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Originally posted by truerookie
JR, I have been watching the experienced officials in my area and it is like kids at recess. Coaches wondering; at half-court (not substituting); on the base-line; two steps on the court. The coaches are all over the place. I have gone so far to ask a few why they do not enforce the box. Reply: If they are not on my back I do not care. The preception to me is they are limiting their responibilities to the action within the boundary lines. This is frustrating because a Rookie is applying the rule where others do not bother. Thus becoming "that guy".
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Don't be "that guy"!!!
Rook, there are battles to be fought--- but this ain't one of them. From a political standpoint, you could severely retard your advancement curve in your area if you stray away from the way other officials are handling the box in practice.
Consider:
1) Everyone- players, coaches, officials- wants a uniform application of the rules. Coaches need to know what they can or cannot do. If the rest of your compadres are letting 'em roam as long as they aren't yapping, and you T them up for doing the exact same thing, it's pretty much guaranteed that you're gonna get a lot of practice in your game management skills. Read- major, big time arguments.
2) The officials aren't really limiting their "responsibilities to the action within the boundary line". It is more likely that they have made a collective decision as to what actions they
will allow
outside the boundary lines. They aren't really shirking their responsibilities- they are defining those responsibilities internally. That might be opposite to what the FED has put out in their POE, but it certainly won't be the first time that officials' groups have decided not to follow a POE to the letter. Iow, it ain't necessarily a "bad" thing.
Don't let these things get to you. In some areas, you just have to go with the flow. Relax and chill.