OT: Fran McCaffery Won't Shake Hands

Submitted by uncle leo on

Game against North Dakota, Iowa gets a rebound with about 4 seconds left and the game is well in-hand. The ND player runs up to the guy and steals the ball and lays it up at the buzzer. Fran tells his team to walk off and they don't shake hands.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=400915002

Video is at the top.

I can't stand Izzo's on-court antics, but I think this dude is the worst in the conference.

FYI: Stu Douglass calls Fran a "small child". 

https://www.landof10.com/iowa/ex-michigan-player-stuart-douglass-critic…

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drjaws

December 21st, 2016 at 12:51 PM ^

In an odd way I kinda agree. Kinda. Shaking hands after a game is more tradition than a sign of respect nowadays.

Respect and class ARE shown more on the field/ice than a handshake afterwards. Like Dino said "I can’t believe I shook the guy’s frigging hand. That just pisses me right off."

That being said hockey has it right with how they line up at the end of the series.



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December 21st, 2016 at 11:50 AM ^

Maybe thought someone for UND looked like the Chargers security guard, grossed him out. Didn't want to shake his hand. Realized it was just a typical case of mistaken identity, hence the apology? Idk.

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The Maizer

December 21st, 2016 at 12:27 PM ^

I don't understand what there is to be angry about. This would be like a football team down two or more scores running a pass play with 1 second left on the clock and getting a TD. No one would fault them for that.

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Greyhound 96

December 21st, 2016 at 11:52 AM ^

Speaking of Stu, did anyone see his Twitter rant about a month ago? He was tweeting about how Michigan wasn't special, all universities are the same, those who stay is stupid and tradition is dumb, all sorts of anti-colllege/Michigan garbage.

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uncle leo

December 21st, 2016 at 11:54 AM ^

That's a weird look for Stu. Quite honestly, he fell into such a great situation with Michigan where he got to play for a major university that wasn't good enough to have him sit. If at the time he was playing for a great basketball program, he wouldn't have seen the court.

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Sambojangles

December 21st, 2016 at 1:25 PM ^

Come on guys, we're better than petty attacks on former athletes for speaking their minds on a difficult subject. 

It was during the Iowa game, and I actually engaged with him a little bit. I was disappointed as well but his tweets were thought-provoking and not really inflammatory. He went through the meat grinder of the Michigan basketball program, and has a perspective most of us will never have. You don't have to agree with everything he says (and I don't) but you should listen and respect him.

I'm not going to try to summarize but you can probably go back in his timeline to see them.

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uncle leo

December 21st, 2016 at 12:10 PM ^

I'll defer to the "Chargers Security guard enjoys view of cheerleaders" thread for more importance.

It's the holidays, nothing is going on with Michigan football right now other than the occasional recruiting bit. Not much to discuss.

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matty blue

December 27th, 2016 at 1:28 PM ^

...i honestly don't understand the reference to a 'security guard thread.' i've been here for a long time, but i'm racking my brain and i got nothin'. i don't care about up or down votes, but it wasn't intended to be argumentative...help me out here?

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Blue Durham

December 27th, 2016 at 4:47 PM ^

originally posted, there was another thread posted that was on a security guard of an NFL team that got fired for inappropriate behavior. Prior to the game he was watching the cheerleaders practice while, shall we say, playing "pocket pool." A photo of him doing this was posted in the thread.

The security guard thread got pretty out of hand, and fast with a lot of comments, and was removed by one of the mods (so you can't see it now). So the above poster thought your original remark was more in line with what was posted in the security guard thread, I guess.

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