Officiating Philosophy ?

[mick]

Originally Posted by CoachP

Or schedule comparable teams........

Good point. That's another option.

[CoachP]

Originally Posted by Kingsman1288

Was I wrong for doing this? Should I have let Team A continue to press the heck out of Team B?

Agree with all so far, Yes and Yes.

[tomegun]

Rocky gave two examples of games where a team got blown out one week and blew a team out the next. Sometimes in sports, teams just get blown out and it has nothing to do with the officiating. To just look at a team pressing or whatever doesn't really give a clear picture of sportsmanship.

How about this?

How about applying that same awareness to the pursuit of the perfectly officiated game? I think that energy could be better spent someplace else. Sometimes teams are just that much better than the other team.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Kingsman1288

My intention is to get Team A out of the press and at least let Team B get the ball past half-court.

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Was I wrong for doing this? Should I have let Team A continue to press the heck out of Team B?

Yes ... Your job is to referee the game. Just call it like it needs to be called and don't allow game/coaching philosophy to interfere with officiating philosophy.