Twitter Responds To Woodbury Eye Poke
Iowa Hawkeye's forward Adam Woodbury poked Melo Trimble in the eye. Whether it was malicious or not, it has become a trend.
He did it twice in a game against Wisconsin in January:
Then he did it again in the game Sunday vs. Maryland and was T'd up after officials checked the tape.
His coach, Fran McCaffery, didn't think talking about it was worth while:
Says #Iowa coach Fran McCaffrey: "Too much is being made of Adam Woodbury's Poke in the eye". Despite doing it 3 times! #Terps @1057TheFan
— Jerry Coleman (@sportswcoleman) February 9, 2015
In fact, when Des Moines NBC affliliate WHO13's Michael Admire asked how this keeps happening, Fran responded after huffing and puffing a moment, "Next question. Ask an intelligent question." Why is that not an intelligent question, coach? "Because I said so." That's nice.
Fran McCaffery was asked about Adam Woodbury's eye poke, and here's what he said. pic.twitter.com/hqexzkJbmm
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) February 9, 2015
I'm guessing not many people, including Terps head coach Mark Turgeon, were satisfied with that answer and nor should they be.
Turgeon says #Big10 will need to look at #Iowa fwd Adam Woodbury's eye poking. Says @_STAYMELO better today, after being poked @1057TheFan
— Jerry Coleman (@sportswcoleman) February 9, 2015
Then people just started having fun with it.
Adam Woodbury's girlfriend, probably pic.twitter.com/tGAwGlp1zL
— Pete Rose Holmgren (@peterholmgren) February 8, 2015
@SteveDavisBmore: Ask Fran if he "likes" this. @1057TheFan pic.twitter.com/e20uEGcAHS
— Jabby Burns (@Jabbyburns) February 9, 2015
If Iowa Center Adam Woodbury were of the philosophy "an eye for an eye" teams owe him 3! #badguy
— Chick Hernandez (@MrChickSports) February 9, 2015
The moral of the story is you can only give the benefit of the doubt so many times before it just begins to look like A. you don't know how to play defense or B. you're just a jerk.