Ref not Reffing Trying to Ref. OK??

[JoeTheRef]

Originally Posted by Reffing Rev.

Observing Official: I hate it when I am just watching and crazy things happen to inexperienced officials because I WANT TO HELP! But at the same time I know no matter where I am or who knows who I am anything I do can get very messy. If I know the guys on the court I am going to make sure they see me so they can ask me if they want to. If not, I am going to bite my tongue! We probably share a locker room so after the JV game before I hit the floor we'll talk about it.

I'm in the camp that says this is what the veteran varsity observing official should have done. If the less experienced officials ask for your help, it should only be a "rules" question.

I do agree that the veteran was okay with telling the on-court officials to move away from the table to discuss. He darn shouldn't have been giving details on who should've been ejected.