[Gimlet25id]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

You can call a double foul for many situations. You know this. Stop trying to act like you have never saw one before.

No kidding! Thats why I made the following comment,

Originally Posted by Gimlet25id
Don't get off point. Obviously I know we have double fouls elsewhere.

Originally Posted by JRutledge
First of all if you really want to be technical, you could have a double foul in these situations.

What does, "these situations" mean? We are talking about the block/charge, BLARGE situation.

You are just another example of why the "get it right" philosophy is wrong.

Why is philosophy so wrong? Usually if partners get together the intent is to try and get the call right. We wouldn't get together to get it wrong.

What you might think is right, to someone else would be done wrong.

Exactly why we would get together to see what we both had to make the correct call.

If you get together what is likely going to happen is the stronger and more respected official is going to get their way. It will not be about actually being right.

I suppose that this is possible. I have never worked with partners where they weren't willing to take information from their parthers....I think because the most important thing is to, guess what......get the call right! Imagine that we actually want to do what we get paid for. Coaches could care less how you get to the right decision just as long as you get there.

I feel the NCAA Women's rule is stupid. You do not have to agree with me. That is my opinion and I am sticking to it.

Naturally I don't agree with you. I would never say that the Men's way of doing it was stupid. However I've been fortunate enough to work Men's and Women's and have experienced this call on both sides. Now granted you never want it to happen, but when it does you have to make a ruling. The Men only have one option, double foul. Neither coach was very happy. On the Women's we got together and made the correct call,(which by the way was validated by the tape.) Granted the visiting coach wasn't happy because she thought her player had a LGP, which she didn't. We explained that she didn't and that the contact was initiated by her player. She didn't agree but it didn't matter. The tape supported the call. We got it right. Mind you we could've gotten wrong, but we didn't. The one good thing is that we didn't have to go double foul and penalize a player that didn't deserve the penalty. We would have been 100% wrong if we had to call a double foul.

Either you do not understand 3 man coverage or you do not understand the conversation we had a while back. Maybe being in Indiana you do not work a lot of 3 man.

95% of the games I work every year is 3 person, anywhere from 75-85 games each season. I feell like I have a pretty good handle on working the 3 person system.

But it is very common when the ball goes to the cup (where these blarges happen) the official that started the play takes it to its finish.

Since most of the basketball I work is on the Women's side we look @ this different. We would rather the official who's primary the play happens in call the play. Most Blarges are always going towards lead away from either C or T.

Good for you. You can think everything they do is right. I personally do not care. I did not ask for your opinion

I don't always think I'm right. I was merely stating why I like the Women's mechanic on handling the Blarge better. Then you directed your opinion @ me, I'm @ least entitled to a response.