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Correctable error was my fault
D3 game last night. A1 drives to the basket and is fouled hard by B1. B1 attempts to play the ball, but after the initial contact, he follows through and pulls A1 to the floor. Intentional foul. I stayed in the area to make sure nothing else flares up, A1's teammates help him up from the floor, and I go to the table to report the foul.
Both free throws are successful and I indicate to my partner that the throw-in is on the endline. He walks to me and says "Was he the right shooter?" Fact is, I never verbalized the shooter's number at the spot of the foul, and when he asked me, I had no idea who the shooter was. My third partner confirmed that it was the wrong shooter. We corrected it properly, the correct shooter also made both free throws, so the error made no impact on the game. But I felt, and feel, like crap. First time I neglect to say who my shooter is, and I freakin' screw the pooch. As playoffs approach, DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!!! Verbalize your shooter. What's the saying? If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a terrible warning. Well, today, I'm the terrible warning. (And I'm pissed off about it! ) |
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How do both your partners know it was the wrong shooter, let two FT's happen, and THEN let you know? Why were the non-calling officials not saying, "I've got your shooter"?
Why did the player who got knocked to the floor and helped up let someone else shoot his FT's? If I got a bruise from a hard foul, I damn well will be making sure I'm shooting my FT's. Yea, I know you feel bad about having a CE situation, but I don't think you can take all the blame for that one. Where were you partners before the FT's were shot? Also, since the player that got taken to the floor wasn't the one that shot the FT's, I would be looking seriously at team purposely putting the wrong player up there to shoot. After all, if I get taken down like that, I'm going to make sure I'm at the line, and questioning why I wasn't if one of my teammates was shooting.
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My guess is that the team thought it was a T (or treated the same as a T) since no one was on the lane. Whoever "normally" shoots the Ts for that team went to the line.
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But, again, where were his partners?
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Agreed! I wanna know too.
Also, I was taught (Fed, not NCAA) to grab the number of the shooter for your partner. Because I officiate football, I have developed a certain skill for remembering numbers, I have now worked into my game to grab both the foulee and fouler. In most cases, I even have time to listen what my P reports while watching the players. (Again, something from fb: we're taught that penalty application is a *crew* responsibility; so no matter what position I work, I confirm the penalty app in my head.) It's not hard to do, and it saves us an average of 3-4 times per season (P reported a wrong number or forgot).
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Obviously you're a good official to have risen to the college ranks, that's why you feel upset over the error. File it away, I'll bet you never let it happen again. |
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I would like to know that as well. Thats why when I am the of official, I do my best to help my partner(s) with putting the right shooter on the line. I also try to call out my shooter after the foul....use that situation as a learning tool.
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I usually have the same problem of keeping track of more than one number at a time when reporting a foul. That's why I try not to verbalize the shooter's number, how many fouls they have, how many TO's the team has left...er...never mind.
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Maybe we can start a support group: Officials Who Have Difficulty Remembering Two Numbers. At our first meeting we can talk about calling a double foul, and keeping the colors, and numbers, straight.
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For example, if the DF is Blue #24, and Red #50, it should be easy, since Labatt's Blue has 24 pops in a case, and Molson does have their pop called "50" which has a red label.
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Freshest if eaten before date on carton.
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