Michigan State v Purdue

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I don't try, and make no effort to do so. As far as I know, there is no delete function in my brain. Wish that there was, for basketball reasons, and reasons, that have absolutely nothing to do with basketball.

My 1975 home phone number just popped into my brain after being forgotten for years (three number prefix of a different number reminded me of it). Don't need it. Don't want it, but it's there. Also have my 1964 home phone number, had it for eleven years, in two different houses, it never left my brain.

Yet I only know the phone numbers of one of my three adult children. Have to check the phone number list (I don't use my cell phone for calls made from home) every time I call the other two. Go figure.

Good reason to stay out rules conversations when young officials need to focus on the here and now and not get distracted by side discussions on what used to be.

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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

Good reason to stay out rules conversations when young officials need to focus on the here and now and not get distracted by side discussions on what used to be.

... As I do when "live" training, observing, critiquing, and/or evaluating inexperienced (both young and old) officials.

I was thinking about this "mysterious" memory thing. In fifth grade, Mr. Macnick had us memorize the capitals of all fifty states (including the "new" states Alaska and Hawaii). Fifty-eight years later and I can remember most, but not all of them. Some capitals are easy to memorize, and I easily remember them, because they're somehow "memorable", large important cities (Atlanta), interesting sounding names (Tallahassee), or places that I've actually visited (Richmond). Other are less memorable for the "opposite" reasons. Why is it that I can remember some of these "less memorable" capitals (Pierre), but not others (Madison)?

Of course, if I were to "try" and go out of my way to study and memorize these state capitals again, I'm sure that I can remember all fifty of them, but without Mr. Macnick's state capital test hanging over my head, why bother, I have no plans to go on Jeopardy any time soon.

[Zoochy]

So, when this rule is wrongly applied, then how does it affect the 3 officials in achieving post season assignments? Or does anybody really care about the misapplication?
Maybe if it happened in the beginning of the season it would have been swept under the table. But it happened so late in the season and on national TV.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Zoochy

End of the game ... when this rule is wrongly applied, then how does it affect the 3 officials in achieving post season assignments? Or does anybody really care about the misapplication ... on national TV.

My uneducated guess.

"End of the game" is always more important than earlier in the game. Teams can often overcome a mistake by an official early in the game, but may not have enough time to do so late in the game.

"National TV"? I'll let the college guys opine on that.

Most important may be "impact". Did the wrong throwin spot put one team at a major disadvantage that they couldn't overcome because it was very late in the game?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Zoochy

So, when this rule is wrongly applied, then how does it affect the 3 officials in achieving post season assignments? Or does anybody really care about the misapplication?
Maybe if it happened in the beginning of the season it would have been swept under the table. But it happened so late in the season and on national TV.

Above my pay grade.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Zoochy

So, when this rule is wrongly applied, then how does it affect the 3 officials in achieving post season assignments? Or does anybody really care about the misapplication?
Maybe if it happened in the beginning of the season it would have been swept under the table. But it happened so late in the season and on national TV.

I don't think this is one of those mistakes that would weigh heavily on post-season. There are bigger missed calls in every game than the wrong throw-in spot on an odd-ball play.