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1. There is always room for any person in this country to voice his own personal opinion whether others agree with it or not.
2. There are certain facts that can be observed by anyone who watches some of these guys work, no matter what level that observer is currently officiating at or even if he officiates at all.
a. David Hall often squats down, puts his hands on his knees, and leans from side to side while officiating.
b. Hightower frequently leans instead of moving his feet when at the C or T. Kind of a wobble or teeter. Sometimes he will take a spot in the middle of the lane when working as the Lead.
These guys are old school and likely have been doing these things long before the "mechanics" that we have now were ever put in. Perhaps they even came up with some of them. 3-man wasn't invented in a day. It was evolved. Maybe they shouldn't be forced to change/conform entirely.
3. However, it is debatable whether these actions help these people get a better angle to see a play. I do know that I and many others on this forum have been instructed NOT to do these exact actions at camps, sometimes run by the very people who do it! I guess it's: Do what I say, not what I do.
4. Do they get a high percentage of their calls correct (say 90%+) and how much of a role do their movements/mechanics play in the correctness or incorrectness? That is also up for debate.
5. Both of the men named above know far more about officiating basketball than I probably ever will. Does that mean that they are above critique? Nope. Does it mean that I cannot say anything about their games? I don't think so.
[Edited by Nevadaref on Mar 16th, 2006 at 03:52 AM]
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