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Originally posted by mick
Mark,
I occasionally see it called by veteran officials; but, yeah, "hardly ever",... except by the Byron collar guys.
mick
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Speaking of the collar guys, I worked two rec girls games with one of them last Sunday. First game JV, second game varsity. He kicked a number of calls (none for carrying, however), consistently called in my area, didn't know the over and back rule at all, wore an association patch from an association he quit years ago ("It's the only shirt I got"), wore a watch and also had bad breath.
Other than that, he was pretty good.
Actually, the worst problem I had with him was a T that he called against one of the varsity coaches. The guy hadn't said a word the entire game and we were now in the 4th quarter with his team up by 1. Earlier, the coach asked me about an over and back call I made (which I explained) and he did it just the way you want a coach to do it - he waited for a break, then asked it very politely. After I explained it, he nodded his head and thanked me. He then explained it to his player.
So, anyway, we're in the 4th quarter and a defender was slightly hand checking his dribbler. All he said was "get her off, please". He only said it once and he barely raised his voice. All of a sudden - WHACK!
This was at The Hoop in Beaverton, OR, where there is a house rule that all technicals are two shots, possession and an automatic two points for the other team. It's a really harsh penalty and this definitely was a contributing factor in his team losing by 3.
Yes - I discussed all this with "Collar-boy" but I got the feeling it just rolled off his collar.