[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Old School

This is the damage the kool-aide is doing to you. It causes your one-track mind to lock-up on one subject, and everything that is being discussed from this point on is about this one subject. Okay, I'm going to try this real slow for you mentally challenged, it's all about me forum members.

Time and distance is very important to officiating the game of basketball. Hence, I am not talking about establishing LGP. Maybe I better say that again for the kool-aide drinkers. I am not talking about establishing LGP. You need to get to the proper area on the court to be able to correctly referee any play. Time and distance is of immense importance to this. There is a term in officiating we call straight-line (SL) and if you don't know what it is, look it up. You need to be in a position to see both players. If you are SL, it will take some time to get to the proper distance you need to be at to properly referee the play. If something happens while you are in transition to get to this point, it is very likely, you may miss it.

In this play, if I am standing where the camera angle is, I have a great position to view this play. I can see both players. If, I'm on the other side as the Lead, I need to come over to view this play. While I'm in transition, I won't have the same angle as if I was standing on the other side to begin with. Without being able to see the entire play, my call may not be as accurate. If someone tries to tells you there is only TWO things to consider in a block charge play. Don't believe them. They may also try to get you to drink some kool-aide. Don't do it, run away from them the first chance you get!

Again, as many others have tried to tell you, time and distance have nothing to do with this play - stop trying to use that argument to justify making bad calls...secondly, this was in transition - or for a non-basketball type like you, it was a fast break...there is no way that the Lead could have gotten across the court in time to "get a better angle" as you put it...the angle the Lead had was a fine angle to see if the defender had established LGP and took the blow to the torso - which is what happened and the Lead made a great call...