All Ball - Draymond Deja Vu, Pt. 1: 9-Time Final 4 Official John Higgins on Ladder Climb, Big Boy Big 8, HOF Hair, Fundamentals
The Dan Patrick Show
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🗓️ 16 December 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Doug reacts to Draymond Green’s latest ejection for his cheap shot on Suns C Jusuf Nurkic, and the reason for his increasingly erratic cheap shots.
Then, Gottlieb is joined by former 9-time Final Four official John Higgins to discuss his first officiating gig in college, why he decided to pursue it as his career, climbing the officiating ladder to crack the DI ranks, the massive leap to the Big 8 at its peak, the legend of his trademark hair, earning respect as a young ref, and why it’s crucial for officials to have good game calling mechanics.
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| 0:55.8 | or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey what up welcome in I'm done godly this is all ball man are you gonna love our. His name is John Higgins, you're like, |
| 1:15.0 | Really? You got John Higgins? Yep. |
| 1:17.4 | John Higgins was, up until this year, one of the most known, most respected, and frankly, most employed officials in college basketball. |
| 1:29.0 | You knew him because he had his golden sandy blonde brown hair. |
| 1:35.9 | He wore different pants than what seemed like |
| 1:38.0 | the rest of college basketballs officials. |
| 1:41.0 | He had a flash and a flamboyance and he was completely unafraid to |
| 1:45.4 | stare down a coach or to make a hard call on the road. John Higgins is my |
| 1:49.6 | guess this is going to be fun. By the way we do ask about the hair and there's incredible |
| 1:55.7 | stories in this two-part discussion. But I want to throw this out because we're coming |
| 2:02.0 | on the back of |
| 2:03.3 | Dreymond Green and turning around and punching Nurkich in a game which he was |
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