Are refs afraid to make tough calls?

[Nevadaref]

rainmaker,
That is an amusing little story and I'm sure that as a parent you enjoyed the whole scene. I wonder if you look at it a bit differently now that you are part of the officiating community.
Specifically, it is this part that I noticed:

Originally posted by rainmaker
By this time, one clever little player on Team A realized what was going on, grabbed a teammate and hustled across the floor. She stepped out, grabbed the ball, passed it inbounds to the teammate, who shot an easy three points.

In light of the rule JR quoted above, do you believe that this action was legal?

[stripes]

Did I miss something? When did the resuming play procedure become a tough call?

Unpoplular? Maybe, but not tough.

Sending the hometeam's star to the bench on a bang-bang play early in the third quarter with the league rival sounds more like it to me, or the example that started the whole thread.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Nevadaref
rainmaker,
That is an amusing little story and I'm sure that as a parent you enjoyed the whole scene. I wonder if you look at it a bit differently now that you are part of the officiating community.
Specifically, it is this part that I noticed:

In light of the rule JR quoted above, do you believe that this action was legal?

In her sitch, she said Team A was in their huddle. How do you know whether that huddle was held on or off the floor?

[Nevadaref]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

In her sitch, she said Team A was in their huddle. How do you know whether that huddle was held on or off the floor?

I don't. Maybe Juulie will tell us, if she remembers that fine of a detail. The only clue that I have from context is:
Based upon her stating that she was not yet officiating, this incident must have occurred about 7 years ago. That is right about the time that NFHS introduced the 20 second time-out. Perhaps you can specify the exact year that rule came in and if a team had to remain standing during the TO that first year. I can't recall.

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Nevadaref
I don't. Maybe Juulie will tell us, if she remembers that fine of a detail. The only clue that I have from context is:
Based upon her stating that she was not yet officiating, this incident must have occurred about 7 years ago. That is right about the time that NFHS introduced the 20 second time-out. Perhaps you can specify the exact year that rule came in and if a team had to remain standing during the TO that first year. I can't recall.

Sheez, Nevada, lighten up! It was an interesting sitch in a game 10 years ago, which didn't change the outcome of the game. Oh, well.

[Nevadaref]

Unless I've been inhaling helium that is about as light as I get.

Oh, was I being pedantic again?

[Edited by Nevadaref on Aug 4th, 2004 at 11:59 PM]

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Nevadaref
Oh, was I being pedantic again?

"Or am I being. . . obtuse?"

[Nevadaref]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

"Or am I being. . . obtuse?"

Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption?

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Nevadaref
"Or am I being. . . obtuse?"

Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption? [/B][/QUOTE]
Close, but no cigar.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by ChuckElias
[/B]

Close, but no cigar. [/B][/QUOTE]Monica Lewinsky in "The Bill Clinton Story"?

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Close, but no cigar. [/B]

Monica Lewinsky in "The Bill Clinton Story"? [/B][/QUOTE]

I seem to recall she got the cigar in that story.

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

"Or am I being. . . obtuse?"

Okay, well, since we're now officially off-topic, try this one. Might be too easy. Here's from a movie I was watching this afternoon.

"I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders dependent on me and I don't intend to disappoint them."

Hint: It's more than 10 years old.

[stripes]

Cary Grant--North by Northwest?

BTW, the first one was the Warden, not Tim Robbin's character in Shawshank.

[Edited by stripes on Aug 5th, 2004 at 11:54 PM]

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by stripes
BTW, the first one was the Warden, not Tim Robbin's character in Shawshank.

Ladies and gentlemen, no more calls please. We have a winner!

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by stripes
Cary Grant--North by Northwest?

Wow, I'm impressed.

Okay, how about this one?

"In America, they haven't spoken it in years!" Also more than 10 years old.