From the buzzer to the contact there was roughly 2 seconds or so and there would probably 100 people on the floor already. It's easy to say "oh just avoid everyone", but he's walking perpendicular to a bunch of people that are sprinting across the court.
Court Storming
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You’re correct… he should be able to walk through to his bench without expecting that. The fact is though that he couldn’t because the wake fans were running on the court (WF’s admin staffs fault correct?). With that being said, that doesn’t mean he can’t make his way off the court and avoid contact does it? AS WELL that doesn’t mean that the students shouldn’t run into the players should it? There’s multiple parties at fault here.
I agree with most of this, but the students on the court share the blame too in addition to WF admin/security. Regardless of someone's feelings about court stormings, you can't go on the court before the game is over, that's just basic common sense.
Correct, the expectation is students should not be on the court running into players. How does the player hold any fault when that happens?
He can avoid contact. Again this can be a both-and situation and not an either-or.
You can see a Duke player at the FT line running towards the bench because he has brain and self awareness. Then you also see Filipowski strolling in the park like a dumbass. There is no way he didn’t know the court storming was coming and then he chose to walk. I am sure a player with his athleticism could’ve easily avoided the fans if he even has a tiny bit of urgency to start moving in the moment when this pic was taken.
And lol at people bringing up oh no the fan taunted Kyle. He is that mentally weak that some jackass fan can get into his head that much?
The "injured" player will have a miraculous recovery and play the next game, just like CC. Please, the WF crowd only hurt his feelings. Totally manufactured situation. Somehow all the contact in the game with other athletes rather than some random student doesn't result in injury.
But it's not a both-and. You are putting the onus on the player to react to an unpredictable behavior of someone running at them.
Not completely, no… the person wasn’t running directly at him. But the person most definitely could’ve avoid contact too. Right? I put part of the blame on the admin for letting the fans storm so quickly, I also put part of the blame on the student who got tangled up with flip and I put part of the blame on the player too.
I think part of the problem is it's Duke and people hate Duke, someone else mentioned it but I highly doubt if it was BRE or Ward that got taken out by a BYU fan we're saying "oh well, guess Rob should have ran off the court faster"
This. No one knows anyone's mind set here. I'm confident no one intended harm. The school deserves blame here, and that's it. Horrible control. Wakes coach said as much.
Agreed, but of those three groups, only the player is doing what he's supposed to be doing. He deserves some blame for not being aware and getting off the court more quickly, but less blame than the students that are on the court before the game is over, or the admin/security who apparently did absolutely nothing.
My favorite part about the whole thing is that Scheyer made one of his patented Scheyer Face when he ran out on the court and grabbed his player.
If any of you are too young to remember just google Scheyer Face and enjoy…
If any of you are too young to remember just google Scheyer Face and enjoy…
This is correct during a typical game. But when you know a court storm is coming then a person with common sense would have different expectations. Kyle seems to be the only player without common sense in that moment.
Exactly. If this happened in a game with Wyoming vs New Mexico St, no one would give a ****. It's Duke, people hate Duke, myself included, but to put blame on Filipowski is wrong, IMO.
I agree with this particularly the last five words. But I’m still reeling from your cheap shot at middle age men a few posts back.
