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Originally posted by tomegun
There are several posts that lead me to believe many games elswhere are all peaches and cream.
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You must be talking about Georgia - I certainly don't see many of those games around here.
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Originally posted by tomegun
Looking outside your area can be a career ender; not because what you see/call in the area you are watching, but what can occur in the area you are supposed to be watching!
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Again, in almost all situations, I totally agree with you. And, in most situations, I have partners that believe the same as well. However, in this specific case, not getting the (perhaps) game-deciding call right could also be a career-ender. In college, and perhaps HS as well, the first person the supervisor is going to talk to after watching the tape would be the C - what happened to put them in that position, why were they so close to the play, etc. Then, the next question will be to the partners - how come they didn't see anything? Remember, this was a transition, so we all have wider, less-defined areas to cover. And, since this was close to an end-of-game, who had the last shot? Ok, obviously not the L, but perhaps an example of how someone else could be aware of the ball without it being in their primary.
Now, in my area, most HS all hire their own officials; except for one league, there is no assignor or association that assigns the games. So the AD's and coaches really don't care whose call it is or isn't, just how come three officials missed it. And if 3 officials can't get a game-deciding call right, why pay for 3 officials? Let's save some money and go back to paying for 2. That's where I'm coming from - our credibility in this case comes from getting the call right.
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Originally posted by tomegun
I wonder if anyone suggesting "get it right" ever says players don't have fundamentals like the used to. We have fundamentals too!
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Absolutely. And in most cases, the fundamentals will serve us well. But even one of the most fundamentally sound players I know, Tim Duncan, will occasionally do the spectacular move, if needed. So can we - we should be fundamentally sound all game; but every once in a while we should be prepared to be spectacular as well.