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Originally posted by JRutledge
I picked on some technics that I might use to help me run the game and deal with coaches. The officials took several opportunities to talk to players and coaches during the dead ball sitautions. During FTs especially. Ed Hightower for example talked to coaches several times and directly confronted the coach if he felt they were getting out of line. He even T'd Gene Keady from Purdue after trying to warn him in some capacity.
I even noticed that every time there was an end of game sitaution, the officials would huddle like the teams and talk about the possible problems that can occur. At least I can say that is what it looked like. You get to see the expressions, see what they do during those long TV timeouts. Basically you never see on TV.
And yes, the "court presence" was definitely there with all the officials. All of them handled themselves on the court as professionals and did not get caught up or appear to get caught up. There was even a "fight" or actions that appeared to be a fight between Minnesota and Illinois. The way they handled the sitation was rather interesting and I got to see things that I would not have a chance to if I was watching the game on the tube. I learned a lot of my own ability and the way I can handle things.
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I agree that going to live games of the higher levels, such as Div 1 and pro is very educational. I can't afford Blazer games, much, but do go to Portland Fire games regularly, and some D 1 play around here (we don't get a lot of great college, but some). It's a great experience for learning and adding to the data bank.