Setting ball down

[Mwanr1]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Different games may require different types of officiating, but you should still be consistent and fair in all games, no matter what. Basketball may never be fair to you, but as an official, I'm gonna do my damndest to keep my games fair.

Are you ever gonna post anything that's relevant to the original situation? You're judging a coach's actions, not completely different scenarios concerning players on the floor. And howinthehell can you say you're gonna enforce all of the rules when your advocating above to not enforce all of the rules equally? Do you really only make calls in favor of "smart" ballplayers, but refuse to make the same call if you feel a player is dumb? Lah me.....

Jmo, but advising that an official should make a call dependant on whether that official feels that the player is dumb or not is inherently dumb in itself. Letting the coach commit an unsporting act and rationalizing away your refusal to penalize that unsporting act by blaming the recipient of the unsporting act is also just completely dumb imo.

As I said, we disagree completely on this particular philosophy. You don't feel that the coach's actions are unsporting; I do.

You're right - I don't feel the coach's action as unsporting, and you do. Just different p.o.v. - it seems that you're defending the game of basketball and the players far more than what they can really handle. We are put on the court to manage the game and ensure the game flows smoothly, and not to bail anyone's mistake.

My point I'm getting across is that same words can be said by two different people at the same time in the same game. Why do we weigh the coach's word more than the players if the outcome is the same? I can see we shouldn't compare a fan's action vs. a coach's. But for a player vs. a coach, their verbage (words they say on and off the court) should be treated the same..... I just don't see how it is "fair" to the coach if the players are allow to say it and not them. I only wish playing defense was that easy - "PASS ME THE BALL." "TWEET, 't'"!!!