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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Look, I don't know who you are or where you work or the level you work at and I am sure you're the best thing that's happened to basketball in the last 50 years. But you're wrong. Please don't take this as a personal attack but one of the silliest things we refereees like to say is "if you're looking over there who's looking over here". Well, I'm telling you we need to look everywhere.
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Dan, I'm not hardly the best thing to happen to the game. The game is probably 5th on my list of the best things to happen to me. I was just making a point with Mick that we cannot go in thinking it is OK to make this a regular part of our game. That's all nothing more nothing less.
When you speak of the L getting a call right that the T missed are you talking about 2-person or 3-person? I think the two are very different. You have to extend all areas in 2-person so I can see that happening more often. In 3-person this should only happen during transition, between the L and T, or possibly a trap situation where the T is high and the shot is taken in the corner. It should not happen between the L and C in a 3-person game. Do you dissagree with that?
I didn't take any offense to your words because sometimes a "personal attack" makes us better. We are trying to get plays right and your opinion causes me to look at things from a different view. That is a good thing to me. Plus, if we have thin skin we are in the wrong business.