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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
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Originally posted by HJ25
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Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
Just a couple of thoughts about some recent comments:
Once they take the court, it is the official's game. That's not selfish, that's the way it has to be. A comptetitive contest, especially one as subjective as basketball, is only fun when both sides can depend on impartial judgements. The moment it appears that the decisions are being based on something other than the agreed upon rules, it begins to be less fun.
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How does that make it the officials' game? It just makes it a properly officiated players' game... if that's what "the officials' game" means, then I agree.
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It makes it a properly officiated game. To the players, it's their game. To the coaches, it's probably their game. To me, it's my game.
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Exactly. I go into a game with the attitude that "It's my game and I'm not going to let anybody screw it up." I don't think you can do your job properly if you concede the game to anybody else.
Of course the game is for the kids, and they're the focus, not the officials. But we can't let one kid screw it up for the others. We can't let a coach screw it up for everybody. Notice the "we" in all of that. That's our responsibility, 'cuz it's our game.
Tue Dec 27, 2005, 05:26pm
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