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Originally posted by SMEngmann
I agree with Rut, and I really think it's nitpicky to deduct on an evaluation for simply saying, "on the floor" or even "stays here." I've sat courtside in D1 games and heard those exact same terms from NCAA tourney officials. Both terms, especially "on the floor" are communicative and as long as the communication is clear I personally don't see a problem as they can facilitate better dead ball administration than doing nothing. To ding an official on an evaluation for something so, IMO, minor, is myopic because you're losing sight of the whole official (calls, judgement, mechanics, positioning, game management) in the specifics of minor terminology. Granted there are better ways of communicating, and we should all strive for that, but this is really pretty ticky tack, again IMHO.
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While I understand why you say "stay here" is something minor, I think it's interesting that you mention positioning as something that is important. A small or "minor" step left or right makes all the difference in the world to get a good look. Plus, we can't do the same things now that a current D1 official did before they moved up. Times change, mechanics change and we must change with them. I can't understand someone saying something is minor when you consider all the competition to move up.
Most of the time, there is a reason to do something and a reason not to do something. We are talking about a reason to say the color or a reason to say something other than the color. When someone steps in the center circle before the jump and says the color, while pointing the appropriate way, why don't they say "this way, that way?" What about reporting to the table. It seems like other things are based on communicating the colors the teams are wearing. Why is the use of color on an out of bounds play so easily dismissed when it could be just as easily used the same way as other times in the game?
Finally, "stay here" isn't a color.
[Edited by tomegun on Nov 18th, 2005 at 06:43 AM]