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Originally posted by williebfree
Mr. ThadBrown:
You are making far too many assumptions and you know what they say about assumptions.
When was the last time that a disgruntled fan, or more specifically YOU, demanded a public apology for a player of your team for making a turnover or shooting an airball or missing an uncontested lay-up?
Bottom Line: Players hate making mistakes: shooting airballs or missing lay-ups, but these happen and most people accept them as part of the game. Officials hate making mistakes but they are human and it also happens on rare occasions. Some fans imply that officials intentionally kick calls to cheat for a team. That is a stab at the integrity of officials. Sadly it appears that you have stooped that low. I am dissappointed and embarrassed for you.
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This was not just some inadvertant whistle. Well, it was, but then it blew up in a major way.
The official sounded his whistle to acknowledge a time-out request following a basket late in the game. But for some reason that I don't recall exactly (some reason why he shouldn't have granted the time-out) he chose to play on and ignore his own whistle.
When he heard the whistle for the time-out, the kid that got T'd came onto the floor (in the bench area) whooping it up 'cause his team had just taken the lead or something akin to it. The official kept quiet about the whistle and allowed the crew to assess the T.
The official continued to deny that he'd sounded the whistle until a local tv station that broadcast the game was able to demonstrate that the official had indeed blown his whistle.
As I recall, the official had also denied blowing his whistle to his supervisor. The league slapped the guy around pretty good, took a few games away and denied him any conference tournament games.
All this is well documented.
Sure, it was just an inadvertant whistle. But the official's shameful behavior after the whistle allowed the player in question to be torn apart on national television and very literally cost the team the game.
So give thadbrown his due on this. He's got a legitimate gripe. Of course, he should have moved on with his life a long time ago too.
