United States Army General hired by the NBA for referee operations

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Case in point....this thread. That does nothing but hurt all of us imo.

Wrong, nothing what you do in your area hurts me in any way. First of all people in my area think basketball is better in my area than most places in the state. Then when teams go across the country they think officiating is better (not my words). They only care about goes on in their area, just like most political issue in this country. Only when people are forced to do they pay attention to the Presidential Election. And if I have a different philosophy than I do or anyone here, it really does not change what we do.

I also think it is not called for to tell someone not to officiate only because you disagree with a particular philosophy they share. What you think about this is not the end all be all of what should be called or not. I can tell you from where I have been this summer for camps that clearly is not the case. Are you going to tell others that are working and assigning Division 1 basketball they should stop officiating because they teach things you do not agree with? You might, but they likely are going to tell you where to go.

Peace

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Are you going to tell others that are working and assigning Division 1 basketball they should stop officiating because they teach things you do not agree with? You might, but they likely are going to tell you where to go.

Peace

If you're telling me that people assigning D1 ball are teaching their people to officiate using advantage/disadvantage philosophies on violations, then you're not very believable imo. That's a complete pile of doodoo. The officiating bulletins issued by the NCAA say something completely different.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

If you're telling me that people assigning D1 ball are teaching their people to officiate using advantage/disadvantage philosophies on violations, then you're not very believable imo. That's a complete pile of doodoo. The officiating bulletins issued by the NCAA say something completely different.

I am not telling you that they teach you to do anything. I am telling you that they allow things to be called that are not as black and white as you make them out to be. And yes, what those bulletins say only go so far, because the people on them still make the tournament (as well as the NCAA Clinic tape).

Peace