"They can not let Mike Sweetney nor can they expect a 20 year old to try and explain that way and say oh that's alright I'm in the post, it's physical in the post. That is crap. It is unfair. I will pay the way to Washington, DC of any official if they wanna sit down and watch a game with me and see the crap that Mike Sweetney has to put up with. And I will pay a referee to sit in the post and let somebody beat the crap out of him, see how he likes it, see how his back likes it. Just because Mike is 6'8", 260 doesn't mean he doesn't hurt when he gets fouled and doesn't mean it's not a foul. It is a foul. It is a foul and Mike should go to the free throw line 50 times if he's fouled. But to expect a 20 year old to understand that and say okay that's alright, it's not alright. It's not alright. One time Mike didn't even want to go down court he got fouled so bad."

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Esherick rants about the refs.

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