Reflecting on Sports Officiating and Intent

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Let's get to the thing Everybody is talking about The egregious red card given to Falleron Balligan, he will not be able to play against Belgium up in Seattle U Okay, so let's just talk about that. First of all, intention matters Even in our judicial system, that's the difference between like an accident and calculated This was not intentional. I'm not sure even saw the player. Secondly, the VAR, the review system was created for facts, like goal, no goal. offs sides, not off sides. It wasn't created to decipher intensity arguments because everything in Slomo, as Hollywood directors know Everything looks more malicious in Slow moo I mean, initially the play didn't even draw a yellow card. So you go from no yellow card to a suspension That is a mile leap that feels inappropriate. Referees also have to consider the stakes, World Cup, elimination, knockout stakes. NFL does this in preseason The NFL will send messages through their officials in preseasason But once the season starts, you call the game in a knockout stage. this is a Super Bowl. It's a conference championship. It's an NBA final A suspension due to a slow motion replay. There's also inconsistency. Mess' looked just like this He didn't even get a yellow card. likeike what's going on here? Is that because he's messy and it's Argentina? And the fact that this is not reversible when we don't have a game at the knockout stage for several days, four or five days, it feels very archaic. I know I'm an American. What do I know about soccer? Listen, here's the good news. It was a great night. Outside of that, it was virtually a perfect night The resilience this team showed And the maturity this team showed Even these same same players four years ago could not have done this We just weren't good enough We were mature enough. We weren't experienced enough But now all these players, thirteen guys from that World Cup, a learning experience, all the friendlies European play to this World Cup And to be down a man when he gets suspended, clinging to a one, nothing le, Bosnia got some great shhots on gold. The soccer gos We're on our side. They got a couple of great looks. We're a man down. This is intense and it is difficult I just felt the maturity, the fight, the resilience And then Malik Tillman with in my opinion as good a goal, a free kick ever seen in a World Cup from the United States. hereere it is. If there's anyone on the field that can float it into that top corner, It's that man that jersey and it looks like Messier Ronaldo That is unbelievable. There were a half dozen moments. Balligan was ejected, we could have regressed We could have unraveled, but as the kids say, we never crashed out We were stoic, we were smart, we were resilient That was crisis management on display Our Stoicism? O fight our EQ or IQ. I mean, our attacking players and our midfielders, folks, we have depth I mean, to curl that ball over that wall, that is messy We could have scored two other goals, but appropriately, there was an offsides And these hydration breaks, criticize them all you want. five minutes after that red card, hydration break time for the United States, which was a tactical reset Again The soccer gos a little bit on our side last night. That tactical reboot was essential. We got more aligned But now Ricardo Pppi will be the fill in. I imagine against Belgium We either a pick them or slightly favored. I think'll win. I think Seattle is worth half a goal You know, they say in the NFL a home field can be worth two points to a field goal. I think Seattle's worth half a goal. It's worth shots on gold. the It's the best North American soccer city in my opinion and Miami's great And Kansas City is great and LA is great. And I mean New York and Philadelphia, Chicago. But a big part of succeeding at the World Cup is coping Coping with a bad card, coping with a bad call, coping with an injury We coped at an incredibly high level last night Here's Mauricio Pochatino On that red card For me never is ser is real c watching afteron TV and Never was the intention D to step up of the player that was A normal action in football that happened because by accident and it's never intentional, that is why for me it's never ro car Okay, so I want to go on and expand on that. So FIFA's reputation globally, there has been a reputation in soccer as a whole, really soccer as a whole. Integrity, corruption Of all the sports, I would argue soccer needs checks and balances. I don't like one referee having that much power. I said this for years about Roger Gadell. I didn't like Roger Goodell handling suspensions. likeike have a committee Men, women, player, ex player, execut have a committee. That's too much power for a commissioner It can't be one man's worldview on suspensions I mean, Bosnia had no yellow cards in the first half. There were