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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Sigh....
Not one post ever about officiating, rules, or mechanics- in either football or basketball. Every post made to date is simply dumping on officials.
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Hi Jurassic
I guess the basketball Forum has it's share of "flame wars" also.
It's a shame because the thread about Joey Crawford should have been titled something along the lines of "how is a Professional official Defined"
It's unfortunate in BIG Time sports that no matter how good of an official you are, you get noted for the ONE BAD call that you made.
We saw this in baseball as well.
Don Denkinger was an excellent baseball official as voted by the coaches and his peers, yet he will be simply be remembered for the Bad call he made in the KC / Cardinals World Series many years back. He received death threats, etc.
Another NBA official that is noted for ONE call that comes to mind is Hugh Holands. To this day the Knicks Bulls series of that era is noted as the "Hugh Hoands" call. I believe the call was on Scotty Pippen of the Bulls at the end of the game.
I do not think we can compare what we do whether you officiate football, basketball or baseball to the PRO level.
The PRO Game is about BIG TIME money - PERIOD. My gut tells me if Joey Crawford "dumped" Joe Smo who hardly sees action, it would have been a non issue, but it was Tim Duncan.
The same would be true of any Official who throws out a star player.
Hopefully after Commissioner Stern is finished with the investigation we will know the REAL truth as to what happened.
See you on the "other side"
Pete Booth