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Njlaxx11 wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 10:11 am first the glove thing, now the handshake snub - tillman's a b!tch. take getting thumped like a man. you have a professional relationship with the other coach, act like a man.

Bmk2222 wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 11:40 am Years back I suppose we were guilty of this silliness towards Duke basketball……. But with age hate of excellence turns to respect of excellence.

Bmk2222 wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 11:40 am Years back I suppose we were guilty of this silliness towards Duke basketball……. But with age hate of excellence turns to respect of excellence.

wgdsr wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 11:49 am

Bmk2222 wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 11:40 am Years back I suppose we were guilty of this silliness towards Duke basketball……. But with age hate of excellence turns to respect of excellence.

any hate towards k was well earned.

Finster wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 11:20 am

Njlaxx11 wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 10:11 am first the glove thing, now the handshake snub - tillman's a b!tch. take getting thumped like a man. you have a professional relationship with the other coach, act like a man.

The internet net-net has had a really bad impact on social interaction.

njlaxx has absolutely zero idea what if anything went into the coaches handshake routine yesterday. I can’t even tell from the video if it was an intentional snub. And I assume njlaxx doesn’t know either coach personally.

Yet, he comments here with the cool confidence of an all-knowing analysis. I really don’t get this. I hope I never do the same. I try to give people an out if I’ve seen them do something that raises my hair. A week ago I saw ND’s attack play with little urgency; that sucked, but I also know I don’t know what’s going on, and offered that maybe they had food poisoning.

It’s rare that people are truly arse-holes. It’s common that something can explain their action.

I know Tillman. He’s as good a dude as you’ll come across in life, let alone lacrosse. I’m not gonna call him and ask what happened, if anything happened. I’d also not volunteer on social media that anyone is an arse unless I had personal experience seeing that upfront.

I really don’t get social media; the confidence it gives people to give uneducated opinions on those they don’t know is depressing.

Bmk2222 wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 11:53 am

wgdsr wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 11:49 am

Bmk2222 wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 11:40 am Years back I suppose we were guilty of this silliness towards Duke basketball……. But with age hate of excellence turns to respect of excellence.

any hate towards k was well earned.

Lol.

Gatsby wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 12:26 pm Tillman has always struck me as a classy coach. Even his occasional running up the score when they're up big can perhaps be explained by cautiousness against comebacks... although 22-7 and 24-6 don't resound of sportsmanship.

The two incidents this season -- GloveGate and HugSnub -- have challenged that impression and don't seem in line with his previous character.

Wheels wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 2:29 pm It was one thing when Tillman regularly took the Terps to Memorial Day and lost. Poor John, too conservative. Too cautious. Maybe he'll find the solution in his iPad. Yuck-Yucks all around.

Then he won 2 titles and sent a raft of former assistants to head coaching positions.

Now everyone wants to psychoanalyze him.

Can I put the glove issue to rest here? Because I've confirmed what happened with multiple people who were there.

One, when the Terps showed up to the stadium for their practice, no one from OSU met them (not normal). Two, not only did no one meet them, the locker room was locked (definitely not normal). Three, when the Terps started practicing, someone in the press box started playing highlights of the OSU-MD football game. Which led to, four, members of the OSU lacrosse team sitting in the stands and heckling Dante Trader. I've confirmed this with 4 people who were there.

As for the glove situation, and keep in mind Tills is the chair of the rules committee, he got in the ref's ear after the Kelly goal was disallowed (it was clearly a push from behind and the ball clearly hit the net before he stepped into the crease). He questioned whether the refs even knew the basic rules, like the gloves. The refs actually didn't know that rule (which Shawn Nadelon actually used to get a Hopkins goal wiped off the board a few years ago), and they asked if he wanted a check then. He didn't. More than a quarter later after the Terps tied it, the refs huddled before the face-off. That's when they noted the rule violation. No one asked for it. No one even knew what the refs were huddling about.

As for Conry, you all are really scraping the barrel here looking for reasons to confirm your priors. Tills and Conry are very good friends (as he is with Kevin Warne). Conry doesn't get that job without Tills. I have no idea why he didn't hug him the way Jake and Jesse did. Maybe he did later. But to act like this shows some character flaw is laughable. I guess the same people who were OUTRAGED!!! after the gloves and swore they'd never root for Tills again (yeah, check the post on this thread), they'll be similarly OUTRAGED!!! about how they think Tills should have hugged Conry.

The internet needs outrage, though, so have at it. We'll know this has really jumped the shark when the ESPN Bobbleheads take up the cause. Maybe Quint can talk about gentlemanly conduct again as he's trolling for more outrage.

Gatsby wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 12:26 pm Tillman has always struck me as a classy coach. Even his occasional running up the score when they're up big can perhaps be explained by cautiousness against comebacks... although 22-7 and 24-6 don't resound of sportsmanship.

The two incidents this season -- GloveGate and HugSnub -- have challenged that impression and don't seem in line with his previous character.

masondixonlax wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 3:12 pm

Wheels wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 2:29 pm It was one thing when Tillman regularly took the Terps to Memorial Day and lost. Poor John, too conservative. Too cautious. Maybe he'll find the solution in his iPad. Yuck-Yucks all around.

Then he won 2 titles and sent a raft of former assistants to head coaching positions.

Now everyone wants to psychoanalyze him.

Can I put the glove issue to rest here? Because I've confirmed what happened with multiple people who were there.

One, when the Terps showed up to the stadium for their practice, no one from OSU met them (not normal). Two, not only did no one meet them, the locker room was locked (definitely not normal). Three, when the Terps started practicing, someone in the press box started playing highlights of the OSU-MD football game. Which led to, four, members of the OSU lacrosse team sitting in the stands and heckling Dante Trader. I've confirmed this with 4 people who were there.

As for the glove situation, and keep in mind Tills is the chair of the rules committee, he got in the ref's ear after the Kelly goal was disallowed (it was clearly a push from behind and the ball clearly hit the net before he stepped into the crease). He questioned whether the refs even knew the basic rules, like the gloves. The refs actually didn't know that rule (which Shawn Nadelon actually used to get a Hopkins goal wiped off the board a few years ago), and they asked if he wanted a check then. He didn't. More than a quarter later after the Terps tied it, the refs huddled before the face-off. That's when they noted the rule violation. No one asked for it. No one even knew what the refs were huddling about.

As for Conry, you all are really scraping the barrel here looking for reasons to confirm your priors. Tills and Conry are very good friends (as he is with Kevin Warne). Conry doesn't get that job without Tills. I have no idea why he didn't hug him the way Jake and Jesse did. Maybe he did later. But to act like this shows some character flaw is laughable. I guess the same people who were OUTRAGED!!! after the gloves and swore they'd never root for Tills again (yeah, check the post on this thread), they'll be similarly OUTRAGED!!! about how they think Tills should have hugged Conry.

The internet needs outrage, though, so have at it. We'll know this has really jumped the shark when the ESPN Bobbleheads take up the cause. Maybe Quint can talk about gentlemanly conduct again as he's trolling for more outrage.

Well said Wheels. Despite your explanation, dopes (see above), still want to create some pansy narrative to justify their baseless opinions.

Laxxal22 wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 4:30 pm Everybody has someone in their friends or family who's too competitive to play board games with. JT is probably that guy, which serves him brilliantly for most of his job and for the Maryland program. He's just had moments where's poked through at unfortunate times this season. I'm sure everyone involved in yesterday's postgame has already moved on to prepping for the postseason.