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Originally posted by deecee
he meant they were "Sitting" as in their location relative to the bench not physically sitting.
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Gee, you think? I happen to agree with you, deecee. You can't take what bellnier says as "literally" true.
I doubt that the player literally "threatened" bellnier's daughter's teammate with "physical harm." Most officials would not treat a genuine, literal threat like that with just a warning.
I doubt that the player "screamed at the top of her lungs." Maybe the player said something loud enough for people to hear.
I doubt that the player said what she is alleged to have said "not more than 10 feet from both refs"; in a two-person game, the T and L are not usually so close to each other. Perhaps it happened after the two officials got together while the coach attended to the injured player.... Oh, but that couldn't be the case because the injured girl was "under the far basket."
I doubt that neither of the refs "responded with any kind of action" if what bellnier says is true; I don't care how steely-nerved you are, a girl screaming at the top of her lungs less than 10 feet away is going to at least cause you to look at her to see what's up.
I doubt that "the player screamed so loudly that the entire gym went dead-silent." Really? Even the girl who was crying in pain fell "dead-silent" upon hearing the scream? I don't doubt that the gym was quiet and that a player's comment could be heard clearly; usually, a gym will go quiet when a player goes down with an injury. I think it is far more likely that the gym went quiet for a reason other than this girl's alleged scream.
I doubt that bellnier would be able to recognize "any bias on my part [which] could color the incident worse than it was." Our own biases are hard to detect.
I agree with those who have posted in this thread who opine that if -- and that's a big if -- the events unfolded exactly as described, those events warranted a response from the officials. I remain skeptical about this particular situation because it has been embellished.
I've said plenty enough and mean nobody any ill will. I'm just hoping that when we post plays for which we'd like to receive an opinion, we post those plays as they are and not as we think they need to be for us to get our opinion confirmed.