down and still tells them about the great era when WSU was relevant in, well, nearly anything. Since they aren't old enough to remember.

I also love how one of the moderators is able to name-call and run smack. I'll keep that in mind.

And, by the way, calling "the rest of the world" to be "Wichita and the six people in Evansville who pay attention to anything" is kind of a stretch.

There's more UNI fans in here than Wichita State fans.

[jlandrus11]

I don't think chest bumping is wrong at all. Did anyone else see the Northwestern-Ohio State game, where Murkovic of NW was called for a foul and he didn't like it and threw his mouthpiece to the floor and was called for a technical foul?

[uniftw]

I don't think chest bumping is wrong at all. Did anyone else see the Northwestern-Ohio State game, where Murkovic of NW was called for a foul and he didn't like it and threw his mouthpiece to the floor and was called for a technical foul?

That sounds like something from P'Allen and Weems's books.

Had someone walked up to me this past season and said only "A player from an MVC team got a tech for throwing his mouth piece after getting called for a foul" my immediate follow up question would have been "Was it Weems?" After that I would have gone with a WSU or Creighton player.