no yellow cards That was one of the more physical first halves in the World Cup. And Bosnia is not as skilled as us. Bosnia knew their way to beat us was rough up Fallar and Balligan and Christian Pulisk and Weston McKinney, they knew that was the route to success And they went after him. I mean, go to the first fifteen, twenty minutes. that was JMac was there. That was physical And there were no yellow cards And yet an incidental contact is a suspension Like to me, it felt like overcompensation. It's like, okay, there's been some passivity in the officiating Now we're going to levy the fine. Here comes the anvil It didn't feel right. Like sometimes and you don't have to be an expert to suggest something I'm not a socer expert Like like I'm not a movie critic I'm not a music expert. I'm not an expert really at anything, right parenting, being a husband, being a sportscaster But I have eyes I can see stuff I mean, Balligan's not even watching the player So to me, would they have called that on messy in Argentina If the World Cup was in Argenta, didn't it feel a little bit like You know, America, you're not quite You're not quite at that level yet. There's a There's some things you have to u There's stages and steps. Don't get ahead of yourself. I mean, again, I'm not I'm not conspiracy guy. I just it felt to me way way over the top. meet Fouler and Balligan. off all our players is not a guy that you think of as, well, that guy is He'll lower the boom on you. He's our most skilled striker He's a phenomenal young skilled talent But I mean, I just I don't see it. Here Here was Land and Donovan after the wind They are a better team than Bosnia, more talented, better in the attacking and they had all the ball the game. and then real adversity. The Turkey game was a little adversity. This was real adversity, rolled up their sleeve, could have scored two goals with the man down. I was so stressed the last fifteen minutes, even my fake hair was falling out. So no more of that, please do. we always had a put of paper All right, J Mac, you are at what is I mean, you, we're so lucky that we've gotten some breaks here like Seattle, Santa Clara, Los Angeles. We've been able to stay in the same, you know, time zone. We've gotten great weather for it. remember Qatar, the heat Our travel's not as great. So I mean, things have worked out in our favor. We've also made our breaks. The offsides calls were both totally appropriate Yeah. But it's just it was interesting to me becausecause u Again, you don't have to be a soccer expert O a football expert or a baseball expert to sometimes look at sports and go, that doesn't feel right in the stadium. what did it feel like? The outrage, Colin. First of all, I don't know why they weren't showing replays in the stadium. They did not show the Balligan Rd card once in the stadium. I had to go on my phone and look at the Fox. I think that's intentional. Yeah. I don't think they want to get World Cup crowds riled up. I think it's already the most passionate intense environments in all of sports. I don't I think that's almost intentional. And this didn't seem like a wine and cheese crowd. You know, the San Fran folks kind of can be soft. This was a juiced up soccer crowd. peopleeople going crazy outside the stadium. It it's cool. I've never been to a sporting event where it's like ninety five percent of the crowd is on one side. You know, usually it's seventy thirty and it's so so f usually for NFL games It's largely split, but this was this was awesome. and I will say the Balligan red card kind of depressed things and I was worried. I thought we would blow it eleven against ten And our defense was just extraordinary. Colin, think about this. O defense in three games has given up one goal. I'm excluding the backups playing against Turkey. Three games, one goal That's amazing. Tyler Adams was extraordinary. McKinney, as you alluded to was excellent Bosnia had one touch in our box When it was eleven on eleven. That's it. one time we dominated that game And you know, I'm not going to look ahead to Belgium. I was on the flight. so I missed a lot of the Belgium game It sounds like from you watching it, we're going to have a shot. I think we beat Belgium. I watched the entire Belgium Senegal game U I thought they were mostly outplayed Um, I thought Senegal I don't know, it fel like got less aggressive late. Yeah. That's how it came across to me. I mean they two goal lead in the final like fiveutes And Belgium, by the way, in they've got a couple of older players. Yeah. So you know, it's interesting, you know, I'm not a nutritionist or a trainer, but it would feel like to me as an older player Now it shortens in the knockout stage, your rest days. Is that an advantage for us? Like in the group stage, you get a week off in the knockout stage, you get fewer days. So for older players is that more punitive? We have a very either young team or