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Originally posted by just another ref
the more they take. This may be a stretch, but I think some of the tiny things that are put under the microscope
on this forum are the root of a larger problem. When we talk about things like 0&00 that is one thing. I would like to see some of the specifics removed from the book and left under the 2-3 blanket. BUT, more and more things are entering the category: You just don't call that. The three second rule is the punch line in a hundred jokes. The traveling rule is being ripped to shreds every night.
When the defender was over the sideline up to his armpits and I gave a warning immediately followed by a T my assignor said "Technically, you were right, but don't make any more 'two bit' calls." Recently at a VB game on an out-of-bounds play A1 ran around a screen, 10-15 feet outside the sideline, and then reentered the court. Naturally, no call. I asked a coach friend if he was even aware of this rule. He said that he sorta knew it was a rule but only (insert your favorite "picky" official's name here) would make that call.
Where does it end?
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When an assignor says, "Don't call that" it's a whole different thing from when a coach says, "Only so-and-so would call that."
The main problem is the NBA. In the NBA, the rules are there to make the game more entertaining. The rest of us play under rules that are there to define the Game of Basketball. There are variations of this around the country, and from middle school to college, but most people don't understand that these variations are minor compared to the fundamental differences between the NBA and Everybody Else.
So your assignor is discussing a variation between how he wants boundary plane violations called, as opposed to how that rule is written in the NFHS rule book.
The coach you were talking to was seeing basketball as entertainment, and wanted to keep the "Wow" factor, where fans go, "Ooo, ah, great play!"
I disagree with your assignor on how he wants the boundary plane violations and T's called, but it's his perogative to dictate the tone in the games he assigns.
The coach, on the other hand, isn't talking about a Game, he's talking about what gives him that little flutter of thrill. His opinions should have no weight at all.