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Originally Posted by Cobra
Yes, they are ignorant...sort of like officials who refer to all other officials as referees  They may be intelligent people in their normal lives but but it is easy to see that they are ignorant when it comes to the rules of basketball. These people yell things like "no contact?!?!" when they expect a foul on the defense but the defender had legal guarding position and was vertical. They yell "but it was tipped" on backcourt violations when the offense was last to touch in the frontcourt. They yell "he lifted his pivot foot" when wanting a traveling call after the player released a pass or try before bringing the foot back down.
Just by listening to them talk it is obvious that the vast majority are ignorant of the rules. Of course not using the term endline isn't as important as other things but it is still an indicator of overall rules knowledge. |
Good luck, my friend. Perhaps at some point, you will look at coaches in a different light. If not, you can continue your "I am smart, they are ignorant" mentality. Of course, they may know significantly more than you do about the tactics of basketball while not knowing a few of the nuances of the game, but if you want to view others as "ignorant" that is your choice.
I am guessing that you don't know ever nuance of every rule, either, but if you wish to think yourself as being infallible, once again, good luck...
I am guessing that I would not want to see you referee, oops, officiate my game. Officials that know everything about the game tend to be rather mediocre REFEREES in my opinion.
P.S. Um, I believe that one of the officials in each game is actually called a referee, but I am sure you already knew that.