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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
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crew - I cannot agree with the philosophy that calling a block/charge one way on one end of the court should influence how you call one on the other side of the court - or even how you would make the call if it happened next on the same side of the court.
No two plays are 100.0000000000000...% identical. You call each play according to how you see it - period. If it looked similar to a play on the other end but you made the call the other way because that was the correct call for that play, then you are doing your job properly.[/QUOTE]
i agree that no 2 plays are 100% identical. what i am saying is that if a block/charge on one end is very close/tough(meaning it is difficult to decide if the D was legal or illegal) and on the other end another block/charge play occurs that is tough the same call should be made. i am not saying that if the play was tough at one end and obvious at the other to make the same call.
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"Consistency", as you call it, is not having one call influence the next. It's applying the same principles of decision - making evenly throughout the game from start to finish.
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not all plays are easy to call and have 100% confidence that you made the correct call. therefor play memorization is a tool that can help decide the call. coaches, supervisors, fans, and officials want to have consistency on the court to keep the playing field level.
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Remember - your job (believe it or not) is to make sure the best team wins. I've explained this philosophy before.
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my job is not to make sure the best team win, my job is to make the playing court fair/even because the best team does not always win. if the best team always won why do we need tournaments or even a season, we would just award the championship trophy to duke/L.A. right now. read this last sentence with a grain of salt.(it is kinda sarcastic)