Rough start tonight, girls varsity!

[jritchie]

Funny thing, the assignor was there! Said there wasn't much else that could of been done. Of course partner and assignor work together though, so he isn't going to say much to him. I just felt bad because if i would of noticed who stepped out to take the ball, i could of stopped the whole thing!

[Jesse James]

Sign the book as J. Cluster F### from Camp Runamuck and drive the back roads going home.

[Smitty]

Perhaps if you went to talk to your partner first, instead of talking to the coach you could have avoided some of the problems, like the T. Your partner at the time didn't know that the ball went to the wrong team. If he had been informed about what happened both of you could then deal with the coach on the same level.

in your description, from your partner's point of view (playing devil's advocate here) all he knows at the timeout is that the coach is going ballistic on you for some reason. Maybe he thinks he needs to step in and save you with the T - especially if he doesn't know what instigated the coach's behavior.

Bottom like is: communication is key - when something like that goes wrong it's more important to communicate with your partner first, then deal with coaches.

[jritchie]

Originally Posted by Smitty

Perhaps if you went to talk to your partner first, instead of talking to the coach you could have avoided some of the problems, like the T. Your partner at the time didn't know that the ball went to the wrong team. If he had been informed about what happened both of you could then deal with the coach on the same level.

As i said i was trail when this happened, so when white thru it in and went to shoot the layup i became lead opposite the table, so my partner was right in front of table and coach going bolistic. He is the one that gave the time out and talked to the table first and called me over, so while i was talking to the home book and got the situation he just stood there behind me, so he did know what was going on, then while i was talking to the coach, he came over my shoulder and blew his whistle in my ear and t'd him up!

And as for the other comments: what was i looking at when i should of been looking at who my partner was giving the ball? Well, to tell you the truth, i was being heckled by a bunch of my friends that i teach with, this was the first game of a tournament, and it was being held at my home school where i teach, so they were giving me a hard time, and i had to make a couple comments back at them in good fun, but look what it got me!

[Smitty]

Well at least you got that one out of your system with your first game. Nowhere to go but up from here!

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by jritchie

this was the first game of a tournament, and it was being held at my home school where i teach,

Why are you working a varsity game at the school where you are employed?!?!?

[eyezen]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Originally Posted by jritchie
this was the first game of a tournament, and it was being held at my home school where i teach,

Why are you working a varsity game at the school where you are employed?!?!?

I'm pretty sure it could be kosher if the teams involved are not the host team.

[refnrev]

1. Don't officiate in a school where you are employed if your school is on the court. You cannot win!
2. If you officiate with that partner again don't do so without a GOOD PRE- GAME on how you are going to resume play AND EMPHASIZING TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER BEFORE PUTTING THE BALL IN PLAY ANYTIME.
3. Review the arrow procedure with the scorekeeper before the game, but do so in a positive way. Don't bring that play up.
4. See #1

[RookieDude]

1) You screwed up not staying focused with the game at hand. (Joking with the fans)

2) You screwed up by not pre-gaming to look at each other before every throw-in.

3) You screwed up by not paying attention to the person at the table reversing the arrow to early. (see #1)

4) You screwed up by not getting with your partner immediately after the mistake.


Question:

Why not screw up again and just make it right?

(Not saying I would ever do that...just asking hypothetically)

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by RookieDude

1) You screwed up not staying focused with the game at hand. (Joking with the fans)

2) You screwed up by not pre-gaming to look at each other before every throw-in.

3) You screwed up by not paying attention to the person at the table reversing the arrow to early. (see #1)

4) You screwed up by not getting with your partner immediately after the mistake.

Careful there rook, some folks around here get snippy when you take this referee'ing stuff too seriously... cough cough rainmaker cough...

Question:

Why not screw up again and just make it right?

(Not saying I would ever do that...just asking hypothetically)

Good idea...not that I would ever do that, just sayin'

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by eyezen

I'm pretty sure it could be kosher if the teams involved are not the host team.

Ok, I missed the fact that his school might not actually have been playing. I still think it wouldn't be a good idea to take that assignment if the school is still alive in the tournament. Better to just let somebody else do the game than to have anybody think you might be less than objective.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by jritchie

Of course partner and assignor work together though, so he isn't going to say much to him.

Here's your problem right here. Your partner had no business putting the ball in play until he knew you were ready, and the assignor should have told him so at half-time. This problem was clearly not yours!! Could you have prevented it? Yea, maybe, but that doesn't mean you should take the blame. And then while you're trying to get the coach under control, P comes in and throws gas on the fire.

I don't think I'd work with that P again.