[Rich]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Do this in a varsity game and within 24 hours you'll be talking to your assignor and the state office about why you had to run a coach. And everyone will wonder why you allowed a team to score an uncontested basket. And it will come back on you.

Maybe not everywhere, but that's my instinct.

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I think that you got one thing right. The "not everywhere" part at the last.

Rich, I may agree with your point of view. Maybe not all of it, but most of it. What I don't agree with is you trying to justify your opinion over someone else's opinion by making blanket statements alluding that assignors, state offices, and "everyone" in the world automatically agrees with your opinion. I mean "everyone will wonder"? That just ain't so. Other responses in this thread have already proved that wrong. Usually you're not the type of poster that tries to back their own opinion by using the old "don't call that or you'll never make it to a higher level" type of response, but I think that you might be just a touch guilty of that in this case. I respect your opinion. I think that you should respect Juulie's opinion also, even if you don't agree with it.

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Mar 7th, 2004 at 02:37 AM] [/B][/QUOTE]


That's why I qualified my remarks with "maybe not everywhere" and said that is was MY instinct.

I'm certainly not trying to be heavy handed. I'm just hypothetically putting myself into the position of the assignor or the state office and it's doubtful that, even as a working official, I would back an official on making that decision, even though it is well supported by the rules.

I would ask -- exactly what did you do to prevent the situation from occurring?

Going back to continue making a pot of gumbo with these heavy hands

--Rich