[Old School]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

Even if you had T'd the coach, and I would have, you would not be taking the game away from the kids. He had already done that with his comments that drew a T. Giving the T might educate the coach and kids about respect for officials. All about me, you guys are sickening.

The score should never dictate whether or not an official makes a call. Nobody ever said this. I am a firm believer that you should not call the game according to the score, however, in actual practice it does happen. In the case here, where you got a one point game, I think it was a good decision to let the comment slide.

If there is a foul or violation that has been called consistently throughout the game - it should be called every time it occurs. The problem is, this was not a violation but a TF. Since no T's had been called to this point. How does that effect your analogy now? If the coach has been a saint up to this point in the game. I would ignore the comment and chalk it up to emotion. Remember the old saying, sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me, unless you are a basketball official

I HATE it when I hear someone say something like; "it's a tight one - don't call anything unless there's blood. Let the kids decide it" As far as I'm concerned - the kids do decide it but the deciding factor could have been a player doing something illegal that required an official to make a call.

Welcome to officiating. You hate to have a game come down to an officials call, but sometimes it happens.