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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 1995002, member: 780"] For you and those of your age, that makes sense. But! To many of us that were highly-interested fans during the 1980's, GU has a special place in our lists of things we dislike. And it goes beyond the results of the games. The Big East, according to the commentators and columnists of the time, was famous for physical play and occasional fights. The problem with this is that it ignores 1.) That Georgetown was the team that brought this "thug-ball" physicality to the league and that 2.) Whenever there was a fight at a game, Georgetown was one of the participants. The Press and the commentators --- very sensitive about criticizing Georgetown and John Thompson for obvious reasons --- never made that observation about the root cause of the violence because they didn't want to. That's why Pearl is such a hero for punching Ewing. Somebody finally struck back. Thompson made a career out of bringing thugs in and then running them off when they didn't contribute as expected on the court or their off-court hi-jinks were so absurd that they couldn't keep a lid on them (even with the help of a cowed and subservient Washington Post.) Even a cursory examination of GU program history would reveal 20 or so guys that match this strategy of JT Jr's. JT Jr was cheered by the media when he walked off the court in a game because he was protesting the use of any academic standards for eligibility whatsoever. He wanted NONE. Of course, he wanted NONE. Because it meant he could bring in as many Michael Graham's as necessary. But the Washington Post and Billy Packer said he was "brave". How is that "brave"? Self-interested, maybe. But "brave". I admire JT Jr for his expertise and boldness. He played the race card better than anyone ever has. And we were among the schools that had to sit there and take it. [/QUOTE]

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