Playing Officials

[Kingsman1288]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Not at the game.

Maybe, just maybe, if you are comfortable enough with any of then maybe you could talk to them privately at an association meeting or when you are buying them a few beers. But I would only do that if I had a good relationship with that person (or persons).

I plan on playing some Rec League this winter. And I plan on keeping my mouth shut.

You are 19, right? You might get some resistance on your age alone. You don't want to get the reputation as the "know-it-all" kid.

Yeah I'm 19. That kinda rules out buying them some beers unless we go to TJ.

I don't wanna come across as the know it all, which is one of the reasons I haven't said anything. I would just shut my mouth and play but this crew made it hard to actually play with whistles every 5 seconds. One time the visiting went down the court they got 6 fouls in a row on one possession. Next time my team went down the court, we didn't get even one call. It's hard to play when it's like that.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Kingsman1288

Yeah I'm 19. That kinda rules out buying them some beers unless we go to TJ.

T.J.Maxx serves beer?

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

T.J.Maxx serves beer?

No, I do.

[fiasco]

I second what everyone else has said, but I’ll add that you have to acknowledge and accept the fact that, as a player, no matter how good of an official you are, you are biased.

You’re looking at the situation completely differently than you would if you are officiating the game. There’s no way of getting around that. Does that make the officials at the game you talked about perfect? No, but it does mean that you’re not exactly an objective party in judging the situation.

You are looking at this through the eyes of a player. And we all know that players NEVER foul, but they ALWAYS get fouled. Your case may not be that extreme, but the principle still applies.

Oh, and remember...it’s just wreck ball.

[archangel]

Originally Posted by fiasco

I second what everyone else has said, but I’ll add that you have to acknowledge and accept the fact that, as a player, no matter how good of an official you are, you are biased.

You’re looking at the situation completely differently than you would if you are officiating the game. There’s no way of getting around that. Does that make the officials at the game you talked about perfect? No, but it does mean that you’re not exactly an objective party in judging the situation.

You are looking at this through the eyes of a player. And we all know that players NEVER foul, but they ALWAYS get fouled. Your case may not be that extreme, but the principle still applies.

Oh, and remember...it’s just wreck ball.

And in addition to the above, get your story straight !!

You say in your 1st post that "they werent calling much of anything", then in another "they were calling fouls every 5 seconds".

Sounds "like player perception" to me......

[Kingsman1288]

Originally Posted by archangel

And in addition to the above, get your story straight !!

You say in your 1st post that "they werent calling much of anything", then in another "they were calling fouls every 5 seconds".

Sounds "like player perception" to me......

haha...true. I wasn't paying much attention when I typed it. I meant they weren't calling much of anything our way. I think I'm going to stop playing in this league anyway if everyone is going to run up to me and complain about officials, I mean geez...I'm not even a Varsity Regular yet.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Kingsman1288

I mean geez...I'm not even a Varsity Regular yet.

In SoCal, if you're under 25, you go straight from HS JV to D1...your career is on track.

[Kingsman1288]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

T.J.Maxx serves beer?

Haha...TJ is short for Tijuana, Mexico. It's what everyone in San Diego calls it.