Wed Nov 02, 2005, 06:48pm
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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
I was working with a newer guy last year who, in his haste, put the ball in play with 6 on the floor. I had my hand up as I knew they hadn't completed the substitution and he didn't make eye contact with me.
I agressively stopped play (the ball MIGHT have come onto the floor) and I had one of the players sent off. No technical, no complaining either.
A gross error on the part of the officials in managing the game shouldn't penalize either team.
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I agree. Completely. And that would be the right thing to do.
But it's not the same as a sitch where no one noticed the mistake until after a shot had been taken by the other team. At that point, we are told exactly what to do, and we have to do it. THere's no judgment, common sense or anything else involved. Rules knowledge is important. That doesn't have to exclude the possibility of being able to admit I'm wrong. But when the rules are specific about how to handle a certain sitch, that's what we're there for. Otherwise, there's no point having rules at all.
When my evaluators are watching, they're seeing a team. If my partner goofs up, it's my fault too. If I goof up, we both look bad. So in this situation, if it's me that gave the ball to the wrong team, I'm gonna hustle over and apologize to the coach, explain the rule, and then get the ball into play. And you're going to have egg on your face too, but you've got to back me up. Period. If you're the one who let the wrong inbounder have the ball, I'm going to try to stop you from having a do-over. But if you insist, then I'm going to have egg on my face same as you. But it'll be two eggs, not one because now we've goofed twice.
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Now you're picking and choosing the rules you want to enforce. By the letter of the rule, the ball became live when the throw-in official handed the ball to the player. We do what we gotta do.
IMO, black-and-white "rulebook" officials bring a lot of problems upon themselves. Those who see all the gray are much more successful.
Z
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