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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
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I will grant you that there are groups of officials that do not want the handle certain situations per the rules because there are certain areas of the country where coaches exert undue influence upon officials but that is no excuse for doing the correct thing.
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Mark,
Did it ever occur to you, that the reason officials do not adhere to the letter of the rules, is because officials feel it is better to handle the situation that way? That is a load of crap if you think coaches are the ones that make these "rules" or "differences." For one, at least in my area we have many officials with college experience that teach the HS officials. So sometimes the philosophies slip thru and are taught at the High School level. I am not talking about undermining what the NF wants, but using more of a game managemant style rather than using the letter. That has nothing to do with the coaches, that has to do with the officials. And I can tell you that I know of assignors that would make a huge issue if you used this procedure, without making every attempt to prevent having to use it. And it will not be the coach that gets on you, it will be the assignor that will. And when many got on me about how I handled timeouts and informing coaches when they are out, the philosophy that I use comes from a former Big Ten Basketball Official, who happens to be our Head Clinician in our state. And I had officials all over this board telling me that I did not understand the rules or I did not know what I was talking about. But 2-11-6 it not going to get any official in major trouble if they are not doing it as the rulebook states. At least not in my state. But it might in your area or in other states where people claimed this was so important to officiating.
I use that as an example because that was one of the biggest discussions we have had here, but if I go to someone else's state, I might have to change what I do. Because the philsophy here is that coaches should know what their timeout situation is. And in my state the philosophy does vary on how to handle the Resume Play Procedure. And if you use it in the 4th quarter with the game on the line, you might be watching more than you are officiating. Just a fact. You do not have to agree.
Peace