Fastest T in The West

[Old School]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

If you honestly think Knight's assistant coaches are going to pull anything like what this assistant did, you're not really paying attention.

If you blow a damn traveling call like you did, you will hear it from them, or if they thought you blew it, you would hear it from them. There's no difference in coaches responses at any level if they think you blew a call.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

First off, you can't possibly think I'd officiate a major conference D-1 game the same way I officiate a 14u AAU game.

Why the hell not! Okay, so now you're saying if it's DI you won't make that call. That's what I was trying to tell you all alone. If you're not going to call if at the upper level, don't call it at the lower level. Give the coaches the same amount of respect, especially if you kicked the call.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Secondly, I'll bet if you calm down, keep your emotions in check, and type more slowly, you could avoid these silly spelling errors.

Good one! I got a good laugh out of this one.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Old School

If you blow a damn traveling call like you did, you will hear it from them, or if they thought you blew it, you would hear it from them. There's no difference in coaches responses at any level if they think you blew a call.

First off, I didn't blow the call. Had I blown it, I might have given them some leeway. I say "might" because I don’t know what I would have done since that's not how it happened.

Originally Posted by Old School

Why the hell not! Okay, so now you're saying if it's DI you won't make that call. That's what I was trying to tell you all alone. If you're not going to call if at the upper level, don't call it at the lower level. Give the coaches the same amount of respect, especially if you kicked the call.

I'm saying I don't know if I'd make that call at D1. I don't work D1 and I haven't had a discussion with D1 assigners that would tell me how they want this called. I do know my assigner wants this addressed, and when it gets to the point where it was in my game, he wants the T called. Let's just say there was more discussion in meetings this year about Ts that should have been called but weren't than Ts that were called but shouldn't have been (none).

I'm also saying, and you seem to have missed this part, that D1 assistant coaches wouldn't do an outburst like that. They can keep themselves under control. At this level, they don’t act like fans. Oddly enough, AAU coaches can keep themselves under control, too. I know, because I've seen them do it. This particular assistant coach was a gem the rest of the game; doubtful that it was because he thought I was reffing better. His head coach is actually quite good at asking questions during dead balls and time outs. Every other coach I've had after giving them a T in a previous game has controlled himself.

Also, AAU ball is not the same as D1 ball. Sportsmanship is more valued (at least around here) and expected to be enforced. I'm not going to tailor my game based on what I think I might call if I was officiating D1; that's ludicrous.

[Old School]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I do know my assigner wants this addressed, and when it gets to the point where it was in my game, he wants the T called. Let's just say there was more discussion in meetings this year about Ts that should have been called but weren't than Ts that were called but shouldn't have been (none).

Okay, I'm going to let you off the hook. If they want that called in your games, then you should call it. I commend your AAU assigners for wanting this called because these games can get out of control quick, mainly because of the uneducated coaches to coaching.

Also, AAU ball is not the same as D1 ball. Sportsmanship is more valued (at least around here) and expected to be enforced. I'm not going to tailor my game based on what I think I might call if I was officiating D1; that's ludicrous.

Actually, if you're lucky enough, AAU ball is very competitive to DI if you get to work some of the bigger kids like 19U and 17U DI National teams. These games are very very good, the coaches are very very good, and the next year, you may see a lot of these players playing DI ball. So don't go putting down AAU too much.

Also, I'm going to give you some advise. Feel free to toss it in the trash after reading it. There should be no difference in the way you work a AAU game or any game for that matter, then the way you would work a college DI game. If you aspire to work DI college, every game you work must be like this. That's why you hear a lot of officials that work these upper level games say they don't want to work the lower level games anymore because it ruins there mechanics. Me and you, we got to work these lower level games to get there. It's important to tailor your game towards the highest level and then work it, work to get there. That way, if you where to be so lucky to get DI, you don't have to change anything major in your game.