UTEP Fans Hate for Schaftenaar Spreads Online
by ArbyOSU on Apr 2, 2009 1:46 PM PDT
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"Hi, my name is Roeland and I just wanna be friends... but first I want to flood the streets of El Paso with Miner blood!"
Anyway, just thought I'd pass along some of the gems I read about Schaftenaar on UTEP fan boards. There's not much for internet activity related to the Miners, except when you do a Google search for "Rejected from PAC 10 school + second tier options + loud mouth basketball coach that's on his way to Memphis + horrible remote locations"...
Sorry, that was harsh. El Paso is gorgeous, right?
Mmm... drink it in people. Did you know that "El Paso" means "The Paso" in English? Actually, I think it's Spanish for "No thanks, YOU guys can have it"... thanks a lot, Mexico.
I will give credit where credit is due--not a lot of outlandish smack talk (like the stuff I've posted here today) and everyone seems to respect Coach Robinson as a class act and first class coach. Now to the meat of the post... First I'll start off with some quotes from this site which is apparently run by people who are "professional" journalists. It appears this particular blogger/journalist was attending his or her first basketball game:
In the first half, I thought Oregon State's center Roeland Schaftenaar was the dirtiest player I had ever watched play. The crowd certainly did, as well, and started to boo him mercilessly everytime he touched the ball.
But what was more frustrating was watching him throw elbows the entire crowd could see, hearing a whistle blow, only to find the ref had called a foul on the UTEP player for having the temerity to have his face hit one of Schaftenaar's elbows.
I guarantee you that within moments of the El Paso Times' Victor Calzada snapping the above photo, UTEP's Wayne Portalatin was called for a foul.
But I give Oregon State's coach Craig Robinson a lot of credit. With a couple of minutes left in the first half, Schaftenaar threw a couple of flagrant, dangerous elbows after a rebound, prompting the refs to call a foul on UTEP (of course). But Robinson, like the crowd, saw what really had gone down and pulled Schaftenaar from the game for the rest of the half.
Schaftenaar, to his credit, came back in the second half and played some clean, good basketball, despite all the boos.
And now, the fans from their seldom used Rivals chat board blog thing (they seem to be a lot classier than the VT honks but why they hate on Schaftenaar so much confuses me):
Way to show up UTEP fans! It was hilarious to hear all of the boos whenever Schaftenaar got the ball. I bet he hears boos in his sleep. Get your throats healed up for Friday night's game. Tea, lemon, and honey for the next 44 hours.
...that is EXACTLY what my grandfather and I were joking about. That #10 was so dramatic and unlikeable! My grandpa says, damn, son, doesnt this guy remind you of every player from BYU we cheered against in the 80's?
-got my tickets. gonna make #10 hear us again!
BYU would have loved to have #10 back in the day. It was easy not to like his European, soccer style acting & flinging of his body. Looking forward to making his night uncomfortable again in Friday.
GO BEAVERS. LET'S DO THIS.
AND REMEMBER, WINNING IN EL PASO IS AN OREGON STATE TRADITION! LET'S DO THIS!
(You owe us El Paso--we've provided you the best and worst games in Sun Bowl history!)
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If I were Roe
I would just pretend they were cheering me on the whole time. “Roooooooooooooooe!!!!” :)
Seriously, though… they thought Roe was playing dirty because he had to fling his arms up, which was the only way he could get the defenders to stop holding onto him!
There was one play where the UTEP player almost pantsed our guy. Wasn’t Roe on that occasion (Omari, maybe?) but it illustrates my point. They were holding/slapping/hacking/mugging all night long, and it rarely got called.
The commentators noted that on a few occasions as well. Not that I’m saying UTEP is the first team to do it or that OSU is entirely innocent of it but their big men were outmatched speed and agility wise when isolated on Schaftenaar on the perimeter or while he drove.
It was a reaction to an action, plain and simple. Nothing to huff and puff about.
hmm
thought you were going to get me all fired up like OSU did with the Vermont smack, but I don’t even really get this stuff!
“My grandfather and I” = ? What the hell kind-of smack is that? Maybe it would work on resonating with smack-talking about UO women’s basketball coaches. Hmm, maybe it works as their personal Viagra to get all hard again thinking about BYU in the 80s, you know get up for the games.
“So tasty Granps…”
-RVM
And I apologize for not going all out, but these dudes really didn’t give me much to work with. Plus they’re basketball team is actually pretty legitimate in a conference that’s pretty respectable, so I can’t dump on them too hard.
it's okay
I’m still impressed they turned out 12,000 for last night’s game, but they do need to work on the post-game smack talking, and also who they seem to find obsessions about.
-RVM
by rvm on Apr 2, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Plus, the Viagra joke was just hanging there for me, you know.
-RVM
by rvm on Apr 2, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I have not visited the site, as I do not get all worked up
but does it sound like more hostile than an Oregon duck message board?
Nah, they lack the numbers of either Oregon school in terms of fan following… or at least fans with computer access.
Or fans that can read what's on the screen
I know I’m a little late on this one, but I found it hilarious that UTEP’s crowd spent more energy booing a tall white guy than they did cheering for their own team. No wonder they loss the series…..could you imagine the Rose Garden, instead of cheering for the Blazers, they only booed the other team? It was weird and I’m glad Roe wasn’t shaken by it. He was ballin’ the likes of which I never expected out of him before this season.
Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game
Luckily “Booo!” and “Roooo!” (the latter of which is what he hears at home in Gill) sound very similar.
This series came down to coaching. Barbee isn’t that impressive and was T’d up twice in the series—both losses for his team. Throw in a few lucky bounces in Game 3 to keep the ball out of their hands and kaboom-CBI Champs! What a crazy turnaround.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
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