Good morning. Yes, I was tired & lazy and had to go to bed around midnight last night. As a result, when I turned on my video tape this morning, I discovered that once again ESPN has screwed me over and made me miss the last 15 minutes of the game. So, I check the web and see that I miss a match-winning goal and see that Ruiz was ejected in stoppage time for "violent conduct". What did he do??
Ruiz and Nick Garcia both took a hard flop in front of the Kansas City net. Garcia got up and as he was walking by Ruiz, who was on his hands and knees, Ruiz shot an elbow into Garcia's knee, bringing him down. It seems Ruiz felt Garcia had brushed against him as he was walking by. Rob and Ty seemed to think Garcia milked it for all it was worth, even saying he should be given an Academy Award. However, Ruiz clearly did something foolish out of frustration and was visibly upset. And you're right, ESPN did screw with the airing of the game. I wonder how their apologists will explain away this latest insult.
in a nutshell... nothing - bad decision from one of the riverboat blackjack dealers MLS deigns as refs - americans just go for the cards way too quick sometimes
it's simple: the CWS softball game ran over. take your head out of your ass and you'll figure it out.
Re: Re: What did Ruiz do?? would you mind if I made an intentional attempt to take out your knee? just get up off your mom's couch and I'll be sure to stop over, blow out your ACL, and then celebrate not being carded.
Re: Re: What did Ruiz do?? Yeah, but the game was over at 1 am eastern time, which is when the MLS game was scheduled to start. They could have preempted the NBA highlight recap BS that was scheduled to follow the softball game and kept the MLS game on time for those if us who set up tapes. But once again ESPN figured rehashing any sport via talking heads was more important than showing soccer.
Re: Re: Re: What did Ruiz do?? when it gets better ratings, i agree with them. And let's just say that they did decide to scrap the hour of NBA programminga and "catch up" and go straight to soccer. Nevermind that this would be breaking their precident that they've followed for the past 20 years, what will your reaction be when a game runs late and they skip soccer to "catch up"?
My point is, they are willing to screw with a game VS people talking about a game. They obviously had to skip something to get back on schedule for today, was it a game of some sort or people talking about a game? I'm pretty sure there will be more NBA wrap ups today, but are they replaying the game from last night for those of us who missed it because of the schedule change?
yes, they had to skip something. but that happened overnight (they cut out one of the sportscenter re-runs that they show from 3am-7am) my point is-- you don't just pick and choose what to cut out to catch up...you stick to the schedule and you get caught up on the overnight stuff. This is what ESPN does and has always done. Same for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, etc, mostly when NFL (or college football) runs into the 6pm cst Saturday/Sunday timeslots. by keeping the programming lineup intact, albeit later than originally planned, everyone (not just soccer fans) will be adjusting to the same schedule and nobody gets cut out.
Re: Re: Re: What did Ruiz do?? gimme a break superstar - garcia bumped ruiz with his leg, ruiz swung his elbow at air, garcia went down like he was shot, card produced my mom's couch? brilliant - im in my early 30's genius... and you probably couldnt blow out your birthday candles but nevertheless... go ILLINI !!
Re: Re: What did Ruiz do?? We're all paying ESPN customers. We have every right to complain when they ignore our wishes, whether or not it's a good decision from ESPN's perspective.
Re: Re: Re: Re: What did Ruiz do?? I hope your not trying to say that Ruiz has NEVER done anything of the sort Nick G might of been doing...madness.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What did Ruiz do?? no... pay attention - im saying he was sent off for something the ref THOUGHT he saw - ruiz did not perform any 'violent conduct' on garcia - so, in essence, garcia duped the zebra - what is so difficult about that?
I felt bad for Ruiz, but he is stupid enough to let Garcia get into his head. If he is throws his elbow intentionally at anyone, he is going to get sent off every time even if it doesn't hurt. Did he try to blow out Garcia's knee? Absolutely not. That elbow jab wouldn't hurt that much even if it landed.
yeah he looked very frustrated all night - i guess that happens when youre the winless defending champs
Re: Re: Re: Re: What did Ruiz do?? How about karma catching catching up to you? Ruiz is the biggest diver in MLS at present and he gets a red by someone returning the favour. Priceless.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What did Ruiz do?? you are right - im more than certain that his reputation cost him there - doesnt change the fact that he did nothing card worthy when he was carded just to clear things up, the wizards are my MLS team but i prefer to deal in reality - ill admit im not much for phantom calls, even when they go in my favor
Dove alot. Was caught offsides alot. Complained alot. Wagged his finger alot. Went after Garcia in the second half and nothing was done about it. Tried to cheap shot Garcia in stoppage time and got red carded. Did not leave the field immediately upon being carded. (It remains to be seen whether the league will stick to precedent and make him miss the Galaxy home opener and serve a two-game suspension for his failure to leave the field).
Baloney. Ruiz shouldn't be given any more than the one game for being red carded. It took a little over two minutes from the infraction until he was in the runway on his way to the locker room. During that time, the game continued being played immediately after the foul and there then was a shoving match in front of the net. Ruiz didn't argue the call. He had a little lip service with some of the Wizards, but let's not be ridiculous about it.