Seriously, These are teenage kids. It's human nature when you have beaten a team several times in a year and you think it will have the same outcome. You see college and pro teams come out flat and lose to a team they had beaten already. Sometimes a coach has nothing to do with it. I know cooper is improving but you may be giving them too much credit.

 

Seriously! Good coaches have everything to do with getting kids at this age ready to play and making them believe they can beat a team that they haven't and assuring that they don't lay down for a team that they have. Never confuse high school kids with prima donna college and pro players who think they know more than the coach. How can you say that I am giving a team too much credit that just gave Boone Co. the scare of their lives? If they go on and win the region they will remember just how close they were to sitting home instead of moving on.

Seriously! Good coaches have everything to do with getting kids at this age ready to play and making them believe they can beat a team that they haven't and assuring that they don't lay down for a team that they have. Never confuse high school kids with prima donna college and pro players who think they know more than the coach. How can you say that I am giving a team too much credit that just gave Boone Co. the scare of their lives? If they go on and win the region they will remember just how close they were to sitting home instead of moving on.

 

I can think of both 9th Region state champions that both had huge scares that would have prevented them of even making it to Rupp. SK/WV in 1981 and Holmes/Boone in 2009. Kudos to Cooper and Coach Sullivan and the job he has done in his short stint at Cooper.

The ref's blew nothing. It was bad on both sides. Some people may just be a bit upset that After 3 years and ten or so meetings Cooper has won 0 times.

 

So the missed call with 10 sec left when Downs ran into his own teammate (McQueary) while throwing up a prayer, and they called a 5th foul on Langley instead, didn't take the game from Cooper?? Even Richard Skinner alluded to it in this article http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20110223/SPT0302/102240367/1005/RSS03/Downs-finds-redemption-?odyssey=nav%7Chead

 

Cooper outplayed them and they got bailed out...Even people who have no affiliation w/ Cooper are upset w/ this particular play b/c it took the game away from a hungrier team that played harder.

 

And on top of that, the calls in the 2nd half of ball were one sided. It was obvious, as others have stated, the officials didn't expect Cooper to beat Boone and called the game as such (esp 2nd half).

So the missed call with 10 sec left when Downs ran into his own teammate (McQueary) while throwing up a prayer, and they called a 5th foul on Langley instead, didn't take the game from Cooper?? Even Richard Skinner alluded to it in this article http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20110223/SPT0302/102240367/1005/RSS03/Downs-finds-redemption-?odyssey=nav%7Chead

 

Cooper outplayed them and they got bailed out...Even people who have no affiliation w/ Cooper are upset w/ this particular play b/c it took the game away from a hungrier team that played harder.

 

And on top of that, the calls in the 2nd half of ball were one sided. It was obvious, as others have stated, the officials didn't expect Cooper to beat Boone and called the game as such (esp 2nd half).

 

You are correct about the ????foul????

Here is the questionable foul posted on Boone Co HS Basketball website.

http://www.crickmervirtualcoach.com/BooneCounty/home.html

Pause it when the ball is being shot, it is obvious Downs runs into McCreary and nobody even touches Downs.

You are correct about the ????foul????

Here is the questionable foul posted on Boone Co HS Basketball website.

http://www.crickmervirtualcoach.com/BooneCounty/home.html

Pause it when the ball is being shot, it is obvious Downs runs into McCreary and nobody even touches Downs.

 

Film doesn't lie. Everyone in the gym saw it. If anyone denies that the officials gave the game to Boone, it's only b/c they are a Boone fan. Those officials should be ashamed of themselves for taking the game from the kids at Cooper. They played with more passion and had a better gameplan only to have the game decided on a bogus whistle amongst other biased calls.

Wow. I knew the call was terrible, but now anyone that sees the video knows it was terrible. The ref had a great look at it and the kid that he called a foul on got out of the way so he wouldn't foul. I know coach Sullivan wouldn't blame officials but it's hard not to wonder about that call. As others have mentioned that wasn't the only questionable call to go against the Jaguars in the 4th quarter either.

Wow. I knew the call was terrible, but now anyone that sees the video knows it was terrible. The ref had a great look at it and the kid that he called a foul on got out of the way so he wouldn't foul. I know coach Sullivan wouldn't blame officials but it's hard not to wonder about that call. As others have mentioned that wasn't the only questionable call to go against the Jaguars in the 4th quarter either.

 

Looks like video was taken down already...good for the official i guess

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What class by Coach Sullivan in how he handled the situation - speaks volumes about his character. Tough, tough way to go down.

http://s1086.photobucket.com/albums/j452/eyeinthesky2/?albumview=slideshow

 

Photos before and after shot

Looks like video was taken down already...good for the official i guess

 

It's still on there under video.

That call was terrible. He ran right into his own teammate. Its sad when refs take the game away from the team that should be playing in the final. I was at the game but on the Boone side and couldn't get a good look but will say after watching the replay that that was bad. For any ref to miss that is unexcused.

I don't think I ever used "Lay down" It doesn't matter because they LOST the game. You can go with all the moral victories you want and complain about the refs. It doesn't matter!

 

Seriously! Good coaches have everything to do with getting kids at this age ready to play and making them believe they can beat a team that they haven't and assuring that they don't lay down for a team that they have. Never confuse high school kids with prima donna college and pro players who think they know more than the coach. How can you say that I am giving a team too much credit that just gave Boone Co. the scare of their lives? If they go on and win the region they will remember just how close they were to sitting home instead of moving on.

I'm sure that's the only questionable call the refs made all night for either side. NOT.....I'm sure Cooper didn't get away with any fouls that were not called over the course of the game. NOT...

That call was terrible. He ran right into his own teammate. Its sad when refs take the game away from the team that should be playing in the final. I was at the game but on the Boone side and couldn't get a good look but will say after watching the replay that that was bad. For any ref to miss that is unexcused.

Here is the last play that put Boone ahead.

 

http://www.nkysportsblog.com/2011/02/controversial-call-in-boonecooper-game.html

I wondering, which ref made the call and where was his position on the floor?

 

Here is the last play that put Boone ahead.

 

http://www.nkysportsblog.com/2011/02/controversial-call-in-boonecooper-game.html