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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
It's usually not a "crew" in the true sense of the word, as they put together a crew of the top officials (in their eyes) in the women's game. If they don't usually work together as a crew, you would be trying to guess the way the game will be called without any real basis to know how that group will get together and officiate.
Time is better spent analyzing their opponent 
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Hardly consistent with the opinion you put forth in our discussion earlier today. IMO.
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Completely consistent, IMO. I don't think either coach would have expected that Duke- Uconn crew to officiate the way they did. So what good would it have done to think too much about it? The crew is going to get together a day or so before the game to decide how they are going to work together.
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You claimed earlier the earth was knocked off it's axis by 5 deg because the game was not called as expected which lead to confusion among the players & coaches. In other words they anticipated and planned for a particular style of officiating. On the other hand, you say here that there's no use in worrying about the officials and your time is better spent making sure your team is ready to play.
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OK, go ahead and take one statement and make it mean something exactly the opposite of what I said. You amaze me. In your strong desire to win another argument, one in which I have conceded we will just disagree, you turn my main point completely opposite of what it was.
I never mentioned anticipate or plan - those are your words in this post only. I said they were accustomed to a certain style of play adopted over all of their games this winter, and that trying to completely change how two teams play defense in response to calls that players can't easily figure out is hard for a single game. If anything, the teams did NOT take time to make a special plan for this group of officials, although I am not sure why they would. I don't think any of the individuals in this group had a previous habit of calling things tight.
I never suggested that they game planned around the officials, in fact I think the opposite. Read what I say, and don't try to make it into what it would have been convenient for me to have said.