going into our prime athletically. So it would feel first of all, I think Seattle is a half goal advantage ifer has that. I feel our youth plays well in the knockout stage because you get less rest time And I think our momentum is unbelievable. I will tell you that we talk about, you know, we're not soccer experts, you more than me, you've got some ownership in a soccer team, but A lot of this stuff when I watch soccer in the World Cup is not schemes. It's just great players. Polisic is such a problem I mean, Christian Pulisic, when he gets the ball off to the left. Yeah. I mean, you can sense from the body language of the defenders. everyverybody gets a little uptight, everybody gets tense U The worst part about the Falllor and Battigan thing is he is such an energy producer. I love watching him play. I just he's so I mean, there's just sometimes You just there are certain athletes that they're just electric. Yeah and they just they are a battery. When he gets the touch in the box. I mean he had the one goal that was called offside and then he actually scored, but Cullen, he's our best offensive threat. I know this is going to sound nerdy I'm of the belief that FIFA might do the right thing. Look at this and be like, guys, we messed up We messed up. that should not have been a red. It should have been a yellow. he plays. By the way, you noted that U the pricing from the markets is that this is a toss up without Balligan Without our top goal score? I think having watched Belgium now three times, I will take the United States Men's National And then bring on Spain, assuming Spain gets by Austria today Malik Tilman. Oh, he's good. That free kick you said it, man. That's the stuff you see out of life. If you took Tillman's jersey off, put messy on, it would be one of those top fifty important goals in World Cup history. That is so hard to curl it over that wall It's just I watched it a hundred times this morning on the Fox social stuff. Be sure to catch live editions of the Heard weeekdays in Non Easter nine AM Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, FS one and the Hard Radio app. Hey It's me, Rob Parker. Check out my weekly MLB podcast inside the Parker For twenty two minutes of Pyth and hot baseball talk featuring the biggest names and newsmakers in the sport. Whether you believe in analytics or the Ie test, we've got all the bases covered. 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I think when you go into an NBA draft, you're trying to find a Jalen Brown Both ends of the floor thirty a game Durable You know, smart guy I saw this morning where he teaches a seminar at Harvard. I mean, like come on. you're trying to draft guys like him. but I think this is the primary reason Jayen Brown has three years left on his contract and they ow him one hundred eighty three million dollars in three weeks He qualifies for an extension Paul, George has two years left At one hundred fourteen million That's the reason is that Brad Stevens, the GM, who everybody is beating up today said basically, I'm not going to do a Milwaukee and I'm not going to do a Denver I'm not gonna attempt to squeeze every little last piece of juice out of migrate tandem And if I have to choose, I'm going go tate them littleittle better analytically, maybe not as heavy in the room Okay, but I'm not going to do like like Jamal Marie Yokage. There's a real argument You should have broken them up a couple of years ago. Chris Middleton, Yianis. Three years ago And that's not that Jamal Muray and Middleton aren't good players, but the new CBA Eight champs, eight years When you get rigid, When you get stubborn as a GM, you get into trouble and Brown's still a great asset What if Brown got hurt at the end of the year Tatum did, L like these guys are still in their prime. They're both assets. And they just chose Tatum Who analytically is the better player. I saw some analytics from Tom Habberstro Celtics were ninety and thirty six in games that Jalen Brown did not play thirty six and six in the last three seasons Meaning they win with him, they don't win because of him. And again, the contract is massive. And u, I think I think that's what Brad Stevens did. Brad Stevens is like, look at what is happening to our league This is when Jerry Jones traded Micah Parsons. Everybody killed Jerry Jones and I said, Jerry Jones just wants flexibility And he's turned it into Rashaun Gary, Quinan Williams You know, they ended up, you know, Their defense now look totally different than the day they traded Mikea Parsons. Not that Mike is not great. Entrepreneurs and deal makers need flexibility, and Jerry Jones didn't have it. Brad Stehvens looked at Tatum and Brown and said, That's seventy million of my cap For the next three to four years, I'm going have no flexibility. I got a front line to fix Any need depth to fix So I think Brad Stehven just said, I'm going to ride the current CBA. I'm not