[CoachFred]

Do officials in your associations go over player and team tendencies in the pregame meetings?

I have been told by officials in the associations that do our games that they discuss certain tendencies to watch for about our team. Examples include,

you have to watch player #35, he has a tendency to travel before he dribbles.....Team A sets a lot of illegal screens.....#43 initiates a lot of contact when he drives, make sure not to bail him out with a foul....things like this.

I think this creates a bias going into the game.

I feel that we have some pretty good officials, but I don't see why this is necessary. Can somebody defend this?