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[canuckrefguy]

You guys are being WAY too hard on Jeff.

Equating his position with some kind of gross lack of integrity or impartiality is just plain stupid. Really. Frankly, I'm surprised that certain "senior members" are so quick to dismiss him.

If I have a massive blowout, 30-40 points, and a team who's still playing its top 7 players, pressing, acting as though the only way to win is to win by 70, I have three goals: keep everyone safe (call the blatant fouls), keep the clock moving (pass on a few more calls), and keep the peace (make sure the team that's up isn't being a bunch of jackasses, make sure the team that's down doesn't go off the rails).

So this means the odd close OOB call goes to our poor team who's down by 40. So maybe the odd borderline shooting foul gets passed on. So maybe the down team gets away with a few travels. So sue me.

Had a game on the weekend where one team was up by 50 - and not because they were running it up, but because the other team was so bad. I passed on a shooting foul, kid kind of complains. Coach says (I quote) "Oh be quiet, we're up by a bunch, we don't need that call. Shut up and play." Bless his heart.

Get off the high horse. This is not what you're making it out to be. Sheesh, get over yourselves.

Hell, the fact that you're all agreeing with BballCoach should be proof enough that you're out to lunch on this one.