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[mick]

Originally posted by blindzebra

About FAIRNESS. 3 seconds is the least called rule in the book, we all go out of our way to try not to call it, so how is it a moral dilemma to pass on calling it if the coach is screaming for it?

On an obvious foul, you have a point, but on 3 seconds there is no case...

blindzebra,
I'm sure we pretty much agree that 3-seconds is not a moral dilemma. This remains a game.

If the coach calls a violation before I, ...heck, it's still a game. (Mostly coaches call for 3-seconds when they forget they should be coaching.) I won't let it sway me. I won't bring that predisposition to the game.

And, ...what JR said.

mick

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by RookieDude

This is my philosophy:

It's not WHAT they say, it's HOW they say it!

Very true.

I T'd up a coach this weekend (for a borderline comment) - and my boss had to spend five minutes explaining to the coach that all that matters in his comments is how the ref percieves the comments.

I also went tableside after my partner T'd a coach (different game) who was complaining because he didn't know what he had said (i.e., he didn't use profanity). I just tried to explain to him that he had crossed some line with whatever he had said, and you don't need to swear to get a T.

[just another ref]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by blindzebra

99% of the time when a coach is screaming for 3 seconds, it's been 2 seconds or less, the kid is attempting to leave the lane, there is nobody even IN the lane, or there is a kid with half their foot inside the free throw line.

Gotta disagree here. It seems that in many games a coach has an opportunity to yell for 3 every trip down the court, many times on players who, if they are allowed, will stay in the lane "all frickin' night!"

Sometimes I think all officials except me try not to call 3 seconds but prefer to talk the player out of the lane.

........ and when we do see it we all try to NOT call it by talking the player out of the lane.

Speak for yourself. I rest my case