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........Obviously standing at lead, mouth agape does not reverse partner's call
You should never stand with your mouth open when reacting to a partners call. You should never show any emotion at all. Just go on with the game according to what was called unless it is something that know you can approach him on and then go approach him professionally and talk about it. In my mind if one official reacts like this to his partners calls, no matter how much you disagree with him, you are just hanging him out to dry and dressing him down in front of everybody in the gym. Just get his call and go on and be straight faced about it. There's one official in my association I won't work with because I saw him do this in a game once to a partner of his. The coaches saw him react and jumped all over it. It created a mess. Not only that but in this case the call was correct. He had a reason to call it. Prevent it if possible but call it if necessary. |
If my partner calls and correctly applies a rule. I will not call him a huge mistake.
If I must base my calls according to the proposed "game managment" principle of never minding a shooters foot on the line with 10 seconds left, then I better not be doing it with 32 minutes left, then I better erase the rule, then I better quit.... |
Not only that mick but to go and reverse an otherwise correct call based on game management may not be good game management. I'd like to see the other coaches reaction to the change when you explain it to him as to why the call was reversed. You might end up with an episode for the Jerry Springer show on your hands
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You claim it was the wrong call. What if he let that one go and the offending team wins by one? That is a violation you cannot over look. I can't see why it's bad game management . . . because it had an effect on the home team? Why did you bother checking the feet of the rebounders then? Would you have made the call if a teammate had entered the lane early? I think your critism of your partner is off-base. Was it a bad time for the kid to make that mistake? Absolutely - but not your partner's fault.
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Your partner made a tough call in a tough situation and now he's hanging out to dry because of you. Tell your convener the team lost because their free throw shooter can't see the line. |
This is a JV game right?
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I think what hooptown meant was that he didnt feel that his partner was right in making the call, because his partner was administering the free-throws, and it should be the trail official's call, not the leads. I have only called a lane-violation on the shooter once while i was the lead, but only because my partner did not call it, and the shooter had jumped and landed about a foot and a half inside the lane.
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Hooptown weighs in
Gents,
I admit I was rattled by the coach's email and used the forum to vent when I started the thread. This was my first time posting to the board, and I had not read it in sometime. On second reading the thread title is MELOdramatic. I fully realize that the crew lives and dies together. I rarely show emotion on the court. My mouth was closed and my expression was neutral when the call was made. Still, if coaches or fans in the gym did look my way they would probably see the call surprised me. Most probably concentrated on partner, or on the home coach. Your input is much appreciated and I definitely learned from that game. |
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Two more things I want to add now. First, what was your assigner's response to the coach?
Second, what other calls did he make that you considered "goofy?" |
Should your partner have ignored it if it was OOB call where the players foot was on the line prior to game tieing shot attempt?
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But I'm left wondering, how much of his foot was on the line? A toe? An entire foot? was he standing under the basket as he attempted the free throw? |
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