[JRutledge]

Originally posted by BigDave

Trust me, it's not us officials resisting the move to 3-man, it's the schools and their cashflow that is resisting.

I much prefer to work 3-man. I have a lot of experience at some pretty high levels with it. My point was, it is not "a must" for HS basketball. Is it better? Sure it is. But not required in order to play the game.

As far as the "bullshit" comment, I'll chalk that up to your emotions.

I have to agree with TH on this one. 3 Person mechanics does not make officials lazy at all. There might be individuals that are lazy, but that says more about them than anything. But in 3 man, you have to work harder in many ways and trust your partners more than in 2 person. I did several 2 person varsity boys games this year, more than I was used to, and I found myself a step behind or not seeing everything. Instead in 3 person, I felt much more confident about what I called and when a player got called for a foul and complained that the other player did this first, then I can confidently respond to the player and the coach and descibe what I saw. Bob and I did a varsity game together, and we called several off ball fouls. Almost every call I made, I know I saw the back end of what had transpired. It might have been the correct call, but something happen first many times. And I found myself looking through players and looking around players, instead of seeing the entire play as it developed.