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[JRutledge]

Gimlet25id,

You keep talking about "excessive contact" as if that means there has to be a foul and all contact that is excessive is a foul no matter what. Then you refer to things like screens which by rule can have tons of contact and be legal.

I also never said there should not be double whistles. Good double whistles are usually a result of both officials calling the something in a dual or "fridge" area. Also many double fouls are in the lane. It is another thing to have a double whistle at the top of the key near the division line.

Whats more important to you? Getting the play right or staying in your primary only and whatever happens out of it happens.

I did not realize that officiating is about one way or another all the time. Everything I do is to try to get plays right. What about concentrating on what I am supposed to do? What about trusting that my partner saw the entire play and I did not? When I hear people say, “get it right,” that often does not mean get what is right, it means, “get what I feel is right.” The problem is your partner(s) might have an opinion as well. I also would not feel this way if I have not had partners completely make calls all in my area and they called something that I felt was totally wrong. I have also heard the, “but it looked like that from where I was standing,” but they did not see the entire play the way I did or my other partner.

I do not feel I need to see everything all over the court. I am sorry, but I do not. I am not going to save a game with an illegal screen call. I would completely agree with you if we were talking about how we administer a technical foul or if we did not give the right kid the right to shoot FTs. I do not agree with you that when judgment is involved that we can simply get it right when we are not in position. You seemed to forget that usually the person that is looking at their primary is in position to see the play. The person not calling in their primary is likely out of position or looking around bodies to make a call.

What ever works for you I guess?

Peace