I know it's summer league, but...

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Because one is more important than the other. Are they both important? Yes.
But one is obviously more important.

Exactly! I worked with an official several times last season & they were really crisp & clean while reporting fouls to the table (I must admit I took a bit of their reporting style and incorporated into my game) but the call selections got them ripped after a few of the games.

ie: Several "over the back" calls where the defense obtained the rebound & the contact didn't put the rebounder at a disadvantage, but the call was continuously made... sometimes killing the fast break opportunity. Plus, when working in a 3 person system the L should trust the T & slot to make those calls.

The official couldn't comprehend the fact that contact doesn't equal a foul, the result of the contact is what makes it a foul. I guess that's a good example of call selection outweighing table reporting.
Basically, who cares how well you look when reporting a bad call.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Ch1town

Basically, who cares how well you look when reporting a bad call.

This just needed to be repeated. Well stated.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

This just needed to be repeated. Well stated.

I don't entirely agree. It's usually true that an official who makes consistently poor calls, but has good mechanics, will be widely regarded as a poor official and his mechanics cannot fix that. But a reasonably good official who makes an uncharacteristically poor call can often gain the benefit of the doubt by how he reports it. Taking a 4 call (based on a 1-10 scale) and turning it into a 9 or 10 call at the table may sound like just so much "camp philosophy", but I've found it to be true over a period of several years since I was first introduced to it. The opposite has also proven to be true. A really good call, followed by a poor presentation, will likely be poorly accepted.