Offensive or a Block??

[Cole4088]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

I would agree with charge calls.

And be careful about engaging with coaches personally. Not a good practice to start and our assn forbids it. Just something to think about.

Your association basically says you can't be friends with coaches?? Yikes. Well, I'm from a middle size town 200,000 people and many officials and coaches are friends off the court. Today I was at a funeral with 5 officials and 4 or 5 coaches. Last Saturday I was at a local pub with a bunch of officials and coaches. This particular coach has been one of my good friends since I was young. I am doing his game tonight everyone knows I'm his friend and everyone knows I'm impartial as well. I think that line of officials stay away from coaches is a bad line. Anyways, I told him PC all day.

[BlueDevilRef]

Originally Posted by Cole4088

Your association basically says you can't be friends with coaches?? Yikes. Well, I'm from a middle size town 200,000 people and many officials and coaches are friends off the court. Today I was at a funeral with 5 officials and 4 or 5 coaches. Last Saturday I was at a local pub with a bunch of officials and coaches. This particular coach has been one of my good friends since I was young. I am doing his game tonight everyone knows I'm his friend and everyone knows I'm impartial as well. I think that line of officials stay away from coaches is a bad line. Anyways, I told him PC all day.

No no. Don't take me wrong. More so they forbid issues like this. Coaches/officials interacting about games and officiating issues. Not so much of being friends with someone off the floor, though it's probably best to limit that stuff as much as possible. Basketball fans are so nuts, I don't want to give any air of impropriety.

[BillyMac]

Player control foul.

[crosscountry55]

RA block....oh wait, my bad.

PC every day and twice on Sunday.

[Cole4088]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

No no. Don't take me wrong. More so they forbid issues like this. Coaches/officials interacting about games and officiating issues. Not so much of being friends with someone off the floor, though it's probably best to limit that stuff as much as possible. Basketball fans are so nuts, I don't want to give any air of impropriety.

Oh yeah that makes sense. He will hit me up with a rules question here and there. I provide the answer. I think it does good. Like in this sense I showed him responses and he gets it now.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Cole4088

Oh yeah that makes sense. He will hit me up with a rules question here and there. I provide the answer. I think it does good. Like in this sense I showed him responses and he gets it now.

What if you had thought the officials missed the call?

[ballgame99]

I'm surprised coach didn't say something about the defender being under the basket.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Adam

What if you had thought the officials missed the call?

I assign as well as officiate.

If a coach in my conference asks me to look at video, he gets the truth as I see it. 80% of the time, he doesn't like my answer. If I didn't answer honestly the 20% of the time the coach was right, I have no credibility.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Rich

I assign as well as officiate.

If a coach in my conference asks me to look at video, he gets the truth as I see it. 80% of the time, he doesn't like my answer. If I didn't answer honestly the 20% of the time the coach was right, I have no credibility.

I think your position as an assigner probably gives you the responsibility to provide that sort of feedback. Other officials may be comfortable doing so for friends and close colleagues, even if they're not in positions of authority. I'd be very hesitant to even comment that the officials were right for the very reason you mention, and it's the reason I asked the question.

If you're going to say when you think the officials were right, you have to be willing to say you think the officials missed it.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Cole4088

... Last Saturday I was at a local pub with a bunch of officials and coaches. This particular coach has been one of my good friends since I was young. I am doing his game tonight everyone knows I'm his friend and everyone knows I'm impartial as well. ...

How does everyone know you are impartial?

Are there officials in your association who are known to be partial?