LSU/UT Block/Charge

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by eyezen

Great game that went into overtime.

Officials on the game were (via box score) James Burr, Mike Thibodeaux & Tom Eades. I know who Jim Burr is but don't know the others by sight.

Mike and Tom both are long time D1 officials from the south. They both were instructors at Dale Kelly's camps this summer. Tom was the white haired official for the purposes of identification.

Originally Posted by eyezen

There is one play in particular I want to throw out for discussion.

Around 13:00 in the second half LSU is in transition. A block charge happens right smack in the middle of the free throw semi circle. Burr is Lead opposite and the white hair gentlemen of the other two is C in front of the LSU bench.

Burr comes up with a block right away, but after slowing it down I notice the C has his left arm cocked and ready to punch the play the other way when he sees the block call and drops it.

My reason for posting is in light of the recent discussions of B/C calls at this level; I thought that even though C had one call and it looked like he was going to sell it hard the other way, he recognized the leads call and dropped it without any further confrontation.

I am not sure I understand what you are asking so I will have to ask a question for my clarification. Did the C official make a signal other than the foul call (fist in the air)?

Originally Posted by eyezen

I will add that there was an overhead shot afterwards of the players huddled in the lane and Burr comes walking past pointing to his chest. I wonder if he was talking to a coach or his partner. Anyone have any insight to how that goes down at that level?

I do not think anyone here is going to know what was discussed. If the call was in the middle of the lane it really does not matter what the level is all 3 officials can have a call. Not sure if that answers your question but that is the best I can do with the current information. I did see near the end of the game, but I did not see from start to finish. It was a good game from what I saw.

Peace

[OHBBREF]

I dint' see the whole game just the last 5 minutes pluss OT
You could have had a triple whistle on this given the location
where did the play originate from?
Was the defender the primary defender or a secondary defender?
A lot of this information has to do with who comes up with the call

[eyezen]

I guess I'm not really asking anything other than if anyone saw it and would like to comment on the play.

Did the C (Tom Eades) make a signal? No...but he was a split second away from selling a charge HARD the other way. lIf you slow that moment down you can definitely tell.

I'm not really debating on who's primary it was in, it was in transition and was correctly covered by the two officials.

My observation was more centered around the forum's discussion a while back on block/charge calls and how Eades did a great job of avoiding that very scenario.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by eyezen

I guess I'm not really asking anything other than if anyone saw it and would like to comment on the play.

Did the C (Tom Eades) make a signal? No...but he was a split second away from selling a charge HARD the other way. lIf you slow that moment down you can definitely tell.

I'm not really debating on who's primary it was in, it was in transition and was correctly covered by the two officials.

My observation was more centered around the forum's discussion a while back on block/charge calls and how Eades did a great job of avoiding that very scenario.

It sounds like the officials handled the situation correctly. The fact that this play was in transition can be more difficult because there are no set coverage areas established at that time. It sounds like you have more of a statement than a question (which is fine). I still do not know what you really want to know. All 3 of these guys are very experienced officials and I am sure they have worked together before. It sounds like they did the right thing.

Peace