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Originally Posted by drinkeii
I didn't say I HAVE to. I said that it has happened.
As for living, that is just another example of the ego concept - "How could you POSSIBLY want to come into my area that much?" I think if we threw the egos out, and just did our best for the game as a whole (and not just for our individual areas), we would be much better off. You folks are saying it is best for the game if we stay in our own little areas and out of each others. Again, I say, if it is THAT important, make it a rule, and only allow officials to call stuff in their primaries. If there are two games running on parallel courts, I don't have the right to call stuff on the other court - why should I have the right to call stuff outside my primary if I'm never supposed to?
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What in the heck does ego have to do with something are you are totally wrong? You make it sound like when these calls are made, they are always, without fail, correct. You have made comments about "get it right" but all your examples of what you call I can do fine when I am officiating. I do not need someone to call a screen for me. In most cases I am not eye balling the ball handler that I cannot watch things around the ball handler.
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Originally Posted by drinkeii
I have rarely found a basketball official that is willing to admit they messed a call up (and fix it, when possible), except to other officials or other people, like coaches, after a game, when their mistake stands. Basketball officials, of all of the officials I have seen and had contact with, have the biggest ego "My call-right or wrong", or "It was my call to mess up, so stay out of my area". And again, I need to say - I'm not the one determining the right-ness of the call - it is a call that anyone who knows what they are doing that is watching would admit is wrong.
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Maybe that is what takes place where you live, but I work in at levels and with officials where we talk extensively about the games. I know when I screw up I tell my partners. When my partners screw up they talk about it as well. First of all most screw ups are a break down amongst the crew, so even when my partners screw up it is not just about them. Maybe that is a problem with the people you work with or you have not learned to show leadership to get a crew to open up about their mistakes. Also I feel that I do not need partners to admit mistakes for my satisfaction. Ultimately what makes someone a good official is what they do individually. I cannot magically make another official a good official because I am at the game. I have said this before and I will say this again, there is a reason why some officials are seen as good and work with many opportunities and there are reasons why others are held back and have very few opportunities.
Peace