Who is working the Duke / UNC game?

[tnzebra]

Originally Posted by whistleone

He was attempting to rebound the ball and dunk it in the same motion. A Duke player went up at the same time and knocked the ball away. The NC player did not hang on the rim, nor did he slap the rim in an attempt to show off or taunt. Why in the world is the Lead calling this anyway? Where are the Trail and Center on this call? IMO, that game was way more physical than the amount of fouls called.

I thought the game was called right on. I do not think there should have been a T on this play. A T on this play was a game interupting play and should have never been called.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by tnzebra

I thought the game was called right on. I do not think there should have been a T on this play. A T on this play was a game interupting play and should have never been called.

Good Lord......

Are you serious? If a coach calls you a f**king idiot, would you ignore that too because calling it would be a (gasp) game interrupter?

Lah me.......

If I ever find the goober who started this "game interrupter" boolsh!t, I swear that I'll strangle the sumb!tch with my bare hands.

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Good Lord......

Are you serious? If a coach calls you a f**king idiot, would you ignore that too because calling it would be a (gasp) game interrupter?

Lah me.......

If I ever find the goober who started this "game interrupter" boolsh!t, I swear that I'll strangle the sumb!tch with my bare hands.

Don't get all pumped up; the term is being taken too far. Something that is deserving of a technical foul is in no way a game interrupter.

[tnzebra]

[QUOTE=Jurassic Referee]Good Lord......

Are you serious? If a coach calls you a f**king idiot, would you ignore that too because calling it would be a (gasp) game interrupter?

Lah me.......

If I ever find the goober who started this "game interrupter" boolsh!t, I swear that I'll strangle the sumb!tch with my bare hands.

I am very serious.... There is no reason to call a T on a questionable call in a game like this. If he hangs on the rim.....stick him!!!!! If it is marginal then let it go. If a coach calls me a ********* as you mentioned you better believe he gets whacked. But do not "interupt" a game for picky.......(I'll use your word...... boolsh!t.

[Jurassic Referee]

[QUOTE=tnzebra]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I am very serious.... There is no reason to call a T on a questionable call in a game like this. If he hangs on the rim.....stick him!!!!! If it is marginal then let it go. If a coach calls me a ********* as you mentioned you better believe he gets whacked. But do not "interupt" a game for picky.......(I'll use your word...... boolsh!t.

Well, you had a very experienced D1 official that didn't think it was picky boolsh!t. What is "marginal" on any call is in the eye of the beholders imo--the "beholders" usually being the calling official and someone sitting in the fourteenth row. The calling official's supervisor will let him know whether it was marginal or not. That's who counts.

And as for "game interrupters", imo that may be the stoopidest concept that some yoyo trying to immortalize himself in officiating history could possibly come up with as his own personal catchphrase contribution. Every time you blow your whistle in the game, you interrupt the flow. And now it seems like any time that someone disagrees with a call that another official made, they try to justify their disagreement with the call by tsk-tsk'ing that it's a "flow interrupter". The only thing that I've really learned from this wonderful new concept is that officiating nirvana is a game where you never had to blow your whistle.

Iow, if someone wants to disagree with an official's call, then just do so. Say "hey, imo that was a cheap "T" that he called on the player for hanging on the rim". I don't have a problem with that and never have. Well, except maybe for fanboys like fiasco who don't know or understand the rules. All that is just a difference of opinion and a difference of judgment. Please, don't try to tell me that interrupting the game has anything to do with any call though. It's just not relevant in any way imo.


Sorry for the rant, but that one hits me like the "stopsign" hits Tomegun.

[SWMOzebra]

Originally Posted by tnzebra

I thought the game was called right on. I do not think there should have been a T on this play. A T on this play was a game interupting play and should have never been called.

Didn't see the game live because I was (where else?) officiating. The video sure makes it look like the T was deserved. I haven't had any court experience with three-man, so I can't make any intelligent judgment about one ref making the call vs. the others.

Moreover, I have zero collegiate experience...but I still have trouble wrapping my whistle around a "game interrupting" call. Had a P tell me the other night that a 5-sec. closely guarded call was "game interrupting" and I should let it go unless the opposing coach yells for it. I will openly admit, even though I'm a rookie, I gave him a "ya, but" and then said I would enforce the rules to the best of my newbie ability. He grinned and said that was the answer I should have given him!