How's this timing for a solid whack!

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by JugglingReferee
Why didn't you say something during the game?

As bad as the call was, Jugg's question is the most important one. Since your partner was the rookie, why didn't you go to him and explain that that simply was not the rule? You can simply explain to both coaches that the headband is illegal but must simply be removed. Waiting to discuss it in the locker room is pointless.

Did you attempt to talk him out of the T while you were still on the court? As the veteran, you can't let that call go unchallenged. This was not a block/charge or a missed travel or something related to judgment. This is simply a misapplication of the rules.

Additionally, in such a close game, I would think that there would've been a TO or two in the closing minutes. Did you have a chance to get together and talk in those last two minutes? If you did, you surely said, "Ok, now we're not calling anything that we haven't already called tonight, right? Unless it puts the kid into the bleachers, ok?"

Some of that bad call has to fall on the veteran's shoulders. There was a thread about being "an R". It seems to me that this -- crew management -- is part of that.