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I wholeheartedly agree Mick. However, there is an art to giving feedback to officials in the locker room after a game (especially a heated one that went down to the wire).
First of all, you need to have their respect as an official yourself or they won't value what you have to say.
Then you need to be able to understand that the bleacher view is different from the floor view so you may want to ask about certain situations rather than assuming that the bleacher view is correct. I also find some positive things to start with (and yes, even the most green of officials do some things well) before I get into the "things to work on."
Finally, you need to have your facts straight. If footlocker had criticized them for allowing a time-out to be called before free throws were shot (which is allowed), he has just lost all credibility he may have had before he opened his pie-hole.
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