Is this "over"-officiating?

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

BS. You just don't deal with it because you don't want to. That's the easy path which Rut also travels. A sad way to go through life.

What's really sad is someone who makes these bitter nasty comments about people simply because he disagrees with them. I would say you're the Barney Fife of officiating but at least old Barney was likeable. You're like the evil Barney Fife of officiating.

Anyway, instead of walking through the handshake line what I usually do in these situations is to walk around the bench to the table area or if that's not possible I'll wait at midcourt for the teams to end the handshake line before going to my seat. Someone else mentioned these kids may have been friends just goofing around, that's true often enough and you really don't want to make yourself look like the evil Barney here. If it seemed like they were serious I would do what you did but I would not throw Ts. Just break it up & move on to the next game.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

What's really sad is someone who makes these bitter nasty comments about people simply because he disagrees with them. I would say you're the Barney Fife of officiating but at least old Barney was likeable. You're like the evil Barney Fife of officiating.

Anyway, instead of walking through the handshake line what I usually do in these situations is to walk around the bench to the table area or if that's not possible I'll wait at midcourt for the teams to end the handshake line before going to my seat. Someone else mentioned these kids may have been friends just goofing around, that's true often enough and you really don't want to make yourself look like the evil Barney here. If it seemed like they were serious I would do what you did but I would not throw Ts. Just break it up & move on to the next game.

The point isn't that you have to throw a T under the circumstances given. I already acknowledged the possible futility of such a penalty in a summer game. It depends upon how the tournament or league is structured. Apparently you missed my writing that. In the future if you tried reading my words instead of spending your time coming up with silly references to TV shows that ended long before I was born, you wouldn't look like such an old fool.

The real point is that you would actually address the kid's behavior in some manner rather than run away and stick your head in the corner and pretend that you didn't see it as Rut would. You told the OP that what he did was fine. I happen to agree, but that's a far cry from "let it go" and "let the coaches and administrators take care of it" which is what Rut wrote.

Lastly, I have to believe that any reasonable person can tell the difference between two friends clowning around and a negative act. That's not too hard.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

The point isn't that you have to throw a T under the circumstances given.

Thanks for the feedback Barney but if you actually read my post you'll see my comments to you are not concerning how you handle this particualr situation. My comments to you are simply concerning your nasty remarks.

[Nevadaref]

And your remarks are always so pleasant.