Criticism of officials

[Stat-Man]

Originally posted by TravelinMan
On not calling a technical on Okafor due to it being a big game - They should have T'd him up. What kind of a message does ignoring unsportmanlike conduct send to the other team?

I agree, here. If I remeber correctly, recent NCAA points of emphasis have been on bench decorum and general sportsmanship. To not T someone up who cusses in response to a foul call is dropping the ball (no pun intended) in a big way.


Afterthought (thanks to TravelinMan):
Maybe a new official doing St. Mary's vs Holy Family on a Saturday afternoon in CYOville might feel "darn, I blew that one! Next close call is going to the other team."

I had to chuckle at this since I went to St. Mary's and our CYO Teams have played the nearby Holy Family both when I was a student and when I was on game crew for a few years.


[Edited by Stat-Man on Apr 10th, 2004 at 08:29 PM]