the stare down

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by fullor30

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"Calling official has a foul and gives the hard, 3-4 second glare "I gotcha" look to the player as if he was caught shoplifting."


And yes, you had to be there, so it's probably not worth discussing unless you saw it all night. As I said, it's a minor thing, just my opinion, and all I'm saying is the glare/scowl wasn't needed. On occasion it is.

I think this is more about your preception of what took place than whether it is acceptable or not. Now I was not there and maybe it was not the best look, but if that is all the official did, I can live with that. You are not accusing him of saying anything inappropriate. If all he did was look (scowl or glare) I can live with this. And as I said this works for me very well. It sends the message I want to send and it usually stops the behavior and I have not said a single word.

Originally Posted by fullor30

Whoa Jeff, come on back to herd fella. Stay on point, there was no mention of 'restore order'. It was choir boy nice at this game.

If I am not on point, what are you suggesting the official do? Why is it inappropriate for an authority figure to simply look at a "student" when their behavior is inappropriate? Remember, you added all the "gotcha" stuff in the look. You or I have no idea what was said before and what was said afterwards. And even if that was the look, so what, the kid has not business popping off or acting like this is the NBA. Kids should accept the call and go to their next position.

Peace