Black-eyed Greg Paulus

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March 6th, 2008, 9:14 am · 1 Comment · posted by Alex Kreitman

What is the deal with Greg Paulus’ black eyes?

I watched Duke whip up on Virginia Wednesday night, but all I could take from the game was a lingering question to why in the world Paulus always has at least one black eye. Always.

Every Duke game I watch he has a black eye. Are his teammates beating him up? I don’t like him and I don’t even know him, so I wouldn’t doubt it if after each game Gerald Henderson and Demarcus Nelson were taking shots at the scrawny white kid. I know he got slugged against N.C. State, but it seems to always be there and on both eyes.

I’ll give him credit though for keeping a smile. In a postgame interview with the lovely Stacey Dales, Paulus had that punch me in the eye grin on his face and I was praying that Stacy would pop him for me, but she didn’t. So who is lining Paulus up against the wall and delivering blows?

After listening to my least favorite broadcaster in the world Mike Patrick call the game, I knew it wasn’t him who was clocking Paulus. Patrick feels the need to get excited and go wild for a 3-pointer two minutes into every game. It’s really sad. Doesn’t he have better things in his life to get excited about? Probably not, seeing that he looks like a turtle. I’m surprised he hasn’t quit broadcasting and become the mascot for Maryland. It’d be a good fit for him.

I seem to be very pro-Carolina this week. That should get my Tar Heel readers excited. It kind of surprises me because North Carolina beat Boston College on Saturday. You’d think I’d be bitter. I guess I was having such a good time in Charleston, S.C. that I shrugged off the loss.

But as our editor Madison Taylor pointed out in our daily budget meeting this morning, Alex is a pro sports guy. And he’s exactly right. With the Celtics winners of six straight, including a win against the second-best team in the Eastern Conference, the Detroiut Pistons, I’ve got nothing else on my mind.

UNC Wilmington handed Elon University its first loss of the season in baseball Wednesday, what a shame. I was hoping the Phoenix could keep its undefeated streak alive a bit longer. It didn’t give up though. Trailing 18-8 heading into the bottom of the ninth, Elon put up eight runs to make things interesting.

I almost went to the game after work Wednesday, but declined. I’m glad I did, only because then I would’ve felt responsible for the loss, seeing that the only game I would have attended would have been the only loss. I’m a baseball guy, therefore I’m very superstitious.

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One Response to “Black-eyed Greg Paulus”

ajamest2006 Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Although I would love to take credit for the ever present Paulus’ shiner, I can’t, but I applaud the person(s) responsible. While some may think its emblematic of his toughness, I feel the exact opposite. Paulus has a certain attitude while on the court. That “I’m gonna tap you in the balls, pull on your jersey, offensively hand-check you while the ref’s not looking, then when he is looking, dramtically flop and clutch some sort of phantom injury to draw extra simpathy from the ref” attitude. Now some may see that as exagerating things a bit, but to the skeptics, I say tune into the Carolina game Saturday for a “Live from Durham” showing of the Greg Paulus drama. His antics are sure to be lively for this one. The only problem with his actions, however, are that once he steps off the court, he’s no longer under the protection of the ref’s, security guards, or the Blue Devil mascot (who I’m sure if he got a hold of you with his spear would ruin your night).

Growing up in Durham, I realized at a young age which parts of town to avoid no matter what time of day and that people in those parts of town tend to react a little crazy to the most insignificant of things. Duke University happens to not be in one of those parts of town but there are plenty of Bull City citizens that resent everything that a Duke student/athelete embodies. I won’t even mention the word Lacrosse but you get my drift. So it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if Paulus found himself in a certain public restaurant/bar after hours, somewhere that his 6 feet nothing, 100 pound nothing frame of a body wouldn’t last a NY minute. Given that his black eyes keep reappearing, it seems that he has yet to learn his lesson. But thats just my theory, I’d like to believe every bit of it to be true, nonetheless, I applaud the perp(s) responsible and say keep em coming!

ajamest2006 Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

Although I would love to take credit for the ever present Paulus’ shiner, I can’t, but I applaud the person(s) responsible. While some may think its emblematic of his toughness, I feel the exact opposite. Paulus has a certain attitude while on the court. That “I’m gonna tap you in the balls, pull on your jersey, offensively hand-check you while the ref’s not looking, then when he is looking, dramtically flop and clutch some sort of phantom injury to draw extra simpathy from the ref” attitude. Now some may see that as exagerating things a bit, but to the skeptics, I say tune into the Carolina game Saturday for a “Live from Durham” showing of the Greg Paulus drama. His antics are sure to be lively for this one. The only problem with his actions, however, are that once he steps off the court, he’s no longer under the protection of the ref’s, security guards, or the Blue Devil mascot (who I’m sure if he got a hold of you with his spear would ruin your night).

Growing up in Durham, I realized at a young age which parts of town to avoid no matter what time of day and that people in those parts of town tend to react a little crazy to the most insignificant of things. Duke University happens to not be in one of those parts of town but there are plenty of Bull City citizens that resent everything that a Duke student/athelete embodies. I won’t even mention the word Lacrosse but you get my drift. So it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if Paulus found himself in a certain public restaurant/bar after hours, somewhere that his 6 feet nothing, 100 pound nothing frame of a body wouldn’t last a NY minute. Given that his black eyes keep reappearing, it seems that he has yet to learn his lesson. But thats just my theory, I’d like to believe every bit of it to be true, nonetheless, I applaud the perp(s) responsible and say keep em coming!