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Originally posted by Whistles & Stripes
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Originally posted by Blind & lovin' it
My worst game of the 2005 (and that I can remember being a part of ever) so far was a frosh boys game two weeks ago. 41 fouls (23 on white, 18 on red) - and the fans said we were letting them get away with murder. At least both coaches were sympathetic - I guess they knew what they had.
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It's amazing how we can feel we have a game under control and the perception of the fans can be completely different. After a game a couple of weeks ago, I spoke to a woman in my office who was at half of a game I had worked where we called 46 total fouls (Her husband coaches another school in the conference and they were scouting). At the end of the 1st Quarter, team fouls were 9-9. We as the officials thought we had a pretty good handle on things. We weren't hearing squat from the coaches. And yet, when I talked to this lady on Monday morning, she thought we were letting one team get away with way too much.
On that same note, one of the teams involved in this game has now played 3 games this year, with total foul counts of 44, 46 and 46. I've worked 2 of those 3 games, and in neither of them did we feel like we had lost control of the game.
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Since when does not hearing from coaches mean anything? How often do people on this forum state that coaches don't know anything about officiating? We all bash on coaches for what we hear them say. So how can they be so brilliant now that they haven't said "squat" during your game?
Its hard to lose control of a 32 minute game when 46 fouls are called. Now add to this however many violations were called, call it 10, but it is likely that it was actually less, plus any OOB calls. It sounds more like there was too much control being exerted. Did either team break a sweat?
What was the foul count for each team? If the foul calls went mostly against one team, maybe the lady in your office is correct. Ticky-tack calls at one end, obvious calls at the other would also serve as validation to a fan that one team is getting away with more than the other.
[Edited by icallfouls on Dec 20th, 2005 at 07:39 PM]