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Originally posted by coachz_216
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1)As for you assertion about my "smug, self-serving statements", I didn't make them to impress anyone--I simply was replying to a person who seemed to think I didn't have an understanding of the game. I was trying to point out some of my background to show them that my views of the game don't come from just an "interested fan's" perspective. I do know this game.
2) I'm just trying to point out that, in this case, IMO the Fed has made a bad rule and it seems to me that the best remedy (for now), is for officials to exercise common sense and not unduly penalize a defender for stepping out of bounds to maintain proper guarding position just because the Fed can't figure out that in order to maintain proper position near a boundary, a defender has to be allowed to step OOB.
[/B][/QUOTE]1) That "person" wasn't talking about your understanding of the "game". She was talking about your understanding of a "rule". There's a helluva big difference right there . That "person" may not know as much about the "game" as you do, but I guarantee you that she knows more about the "rules" than you do.
2) Whether the rule is "good" or "bad" isn't the point. The point is that it is a very explicit rule and we, as officials, have been told by the NFHS that they want it called in a very explicit manner as very explicitly specified by them. That's a whole bunch of "explicits" right there! When it comes to calling something by rule, the only choices that we really have are (1) a no-call or (2) calling it right. We don't have the option of making up our own rules, which is what you are basically suggesting. You're talking about teaching proper defensive techniques to your players. Well, what happens if you teach them those proper techniques,and your defensive players are now getting the fouls called on them because the officials are saying that they don't like or agree with your techniques and their "common sense" is telling them to call all of the fouls on your defenders until they change. That's not really much different than what your suggesting above, imo.