Stopping The Mouth: Jayhawks vs. Stinson
In Saturday’s game against Iowa State, there was a stat begging to be tracked: Stinson-stops. Was I the only one who cheered when Giles swatted away a Stinson lay-up in the game’s closing minutes? Then there was the Chalmers pass-deflection and the Hawkins mugging/tie-up…
Subsequent to the January 28 loss in Ames, Curtis Stinson, a.k.a. The Mouth, cemented his status as the Big 12’s poorest loser when he growled at fellow Bronx native Russell Robinson in the handshake line. Something along the lines of “We’ll get you next time.” “We’ll see,” replied Robinson. (Proving the time-honored principle that understatement is a very effective form of trash-talk.)
During Iowa State’s losing effort Saturday, Stinson talked a big game. His pie-hole became his face’s largest feature, so much so that Brandon Rush commented afterwards, “That boy has a big mouth on him.” And after the Jayhawks blanked Stinson for the second time, he still thought he had something to say, muttering to Robinson about future duels back in New York.
Does this guy have a clue?
During pick-up games in college, I loved to guard players with Stinson-like attitudes purely for the pleasure of seeing the irritation wash over their faces when their chatter and game failed to coincide. A block, a picked pocket, a deflected pass-these become personal insults to someone with an ego as inflated as The Mouth’s.
That’s why I think that stats like Stinson-stops should be carefully tabulated for the enjoyment (and irritation) of all involved.
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February 13th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
What a game! Julian has come a long way and is getting more and more comfortable at the 4 spot. Even when Rush is having an off night, this team has learned to count on other players to make plays. It all starts on D and this team is doing it.
February 17th, 2006 at 6:27 pm
this is the greatest site on the entire internet.
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john
March 10th, 2006 at 9:56 am
[…] I only got to watch the first half of the ISU-OK State game last night, but the much-improved Cowboys seemed to be getting a lot of production from a couple of their big men. When I checked the box score after the game, the stats confirmed it. Aside from the satisfaction of seeing Curtis Stinson (a.k.a. The Mouth) lose again, the sight of Boggan running the floor for transition dunks and Johnson hitting baseline jumpers is a little disquieting. […]