Call The T

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Larks

No T there.

Now, I am surprised no delay warning wasn't given to Dozier for the grabbing the ball out of the net and pointing to his peeps in the crowd.

But, who am I to criticize, I was on the couch.

I thought they called a pretty consistent game to be honest.

Agreed.

[ace]

I agree, no T here. If a player slams a ball in my direction in response to a call, T. This wasn't that. I've turned my back to this kind of slam plenty a times. But I'd make a note the player "Next you slam it, please catch it for me." It's worked for me.

[Bad Zebra]

I have to admit, sitting and watching last night...I said out loud "Why didn't he get stuck with a T?" Maybe it's my lack of big game experience. Maybe it's my lack of DI officiating experience ...

My impression was that the crew looked bad by allowing it...but like someone else pointed out...my butt has been on the sofa for a month now.

On my level...V HS playoff game...that player is going to get stuck. How is that anything but a display of poor sportsmanship?

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

On my level...V HS playoff game...that player is going to get stuck. How is that anything but a display of poor sportsmanship?

I have a better question - How is it a display of poor sportsmanship??? He was not responding to a call or no-call by the officials. He was frustrated with no one but himself. As some guy named Chuck (or Bhuck or something like that) asked in an earlier post - what rule did he violate? Why is slamming the ball down an automatic T? Why is slamming the ball down automatically unsportsmanlike???

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

... He was frustrated with no one but himself. ..

How do we know that? Maybe that is the case. Maybe someone said something to set him off. I don't buy self-frustration as a license to release it on the court during a game by slamming a ball. JMO.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

How do we know that? Maybe that is the case. Maybe someone said something to set him off. I don't buy self-frustration as a license to release it on the court during a game by slamming a ball. JMO.

OK, so you are in the "it's an automatic T" camp then, right? So an honest question for you then - Can you supply a rules basis for that??

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

OK, so you are in the "it's an automatic T" camp then, right? So an honest question for you then - Can you supply a rules basis for that??

I never said I was in the automatic T camp (your words, not mine), just that I THOUGHT it looked appropriate here...and since you asked:

Player Technical Rule 10-3-6b: Delay the game by such acts as failing, when in posession, to immediately pass the ball to the nearer official when the whistle blows.