Harrison suspended rest of the year

Quote from: carmineabbatiello on April 17, 2013, 01:19:15 PM

Shaving's important in basketball.

He has an acting career ahead of him on the next A Team movie

Point is that you were the one that was suggesting it was the reason he was suspended.  No mystery here.  Don't know why you're trying to deny it?  It's exactly what you were doing.

Quote from: MCNPA on April 17, 2013, 10:10:03 PM

Point is that you were the one that was suggesting it was the reason he was suspended.  No mystery here.  Don't know why you're trying to deny it?  It's exactly what you were doing.

I'll have to deny that I said that Harrison was suspended for not shaving. To the contrary. It was I who originally noted that Harrison was quoted as saying that he was suspended for "nothing more than being late to the team bus and not shaving on game days." Which I later paraphrased as "so he didn't shave on game days .... and he stared off into the stands ... and then later missed the bus."  I said shaving was a reason - which it was - not the reason, which it wasn't. Not a subtle distinction and yet it seems to have flown over your head.

I'm not sure why you'd want to lie about what I said. (Unless you're still upset that I said Steve was going to divorce you for having a hairy back? For the record I'm sorry I caused you a moment's consternation.) I can only assume that because my boot so often ends up lodged in your colon when you attempt to engage me with your mindless BB commentary that you've developed some sort of personal animus towards me. If so, the feeling isn't mutual. In fact, I don't care whether you live or die: the only reason I kick you is that you continually present your red ass to me like an estrous mandrill and it would be rude not to notice. Just because I wasn't raised in a zoo doesn't mean that I've never been to the monkey house.

A little defensive, no?

Quote from: MCNPA on April 17, 2013, 10:10:03 PM

Point is that you were the one that was suggesting it was the reason he was suspended.  No mystery here.  Don't know why you're trying to deny it?  It's exactly what you were doing.

I'll have to deny that I said that Harrison was suspended for not shaving.

"Harrison was vague about what happened but resolute it would never happen again, revealing nothing more than being late to the team bus and not shaving on game days."

Wow, not shaving sounds serious. I guess Lavin had no choice.

If this is true it means that Harrison is lying to the media and Lavin, who knows Harrison is lying to the media, is more okay with that than he is with Harrison not shaving on game day. He gets suspended for something bad, and when asked about it says ah it was no big deal, I didn't shave - and that qualifies as the sort of personal growth and maturation that justifies reinstatement.

Quote from: STJFAN on April 16, 2013, 02:29:34 PM

Do some of you actually believe his suspension is because he didn't shave?

That's one theory. Another is that you have no idea what you're talking about.

http://www.nj.com/rutgersbasketball/index.ssf/2010/10/steve_lavin.html

I'm not speculating. Harrison says he was suspended for among other things not shaving. I am taking him at his word. Here is presented evidence that Lavin takes shaving seriously.

Amazed no one else on the team had issues with the shaving rule.  Seems like such a hard one to follow.

 Glad he's coming back.  Still at 99% he's gone, WASJU?

Quote from: boo3 on April 18, 2013, 01:42:31 PM

Amazed no one else on the team had issues with the shaving rule.  Seems like such a hard one to follow.

 Glad he's coming back.  Still at 99% he's gone, WASJU?

Why can Rico have a goatee then?

Quote from: Foad on April 18, 2013, 07:59:27 AM

Quote from: MCNPA on April 17, 2013, 10:10:03 PM

Point is that you were the one that was suggesting it was the reason he was suspended.  No mystery here.  Don't know why you're trying to deny it?  It's exactly what you were doing.

I'll have to deny that I said that Harrison was suspended for not shaving.

You are correct that you didn't "say" that was the reason.  But that is not what you have been accused of doing. You were accused of "suggesting" that was the reason which you seemingly and conveniently failed to address. So let's recap shall we…..

Zzzzz. I don't care what you think I'm suggesting. I addressed what I wanted to address and failed to address what I didn't care to address. Do you go to Chinese restaurants and assume because they don't have lasagna they deny the existence of pasta? Because that's what you're doing here.

I quoted him as mentioning two things. If he'd said that "bananas, apples, and oranges are fruits" and I had quoted that and gone on to post about only bananas, that is not a denial that there is such a thing as apples or that they are a type of fruit. It is rather a discussion of bananas.

Quote from: Foad on April 16, 2013, 09:45:29 AM

"Harrison was vague about what happened but resolute it would never happen again, revealing nothing more than being late to the team bus and not shaving on game days."

Notice the bold lettering? Seems to be an emphasis on only one part of the quote, curious to say the least.

Right, I highlighted the part of the quote I meant to address. You might find that curious, I do not.

Quote from: Foad on April 16, 2013, 09:45:29 AM

Wow, not shaving sounds serious. I guess Lavin had no choice.

No mention of being late to the team bus, is that not serious enough? It was serious enough for Harrison to mention it. Could it be Lavin had no choice once Harrison missed the team bus? It's possible, not according to that quote however. That quote says Lavin had no choice to suspend Harrison for not shaving.

This is argumentum e silentio. Thus are your conclusions fail.

And no, being late to the team bus is not serious enough. You don't suspend someone for the season for over sleeping. That's absurd.

Quote from: Foad on April 16, 2013, 01:02:42 PM

If this is true it means that Harrison is lying to the media and Lavin, who knows Harrison is lying to the media, is more okay with that than he is with Harrison not shaving on game day. He gets suspended for something bad, and when asked about it says ah it was no big deal, I didn't shave - and that qualifies as the sort of personal growth and maturation that justifies reinstatement.

Actually, when asked about it Harrison said that he was late to the team bus as well, yet that was conveniently left out and only the fact that he didn't shave was mentioned. See a trend? 

Yes, I see a trend. I meant to mock the idea that he was suspended for the rest of the season for not shaving, among other minor infractions, and did so. I suggest that if you are fascinated by the fact that he missed the bus - old news - then you should write an essay about it. That I don't isn't a denial that it happened.

Quote from: Foad on April 16, 2013, 04:01:09 PM

Quote from: STJFAN on April 16, 2013, 02:29:34 PM

Do some of you actually believe his suspension is because he didn't shave?

That's one theory. Another is that you have no idea what you're talking about.

http://www.nj.com/rutgersbasketball/index.ssf/2010/10/steve_lavin.html

Base on your response, your answer to the question I posed is….. yes.

My response was no. Based on my response of no, my answer is ... no, first because no is what I actually said, and second that's what Harrison actually said.

Quote from: Foad on April 16, 2013, 09:03:51 PM

I'm not speculating. Harrison says he was suspended for among other things not shaving. I am taking him at his word. Here is presented evidence that Lavin takes shaving seriously.

Harrison didn't say other "things"; he said one other "thing" being late to the team bus, which you conveniently omitted yet again.

Your focus on the shaving gave the appearance or suggested that Harrison not shaving may not have been the only reason, but the main reason.

I said other things because I didn't want to use the phrase "inter alia" which is latin for among other things, and you were having so much trouble with English that I didn't want to confuse you further. Not to mention that "among other thing" makes no sense. That there are other things plural is inferrable, since he was "vague" and "would reveal nothing more" than two listed things - that means there was more to reveal, he just didn't. Moreover that I said "things" plural puts the lie to your insistence that I said he was suspended for one thing singular. See also petard, hoisted on your own.


Maybe I was reading too much into it but that is what is seemed like.

You are reading too much into it and I don't care what it seemed like. I'm not responsible for your inability to read and parse simple English sentences.

Rumor has it that there is a new addition to staff--a barber so that when the trainer is taping ankles, the player will also get a straight edge shave.