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As far as letting the players decide the game.
I agree. They decide it in the first minute and the last. If you call a foul in the first minute that same call better be a foul in the last minute or second.
Let the players decide the game is just a way if saying I don't want to make the tough and right call and be the deciding factor in the game. Well, if you don't make that call you are the deciding factor in the game.
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First, I don't believe that you mean that if I make a call early in the game and, upon reflection, decide that call was a poor one, that I should continue to make the same poor call for the rest of the game for the sake of consistency. And when I say poor call, I am not talking about a blown call. I am thinking of a call that might have been a call/no call situation, or a too-quick-call on a meaningless hand check, etc.
Second, there is often a period of time during a game when I need to adjust to the flow, rhythm, skill level, etc. Perhaps I officiated a rec league game one day and a high school game the next. Sometimes I can make the transition immediately, other times it might take a couple of trips up and down the court to get into the groove. Also, no matter how much I talk about in pre-game, there are officials with whom it is more difficult to work because of style differences. It can take some time for that "silent negotiation" to occur to settle into a pattern by which we will "agree" to call the game. I have worked in games where everything went smoothly and consistently from the get-go, but they are the exception and not the rule.
All of this has nothing to do with willingness to make the right call. It is about the typical adjustments that are made during many games.
PS How do you use the quoting feature that puts in the bold face and the cool lines and include who posted the original comment?
[Edited by Rick Durkee on Nov 18th, 2004 at 09:13 AM]
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