Confession and Questions

[crew]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Dexter
No, I'm not crew/zimp/anyone else.
what does that mean?

I blew two (albeit minor) calls in my second game today.

First one, I'm trail coming upcourt, right behind the halfcourt line. B1 is set at the top of the lane, and A1 charges into B1. I look; figure that the fast drive was somewhat dual responsibility, and called a PC.

how was this a miss? because of where you were?

Second one, I'm again trail as the A1 (same player as before) brings the ball upcourt. He goes to the ground, and I instinctively call traveling. Turns out, he was dribbling the whole way to the ground, which the lead clearly saw.

i have actually seen officials come to each other and offer the information (he was still dribbling) and the calling official give a toot on the whistle and say, "my bad, my bad, inadvertant whistle it is still a's ball." then give the coaches a moment to vent(because he screwed up) and if the explanation was needed he would go to the upset coach give a brief explanation, put the ball in play and move.