Huntington HS in trouble!

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by orangeump

why is your friend a D1 official and working HS boys basketball? something doesnt jive up here....unless he is a D1 women's official of some sort.

Crazy statement by you, orangeump. We have 3 D1 NCAA-M officials on our board who work substantial HS schedules and 1 D1 NCAA-W official who does the same. But we do have one associate member who gave up her HS schedule because her NCAA Women's schedule is too heavy. She is the best official on our board, IMO, and regularly worked Boys games for our board.

[orangeump]

D3 is different than D1....are you aware of how much faster the D1 game is than the HS game? That is why I was wondering about this. Just doesnt seem like something that is normally done or that I would do given the chance.

As far as the post that said "OJ Mayo was playing, thats why." I am sure he cares....if he is a D1 official he gets to see better players on a daily basis...come on now.

[Johnny Ringo]

There are probably many areas in the country where a high school official could not imagine a Div. I official working a high school game - some of the associations I have been in don't sniff that level of a guy belonging. And then others I have been in have several.

Also, you won't see these Div. I officials working high school games that involve the worst teams in the conference - most come out to work the biggest game sin the city/area/state - O.J. Mayo!

[Rich]

Originally Posted by orangeump

D3 is different than D1....are you aware of how much faster the D1 game is than the HS game? That is why I was wondering about this. Just doesnt seem like something that is normally done or that I would do given the chance.

As far as the post that said "OJ Mayo was playing, thats why." I am sure he cares....if he is a D1 official he gets to see better players on a daily basis...come on now.

Who said anything about D3?

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by orangeump

As far as the post that said "OJ Mayo was playing, thats why." I am sure he cares....if he is a D1 official he gets to see better players on a daily basis...come on now.

Besides the fact that a lot of D1 guys don't work enough games to sit at home when they aren't doing D1, you are out of touch.
If you knew who OJ Mayo is you would realize that it is easy for an official to work D1 and not see anyone that good at all, let alone on a daily basis. I was fortunate enough to work Kevin Durant's last high school game, do you think every D1 official sees someone that good on a daily basis?

[Mountaineer]

Sheeeeesh orangeump - he works Mens D2 in the WVIAC and Mens D1 in the Big South and one other one (can't remember what conf.). Granted it's not the SEC or ACC or Big East - but it's certainly D1. I actually have 2 HS games with him this year as well . . . I didn't say he was Ted Valentine - I said he was D1.

Here's the latest - as Mike walked to the scorer's table - Mayo bumped him and Lazo fell. If anyone has a myspace you can go to the videos and search for OJ and see this incident
(or try this link http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=1822220161)

I talked to a couple of people this morning and a sports writer in Charleston said that the contract stipulated that OJ had to play in the game - someone else told me that "yes, that clause WAS in the original contract when it was unclear that OJ would be in school at HHS and was removed after he enrolled." According to a co-worker whose son is the Asst. AD at HHS, they are planning (at this point, I would add) on OJ sitting his two games - which happen to be against teams that can beat them (Artesia, CA and Scott, KY).

[Rich]

The video is entitled "The Flop" and it does look like a flop of WWE (or at least NFL punter) proportions. Did the official really get hit hard enough to make him go down like THAT?

What hadn't been mentioned up till now is that Mayo had already been tossed before the bump happened and was going after the official who bounced him.

Is this what happens when HS basketball is made out to be more than it should be?

[wildcatter]

After the ref near the table got bumped and fell to the ground, what was the other ref with the ball doing? Just standing there? Is that what you're supposed to do when your partner gets bumped to the ground after ejecting a player?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by wildcatter

After the ref near the table got bumped and fell to the ground, what was the other ref with the ball doing? Just standing there? Is that what you're supposed to do when your partner gets bumped to the ground after ejecting a player?

My question comes in before this -- a player is ejected and is walking after the official that tossed him -- what are the officials doing THEN?

Maybe it's much more natural if you're a baseball umpire who deals more frequently with ejections, but another official should've been moving towards that well before Mayo got to him.