I'm getting that from the guy that said that having that official on the game was part of the problem. I quoted the exact words that he used <i>verbatim</i>. The <b>only</b> problem was the coach's post-game behavior. The official was <b>not</b> part of that problem.

Old people...Sheesh.:rolleyes:

Once they get something in their mind, there's no convincing them of anything else.

Fanboys.....Sheesh.:rolleyes:

For those looking for a quick summary of the dispute:

Give it up you guys :rolleyes:

To say it is not smart is kind of silly. For one the D1 level is another level of professionalism. There are things we do as high school and JH officials that they never have to worry about. If the coach cannot handle that, maybe he will not be at that level very long. And it is not uncommon to have the same team multiple times in a season.

Peace

Rut,
Please explain why the NCAA selects ten different officials for the Final Four instead of just taking six plus an alternate and having three of those six also work the Championship game.

That's right. Having that official on the game was part of the problem. Not because the official did anything wrong; but because it gives the coach an easy excuse to do what he did.

Come on, Jurassic; this is Assigning 101. Stop trying to make it something it's not.

If you want to believe that, that's certainly you're right. I believe if you ask any assignor whether they would want to put an official on the same team's games 3 times in 9 days, he or she would say that they would NOT want to. Maybe sometimes they have to, but "familiarity breeds contempt" is not just a cliche. Coaches sometimes have a hard time letting things go and if you see that same coach after a tough call against his team, it's just asking for trouble. Again, Assigning 101.

Why do you guys like to talk apples and oranges?

The NCAA Tournament selection is completely different than a conference tournament. It is the only show in town and the NCAA has all the say as to who works when and where. Working the NCAA Tournament is the pinnacle of most official’s career that work that level on a regular basis.

Conference tournaments are running all over the country at the same time. Many of the little conferences run earlier in the week and it is not unusual to probably have a large portion of their staff working somewhere else.

But when the Big Ten, Pac-10, SEC, ACC, Big East and Big 12 come calling, you (as an official) are not going to just turn them down.

Peace

If the official didn't do anything wrong, then howinthehell can he be <b>part of the problem</b>? Hell, even if he did do something wrong, he's still not <b>part of the problem</b>. The coach's post-game behavior was the problem. Period! Officials make mistakes and miss calls. That doesn't mean that they have to put up with post-game abuse like that.

Assigning had dick-all to do with that coach's behavior also. The problem <b>after</b> the game lies <b>solely</b> with the the coach. When it comes to behavior like that, there are no mitigating factors imo.

Hey, I got an idea. If you don't want to read something, then don't. And don't bother trying to tell other people what they can post either.

I agree with all of those points and already said such in an earlier post. However, you seemed to base the bulk of your argument on the idea of professionalism at the D1 level. So if that is true, then why won't you answer my question about the Final Four?

Yup, that's Assigning 101. It's also Assigning 101 that there are <b>NO</b> mitigating factors when it comes to a coach going after one of the assignor's officials post-game, like Fox did.

Nah, here's the quick summary:

Coach goes way out of bounds.

Some people would like to blame someone other than the coach for his idiotic behavior.

I answered your question. These are two completely different assigning processes. The NCAA has nothing to do with how a conference assigns their officials and the conferences only can recommend officials and the NCAA uses who they want to for their post season. Trying to compare these two things makes no sense. Trying to compare what they do at the D1 level and the HS level makes little sense.

Peace