Kid will make a great Massachusetts bodyguard when he graduates.
Posted on 01/05/2012 3:17:28 PM PST by Nachum
Connell (Wash.) High's Cole Vanderbilt was a relative unknown in the basketball world, but all that changed two days ago, when a viral YouTube video turned him into one of the most hated players in Washington.
As the Tri-City Herald reported, Vanderbilt turned into public enemy number one when Michael Christenson decided to film a game between Connell and Highland (Wash.) High to prove to parents at Highland that the basketball league needed better officials.
As it turns out, the clip did more than just spotlight an officiating problem; it also made seniors Cole Vanderbilt and teammate Kennan VanHollebeke look like the dirtiest players on the court.
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The hacker, Cole Vanderbilt is just whacking guys all through the game. You have to believe the coach approved this BS. Shame on the refs for not calling it. So funny to watch him basically tackle a guy and act like nothing happened. Shameful sportsmanship.
Ping for later viewing.
If I was a basketball official, I would declare that the team could not play if #34 stayed on the team.
Instead he wrings his hands about 'hurtful comments' directed at the fat kid. Those hurtful comments are better directed at the coach.
Since it was obvious that neither the Connell coaching staff nor the referees were going to put a stop to it, the Highland players should have ganged up on the bully. When he jumps up, slip a foot under his, accidentally fall in his path as he is back pedaling, etc. Nothing obvious, mind you.
I have a son who played in High School basketball last year. We had some extremely nasty injuries during games that year. Saw kids carted off to the hospital with serious injuries at least two times. During the Division finals, one of the opposing forwards had a head injury and was openly bleeding during the game (even after getting bandaged).
It gets rough out there.
so I expected this to be typical gangsta type activity....but its just a big old fat no talent white guy who is allowed to hack to make up for his demonstrative lack of athletic ability........
I blame the refs for letting this stuff get out of hand.....technicals and ejections are not used nearly enough.
WWBD? What Would Barkley Do?
If I were fouled by that fat #@#$ and I was shooting free throws, I would have just chucked the ball right into the fat #@#$’s gonads, like they did to Ray Nitschke in “The Longest Yard.”
We all played it all the time ~ even had to scrape the ice off a nearby court to be able to play it without falling down.
Worst accident was riding home with this guy and we went around a corner where he fell out his door ~ which opened by surprise ~ and broke his collarbone. He was out of the game for weeks.
We all felt so sorry for him.
The fellows on the school team usually went about with black eyes and limps constantly.
Connell High are a bunch of farm kids, incapable of playing Basketball.
Nephews went there.
I was in the last full graduating class at Kennewick High, in 71.
Fatso would have got an elbow to the mouth, in my day.
(Check WA State records for Wrestling and Football for 70 & 71)
If it were hockey, fatso would be missing a few teeth before it was all over.
Kid will make a great Massachusetts bodyguard when he graduates.
WA Ping
Fat boy needs to get on the football team where everyone else can do the same. He’d be crying for his momma in less than 20 minutes after he got leveled a few times.
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