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Originally posted by Nevadaref
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Mick is right here. I do tend to take a different approach at times. I like to push the envelope on wording of the rules, philosophy, and human interactions in the game.
For example, you said that you would flip out if you merely picked up on an official doing this in your game, what if the official flat out told you he was doing this?
In the recent tournament that I did in Las Vegas I told a coach from Oregon straight to his face that I would never call a travel on a certain play that he was whining about.
The play in question was that twice in the first 5 minutes of the game his team's press was broken for uncontested lay-ups. On both plays I was the lead and the player making the basket with no one within 30 feet of him probably took an extra half step. I ignored it both times. The coach complained to me after the second play that this was a travel. I told him that he should be more concerned with his team getting back on defense and that if he didn't have a defender anywhere in area I was never going to call that a travel. He really didn't like that saying that a travel was a travel, but I believed that he was simply begging for anything that would help his team after they had not played quality defense, and told him I will call advantage/disadvantage. I don't feel a bit bad about what I said to him and I would do it again. Incidently, his team lost 80-77 in 2OT. I'm sure he thought that I screwed him.
[/B][/QUOTE]As far as I'm concerned,I'll agree that you screwed the Coach.You screwed the poor kids on his team too. You're flat out wrong on this one! Don't try to apply an NBA philosophy to games being played at other levels. Advantage/disadvantage DOESN'T apply to players taking an extra,illegal step. Never has and never will,especially at the high school level. Maybe in a blowout,you can turn a blind eye on an extra step,but to not make the call properly in a close game is absolutely freaking ridiculous!And to top it all off,you then admit to the coach that he is right,but you didn't feel like calling it according to the rules? WOW!
You're not pushing the envelope,Nevada. You're creating your own personal set of rules. Good luck to ya!
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Aug 2nd, 2003 at 06:52 AM]