The Playoffs have begun!

[Hawks Coach]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BBallCoach

Great games have great players, coaches and fans.

Originally posted by BktBallRef

Whether you like it or not, you left out an important part of the equation, the officials. If the officials don't also do a great job, you WILL NOT have a great game. That doesn't mean we have to be noticed, remembered, or acknowledged. Although SOME coaches have to have this recognition, MOST officials do not.

BTW, thanks to PGCougar for posting a REAL coach's point of view.

Good on you, Tony. You and PGCougar arre dead-on right. You can't have a great game if the officials aren't also great. The game will lack flow and will be remembered by all as an ugly game if the officiating is poor.

I can't think of a single great game we have played in which the officiating was poor. We have had some memorable close gaems that were also pretty ugly in many respects. Even close games, when poorly officiated, are not the ones you remember as great games. they may be great wins because you overcome the ugly game and succeed, but the game itself is not one to remember for all time.