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Originally Posted by Gimlet25id
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.
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Do you think that officials go out on the court with the intent to "get it wrong?" Just because you think you are right, does not mean you are right. This is the reason we have 2 or 3 of us out there in the first place.
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Originally Posted by Gimlet25id
Exactly why we would get together to see what we both had to make the correct call. 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.
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You went on and on about ego in the other posts and you think there will not be any ego or strong opinions in this conversation. The Men's and NF procedure takes that the "opinions" out of it.
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Originally Posted by Gimlet25id
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.
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I have worked both Men's and Women's in my career too. This is why I do not like the Women's position. I really do not care what the tape says in this situation. The tape is not something that is going to be discussed until much later. I would rather take the judgment out of the official’s hands in this situation. It is not football and we do not need to debate fouls for a minute or two to make a decision.
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Originally Posted by Gimlet25id
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. 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.
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This is why you like the policy. You have that right. I also have the right to think it is stupid and feel you will not get the "right" call that you will get the call that the crew's strongest official will take. You think a rookie official is going to go against a Final Four official?
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Originally Posted by Gimlet25id
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.
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Fine. Then stop trying to change my position. It is not going to change because you say it here.
Peace