Karch Kiraly Throws a Fit

After a referee does not make a call at the Boulder, CO Cuervo Open, Karch Kiraly shows his objections.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• volleyball
• Karch
• Kiraly
• referee
• sports
• double
• set
• hands
• AVP

[BadACL]

Woaah...I bet he expected that to be called a "carry".

Have some decency man!!

[Xrosein3]

I would have called a carry for sure--but most sets on the AVP are carries as far as I'm concerned.

[nosilla07]

what was the call?

[Xrosein3]

There was no call--thus Karch's irrate posture.

[airbreezy]

What was the call supposed to be?

[Xrosein3]

A double. It's hard to see in the video, but the ball is spinning a bit.

[ProphL33t]

Listen to the crowd's reaction to the set ... they are like "Whoa" right before the hit. Even the fans knew it was a bad set.

[paarahful]

Is this what Daniel Tosh was referring to in his funeral skit?

[stepoff98]

Play from 00:09 to 00:10. Now play it back over and over and over and over. Rotflmfao :)

[littlenookie1]

@Frafty well in his defense if the ref had made the call their would be no need for Karch to explode on him. That was an obvious throw.  Everyone knew it was bad but the guy with the whistle thinks otherwise so he gets away with being wrong. Why are refs considered so "High and Mighty" that we're not allowed to "show disagreement with" - they are humans, they are going to make mistakes, it happens but they shouldn't get a pass every time they blow a call.

[ildanny80]

It shouldn't be allowed to protest like that.... still a gentlemen sport...

[Frafty]

I'm an indoor USAV National Referee with my beach cert (just got the beach cert), but in no way, shape, or form should ANY player respond to anything in that manner. In the USAV handbook, which governs AVP, it's unsporting conduct to show disagreement, disgust with a referee's decisions. There are things I let go as a ref as I get the need to vent a little, but THAT was unacceptable behavior, regardless if the call should've went in their favor or not. Like I said, I would've carded immediately

[kcg5000]

@79barkingspider I have seen that Karch video on youtube somewhere recently, might have been taken down...

[79barkingspider]

@Frafty Are you kidding. That was nothing compared to others I've seen OB in his prime. He once stomped on a woman on the sidelines near the net and screamed at her for getting in the way! She wasn't in great shape after that.

[79barkingspider]

You can call that set before it's made! Just look at hand position before the set. Referees shouldn't base their double calls on spin. I wish we had a video of the East Coast tournament at which Karch ripped the bottom of the net so hard, he pulled the referee off. Hey I saw Singing bitch for about 20 minutes once, calling time outs when he knew the referee was pissed. And he was playing his bro. Drew didn't care much for this act.

[kcg5000]

@Xrosein3 It would have been a double

[Vball2718]

@Xrosein3 the crowd obviously knew it was a double too, you can hear just as the ball left the hands.