going to fight it. Win a title like Denver, like OKC Like Milwaukee within a title now next iteration. Now will Jalen Brown who I do think got kind of heavy, you know, going on live streaming and saying this was the greatest year of my career. It's like that, you know, that obviously didn't play well because you got bounced. I mean,, you know That's not going to play well insside an organization, right So, u, You know, claiming the NBA collusion. They wouldn't put them on the Olympic team. It was the Nike collusion strike. It's kind of heavy Right. So they chose Tatum over Brown. Tatum's coming off of injury. You worry a little bit about durability. But bottom line is Brown's great. Philadelphia now going to have VJ Edcombe Um Tyree Sacky in the back court That's probably the most athletic back court in the league and in Jalen Brown at the three Holy hell, that is, I don't even care of the other two starters. That is an electric court and small forward. That is electric athletically So Chris Brussard says, hey, whatever you say, Jayalen Brown's great. Personally, Colin I would love to have Jalen Brown on my team. I think and not just as I think he's a winner. I think he's mentally tough. He's always been viewed as a second guy. He probably has always felt like I'm as good as Jason Tatum. I got here before Jason Tatum did. We were having some success before he got here a little bit. and I was the easastern confonference Fals NVP. I was the finals NVP, but I'm second Banana also should be noted This morning because of the move off Jalen Brown to Paul George. We talk about flexibility. There's a story out. Keep your eye on somebody the Lakers were interested in Treay Murphy. Good size, three and D guy, goodood length. Good defender Now the Celtics can possibly sign him Be sometimes in sports, it's not that you don't like a player It's not that he's not a winning player. And good gu guy average is thirty a game It's flexibility And with a new CBA in the apronons, you saw James Dollanss like, yeah, I'm not I'm not going to the second apron That's a flexibility issue James Dolan would love to keep Mitchell Robinson. James Dolan doesn't want Mitchell Robinson going to therival Celphics You got to make choices. And the choice was take them over Brown. We got a title, next iteration Let's let's not get rigid on this stuff. I Brad Stevens is going to get crushed. I get it But I also understand what Jerry Jones did with Micah. I think Dallas is better today. I really do And I get what they're doing Browns obviously better than Paul George at this point, but you get a ton of draft picks, you get flexibility. If they could land Treay Murphy, all of a sudden you look up I got Treay Murphy and Paul George and Rraft Picks, and Mitel Robinson Okay Okay, that team can win the east. The previous team could have as well, but that team could win these too J Mac for the news No, no no. Heurnt on the news Third line new We'll come back to Brown and the Celtics in a moment, but let's go back to the World Cup, Colin and go to that Belgium Senegal wild game. just Senegal was dominant for about eighty five minutes, leading to nothing. and then Belgium came on strong at the end with two goals to force extra time. And then Colin, there was a moment where listen, you don't want the referees to get involved, but similar to the USA Red card There was a questionable penalty called on Senegal in the one hundred twenty fifth minute. Here's the call of the PK, the game winner from JP Della Camera. Tielman is ready. Tierman with the strike. Telamans! Everyone's off the bench' Belgium leads for the first time. This was just absurd, the latest goal in World Cup history and Senegal was gutted One of their players was so distraught, he was laying on the penalty spot, essentially saying, no, don't do this to us. Don't take it from us I don't know. can can can you give them a peK there, Colin We were literally seconds away from going to penalty kicks. Yeah, I know, listen This is And again, you don't have to be a soccer expert to not like decisions by officials and I'll get into that in three or four minutes. but I thought You don't listen, this is When you lead to nothing late You gota wrap that thing up. And I thought I thought Senegal got a little passive and they got burned. I'm not sure who the better team is. I know Belgium advanced. I'm not sure who the better team is. There's an argument because we beat Senegal in a friendly. There's an argument. We don't want to play Senegal again. Yeah. There's an argument that Belgium, the older team on short rest now is the better matchup for us. I think we'll beat Belgium. Senegal I watched it outplayed them Yeah and lost. That happens in a lot of sports. J Mac. You know it and I know it. There are games you outplay a team And you can live. It's not always your night. circumstantially, there's calls, there's fouls, there's missed opportunities. I