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Old Sun Aug 25, 2013, 03:49pm
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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
As stated, this has nothing to do with grey hair or age of the officials. I know very young officials that do the same thing and bail on shots and still get beat. If you are trained enough in 3 person, you will get beat and that is OK. And it is not because of how fast you are, but if you are doing the right things there will get beat on a fast break you just will not completely anticipate and the players are going to have a head start on you. I am certainly not slow and I accept the fact with my training I will get beat from time to time. The rebound is just more important then being ahead of a couple of players for a moment.

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Agreed. Best statement I heard regarding this type of situation: "Officiate what's in front of you, not what you think will happen."
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