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I also would like some opinions by officials on the judgement of this play. [/B]
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Coach,I'll give you the same answers that I gave on the other board:
1)It is strictly a judgement call by the calling official as to whether the foul occured before the period ended.
2)The period ends when the horn goes off,not when the clock reads 0:00 seconds.
3)The timer is allowed,by rule,a one-second time lag to stop the clock in cases like this.Therefore,time should not have been put back on the clock.
4)If the period is over,as in this case,the players do not line up along the lane by rule.
5)Everything that the calling official did was completely justified by the rulebook.
6)The trail official could have talked to his partner about the time remaining,but he can NEVER over-rule his partner.There is no option in high school ball that will allow a video replay of the call either.
7)The trail official was completely wrong and unprofessional to make those comments to you about the timing.That's strictly his judgement,also,and it can never help in a situation like this.All it does is make you madder,without explaining the ins and outs of the call.
The bottom line,Coach,is that it was strictly a judgement call by the official that didn't go your way.The other coach probably thinks that the call was 100% correct,though.
Welcome to the board.Always glad to have coaches here.We've got some guys that already post here that are pretty sharp dudes,rules-wise.
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Jan 1st, 2003 at 07:03 AM]