mean, like we said, the Spurs led the Kicks by double digits, I think in almost every finals game, but the Kicks were better at closing. Belgium got outplayed. Belgium closeed better. Belgium's defense is not great. If we had Baligan or have him for that game. it would be huge. But I'm largely with you. I think we're in the mixed out. Belgium did beat us five two A couple months ago, we did not have our core defenders for that game. We let them one nothing fell apart in the second half, but that's a gutting loss for Senegal. and next up for the US, Belgium. All right, Col, let's go to one more World Cup game. We got to revisit it. It happened early yesterday. Your guy, Harry Kain, carrying England on his back in the final twenty minutes, two amazing goals. The second one from Darren Fletcher is an iconic goal that will be replayed for generations and I'm not even making that up. Here it is Harry Ke Harry J! Listing! Harry Je Unelable Sir Harry. He's just done the business for England big time. Now who else? King Harry? I'll tell you what Ft this finish gets it out of his feet shift bang. What a goal. Whats a brilliant goal. When you're in the mess, when you're in the mire, when you need somebody to step up, look no further than England's captain Harry Cane. Wow What a moment. Yeah. I just want to I want to talk to Darren Fletcher, you know, the guy who made that call. I mean I think I unbelievable. I think I take Mexico Sunday night as Texas Stadium over. We'll get into that a little later. Kain passes Payay for the most goals all time. Here's the list. Messy one Bap closing hard as you can see Harry Kan at thirteen They'll probably catch Ronaldo by the end of this tournament. We'll see maybe I don't know how high Harry we will go, but Cin, that was a thrilling game and now England has to travel as you said to Mexico City. For the game Sunday night Clear the calendar, boys and girls. That is going to be a hell of a game. I don't know many England fans who are going to brave that trip going into enemy territory. Mexico, England Sunday eight Eastern on Fox will be spectacular. All right now we got to clear out some room for this Jayalen Brown talk. Okaykay? If the Wor Cup wasn't happening, Jaen Brown, we'd probably do three hours on the straight Cen This is I'm still a little floored by all of it But this added piece from Brian Winor, as you touched on it, is that the Celtics thought Derek White hadad a better season last year. Okay then All NBA a guy who got MVP votes. Jayen Brown. goo ahead. What do we always say? It's not what's out, It's why it gets out. Why would that story get out I mean, I don't believe it's true, but why would it get? I trust Brian when Norses cover in the NBA since Iven't known the guy for like fifteen years, why would it get out? It would get out because obviously There had been multiple moments with Jayalen Brown where he had worn people out. We talk about this all the time. Some guys are great, they're brilliant. Are they great hangs? Are they collaborative? for that to get out For somebody to let that out to say that gets out, he'd warn some people out. I mean, they could have chose Tatum. They could have chose Brown. They both have massive contracts I think it's reasonable to say Michael Haley will be on later. He knows the market. he's brilliant guy. My take is for that to leak out Hed roubbed a lot of people the wrong way in the building Yeah. Right? Yeah. Now the Celtics do have a big analytic system. It's robust and it works. I don't care what people want to say about the three. It does, it does. Yeah. So Colin, there's a stat, win shares per forty eight minutes Jayen Brown rank seventh of their team Yeah, but he's not the seventh best player. Correct. That's where it gets a little muddled. But their point is in this system that they have You need a good assist turnover ratio and Jalen Browns was terrible. It is by the way, in fewer minutes and fewer usage had more assist per game than Jalen Brown. He's viewed as a not quite a black hole, but he's like driving to the bucket with his head down. He ain't looking to pass. He's not looking to drive and kick. He's looking to score. And that doesn't work for their system Now you know there we know, you and I talk about this. Boston's formula. Boston shoots like fifty threerees a game. They have a formula that they insert players into, E Tatum and Brown, they want to fit into their formula you know, when I watched the Kicks, they didn't have a formula. They tweaked their formula in in thetlanta series three games in. Yeah. Atlanta You know, the Nicks are not formulaic. And it worked Boston has a formula that has won more than the Ks over the last several years But you gota be careful on this because Obviously, I've said I said this yesterday. Derek White You can win a championship if he's your fourth best player. You're a playoff team if he's your third You're not terribly viable