Iowa Hawkeyes center Adam Woodbury poked Maryland Terrapins guard Melo Trimble in the eye during Sunday's game in Iowa City. Woodbury was called for a flagrant foul on the play.
This is normally something we would write off as an accident, except for the fact that it follows a game against Wisconsin on January 20 where Woodbury poked two players in the eye.
Woodbury's actions do not seem to be blatantly injuring his opponents, but this does seem to be a problem.
However, Iowa coach Fran McCaffery refused to even acknowledge the issue after the game, even going so far as to attack reporters who tried to broach the subject:
McCaffery wasn't in the mood to discuss Woodbury after the game. When asked his thoughts on Woodbury's recent pokes, McCaffery told a reporter to "ask an intelligent question." When another reporter asked McCaffery why he thought that wasn't an intelligent question, he said "because I said so."So why does Woodbury keep poking players in the eye? It's not a dumb question. We understand McCaffery trying to protect his player and eliminate distractions for his team, but calling out a reporter for doing his job is not the way to do it. At some point it has to be acknowledged that this is a problem and Woodbury needs to cut it out.
H/T Deadspin, AP via ESPN.
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