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Originally posted by rainmaker
I see your point, and I think you'd agree that if the trail were calling and reporting, it would be the lead who'd have all the players in their primary, right? My point was that just because the ball is dead, doesn't mean that lead is off the job. This happened so fast, that I think the play should still be in Lead's primary, right? If they'd pre-gamed that the other ref would call the second one in a bang-bang situation, then I could see the Lead holding the whistle, and Trail coming in strong to sell the call. I would hope they'd have eye-contact first. But, if no pregame, I'm at trail, I'm calling nothing on this, unless Lead had very obviously turned back on play.
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I like what you said Juulie about the lead not being "off the job". I believe that once the whistle went, both officials have a responsibility for anything that happens on or off the court.
Having said that, there are certain "areas of coverage" that do promote themselves. RookieDude said that the two officials are veteran officials. I think you have to know who you're reffing with, and knowing that the other guy is a veteran (either because you know or from the pre-game), you should be expecting that he will follow the play after the foul.... observing the continuing action.
In the post-game, the T said he "thought" the L's back was to the play. Not good enough - you gotta
know that the L's back was to the play.
Conclusion: T should have passed because L passed. It was a "little" shiver when going through A's mind was the repidly approaching wall.
Mike
P.S.: I guess this isn't specifically to you, but to everyone - I was prompted to respond after reading your post, which had a key point.