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Originally Posted by Bearfanmike20
I'm not giving advice. I wouldn't have the first clue on what that was like.
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But you do have a clue about...
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Originally Posted by Bearfanmike20
Sometimes as refs we get hung up on technicalities and forget common sense.
Sometimes we (meself included) think too hard about this stuff.
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And you've done how many games to come to this conclusion?
In this case, I am (figuratively) shooting the messanger; the message is OK, but it is coming from someone without the basketball officiating experience to really back it up. Reading this forum does not amount to enough credibility for this. You can read every word of every post and still not be able to put it into action on the floor.
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Originally Posted by Bearfanmike20
During the game do you ever find yourself trying to get the spit out of your whistle??... Not somthing I would have thought about before I started doing this, but they should have a release valve or somthing...
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So a new intern walks up to a group of doctors who've performed various levels of surgery and says, "Sometimes we, as doctors, should..." By the time he is finished with the sentence, the surgeons have all walked away shaking their heads.
On his first day in the shop, before working on any cars besides in the back yard (rec leagues), the freshly certified mechanic says to the group of experienced mechanics, "Sometimes we, as mechanics, should..." After catching a wrench upside the head, the new mechanic begins his first oil change job.
Start slowly grasshopper - listen and learn in near silence. There is a ton of information to take in concerning a basketball game and a ton of plays to make before you get comfortable. Statements like this at this point in your career are more than likely something repeated from another official - how do you know how hot the fire is before you've ever been in it.
When I figure this whole thing out I will let you know...and I will retire immediately after because I will have gone where no other official has gone. That ain't gonna happen!