if he is your second. right. rightight. But but with Jalen Brown this year as there one. Now many think he's a two. I think he's a one, but as there as the Celtics won This year for most of the year. They finished second and East. Yeah.er than mean, think about the higher than Cleveland, highigher than the Kicks. So you can say what you want about analytics for years I've banged on manalytics. I watch games. Yeah. Durable, tough, twenty nine a game Des you up Colin, L look at the stat on the screen. The Celtics in the last three seasons without Jalen Brown. He's sitting injured, whatever They're thirty six and six. I know. That is an unbelievable part. I would be like, Hey, JMac, take a couple shows off. The rating soar. It's like, o wow. I mean, Colin, that number is stgggering now. I'll just say this, if you look at the Celtics dep chart They're going to be good next year. I know people are killing Brad Stevens right now. They're going to win fifty games again. and it's like Oh. Well, also, two things are true. He's also a huge additive to Philadelphia He is that that's I mean, we'll see how see how Terry Max and M B take it though when a when a very ball centric guy is taking their shots away All I know is Maxi Edgecomb Jayen Brown. That's that's tough. no, athletically one, two and three positions. That's the best in the league.oe athletically I think he's the one. whoo's the one on that team and who's the two? And who's the three? Well Brown is the best overall player. Maxie to me is the most Electric Well, I don't even know if I could say that. This could be a personality class. You know Joell and Bed has not played well with others. see Ben Simmons back I and Bad, I don't even I look at this now as a three star team. I like Edgecom. I love Maxie, I like Brown a lot. When has that ever worked? I mean It just it becomes a personality class. But but we know this People doovers, peoplee have startovers. How many people listening or watching our show have been in a company and you just kind of It's run its course. You go to a new company and you literally You're like a new person. It's a fresh start. People get divorces. they get happily remarried. honey men and women. So so like like Boston, you know, and I'm not blaming Jayalen Brown for all of it, but it felt like it was getting heavy in the live streaming It happens. It happens in every industry. Remember Boston added Mitchell Robinson. He's a great offensive rebounder, secondcond chance. I think Boston is still going to be really good next year. I know guys are freaking out online. Oh, we're blowed up. Listen, Paul George if he can get on the court, you know, when he's not suspended or injured, he's pretty solid player and he's not going to be hoging shots. Paul George has been a good player his entire career I don'try Paul George has a durability issue. Paul George doesn't have a talent, length, poughness issue. Paul George is a great player. I'll say this, Jayalen Brown against the Celtics on Christmas Day. That feels like a lot. That is we're seeing more and more of this in sports. It used to be you trade a guy out of conference. You never trade a guy in division. Yeah I mean, the Nicks, I mean, it's really weird that it's Philadelphia, but I think that's a credit to Darryl Maury who reportedly, I mean, from what I read this morning, Muray was on the phone Th Three weeks ago, a month ago, so Maury was just the most aggressive GM here. that he, you know Darl likes Transactions that Darryl was hyper aggressive? No no Darl Mury got they ran him off after the season. Mury was ban had my banzy. It wasan guy who made it.ally my That's right That's right. too your point though, about the Jalen Brown trade, he is gonna have all those games circled on the calendar, Colin. and he is going to be want vengeance on Boston. They essentially said we don't care about you. We'll trade you with the division. We're not worried. That's what that is. Well, usually you want to ship them to the West. We don't have to see you till the finals. Now they're just like We don't care. We're not worri about Jalen Brown. Listen, you do know He's going to win a lot of games in Philelphia He will This also gives Philadelphia I mean, I don't know MB's contract status. I'm not looking at it. But I mean, honestly If I have those three Philelph's gonna to be good. They're gonna to be good They're going be but whatever They're gonna be Wildly athletic. I wonder how Janis is feeling right now. Gard. if you combine the back court of Philly and the front court of Miami, it's the great beat the Jordan's bull. Yes, that would be a great team. All right, J Mack with the News That's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Heard Ling Ns. Three years, one hundred eighty seven million left R andbid P That's a lot. U Man, we got a lot of stuff here It fascinating LeBron story. 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