What's the Point?

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by DrakeM
Regardless of the "letter of the law", 17 seconds left in a 43-42 game is NOT the time to "prove a point", unless the assistant is way over the top. Problem with that is, if you have let him get away with the behavior for the previous 31 minutes and change, you've "made your bed" and have to lay there.

I agree with Juulie, that this is probably more a case of inexperienced officials, than anything else.

A good learning experience however, by ALL parties invovled.

And I agree with both of you, lots of inexperience to go around in this sitch. Not just the officials. The coaches were probably too inexperienced to understand how the game is played (coach/ref game, not basketball game) to realize they needed to stay in control (yes, I think if we heard from the refs they would say the coaches definitely went over the top). IOO both parties (coaches & officials) violated the unwritten contract we work under that Drake pointed out.