Make Up Calls ...

[JRutledge]

Watching enough video of myself calling the game, I am never completely confident if I have missed or made a bad call at the time of the game. I might have not made a call I love because of other factors. But rarely do I walk away knowing what mistake I made. I tend to make note of those plays and then go look at them when I get the chance. Then when I see it on video, I can make a better assessment of the quality of the call. So if I get crap for something, I keep focused and do what I feel I should do. Saying all of that, I tend to not feel I need to make up anything. I might make note of something that took place and make sure I do not miss it again but not where one team is screwed and then I go help the other team out on the floor. I might miss an illegal screen and say to myself, "Gotta get the next one...." and then I call the game accordingly. But never deliberately call something to make a coach or player happy because of a previous missed call. I think it is a bad practice to try to do, even if you do not say you are doing that.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I tend to not feel I need to make up anything. I might make note of something that took place and make sure I do not miss it again but not where one team is screwed and then I go help the other team out on the floor. I might miss an illegal screen and say to myself, "Gotta get the next one ..." and then I call the game accordingly. But never deliberately call something to make a coach or player happy because of a previous missed call.

Well put.

I'm pretty sure that there are officials out there who create make up calls, not to please coaches, but because of a sincere desire to "straighten things out to make the game fair".

In my opinion, that's not the way to "straighten things out to make the game fair".

The proper way, as JRutledge so well stated, is to work harder, get in the best position, be prepared, concentrate, and avoid further mistakes ("Gotta get the next one ...")

Whether it's a creating a make up call, or having a second blown call, either way, a second wrong still don't make a right.

An official makes it right, and straightens things out to make the game fair, by trying one's best to avoid a second possible blown call.

That being said, there certainly are officials out there who create make up calls to please coaches.

Connecticut coaches "vote" officials into the state tournament.

What some Connecticut officials don't realize is that by pleasing one "voting" coach, one is probably pissing off another "voting" coach.