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Originally Posted by budjones05
So last night, I was in a small town Missouri and this team was down by 3 with .2 on the clock. The kid catches the pass and shoots a 3 and it was good before the horn goes off. After talking to my partners, we waved the shot off because the player didn't tap the ball in, but instead caught and shot the ball. The losing coach wants an explanation on why the bucket didn't count and didn't like my answer, but went on to the locker room. Meanwhile, while in the dressing room, a mom, (ex-official basketball official) wants my name and number so she can call and complain to MSHSAA. I told her to get out of my face and she had no right to talk to me after a game. WE had a little mob after the game, but the police were on hand and they escort us to our cars. Never seen this happen before, but glad the police was on hand.
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Why didn't calling official wave this off initially? Were you coming out of a TO, where you had time to discuss this prior to inbounding? An initial wave off would have been more palatable to the angry mob. Bottom line you were correct, but a little preventative medicine would have helped assuage things
That said, I'm sitting here in my office having the luxury of reflecting back to what you should have done.