Being Real

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by iref4him

My last two games I worked were not the best officiated games. From my standpoint, the men I worked with didn't see the games like I did.

In one game, one of the officials did not know how to do three man mechanics and was out of position most of the night. He always rotated away from the ball when he was lead, causing the Trail to come up and be Center. The other official and myself were trying to adjust to him. (By the way he is one of the top officials in this association and was the R for the game. He would not even pre-game!!) I felt like it was just out of sync.

The other game, all three of us were in the correct positions in three men and rotating correctly, but one of the officials kept calling out of his primary all night. Case in point, I am the 'C' and the play is three feet from me. The girls attempted a three-point shot, she missed. I stayed with the shooter. NO foul. Except from Trail he calls a foul. At halftime I asked him what he saw. He said that 'blue' got her arm. I said okay, but the play was three feet from me and you had to call all the way across the court. HE said I call them like I see them. The rest of the game was worse.

After both games, the other guys were shaking hands. "Hey good game". HOnestly it wasn't. I shook the other officials hands and smiled. Honestly, they were bad games. Out of position, calling out of your primary, and you know what that leads to - reaching for calls that aren't there, coaches raising cane for the out of position, etc.

I just want to know. Are you really honest after the game?

iref4him:

First, I want to say that I feel you pain.

Second: You and your partner should not have let this go past the end of the second quarter. I do not care if he is the R for the game or not. When both U's are on the correct page and the R is not, then at half-time the U's have to take care of business to correct this situation.

Third: I would not have let him off the hook. I would have told him that he needed to officiate his primary and trust his partners. I would like to know what your other partner had to say about this.

MTD, Sr.