Working With a Homer

[Old School]

I think the key thing here is to be consistent with your calls. If the foul count is 8 to 1, that doesn't seem to be consistent to anyone in the gym. I bet there are calls you could have made that you passed on because you didn't think there was enough disadvangate. I think if you consistently keep calling games uneven like that, it will shorten your career. I also think, smart officiating is keeping foul counts even and trying to be consistent.

Do I make calls to even up the foul count? No, of course not, but I do monitor foul counts.

If my partner if blasting a lot on one team. Then I try to make sure that the same type of foul is being called on the other end.

Proper balance is the key to a good game and a good life.

Peace

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

I've seen it, twice, by the same offiical in rec league games.

Men's Open league - guy swallows his whistle while B tries to foul and stop the clock. He continues to ignore the foul. Then, during the end of the game and after it, B1 eats his *** up. He does nothing. Neither did I. If he's going to offiicate like that, then I'm not bailing him out.

Next week, we have the same Team B again. B1 comes into the game late, as he arrived late. I'm C, Homer is T tableside. I have B1 down in the baseline corner defending. Homer calls a foul from T. WTF? He reports, we inbound the ball. He does it again. This time, I walk across the floor and tell him if he's going call that ****, he can go over there and inbound it his damnself. At half time, I eat his butt up, telling him he'd never ever pull a stunt like that again. He says, "I'm gonna get him back for the other night."

WOW!! This is the first time I've ever seen evidence of a REC LEAGUE game refereeed using 3-man.