Video: end of game

[Back In The Saddle]

0. No mention of the shooter going to the floor on the drive at the beginning of the video? Looks like she was dragged down from behind on a lay up. Not sure what the C was looking at. The L is watching the ball.

1. No opinion.

2. The girl they put on the line was clearly not in the act of shooting.

3. I can't see any good reason for them to pow wow. I also can't see why the T closed on this.

[bbcof83]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

0. No mention of the shooter going to the floor on the drive at the beginning of the video? Looks like she was dragged down from behind on a lay up. Not sure what the C was looking at. The L is watching the ball.

1. No opinion.

2. The girl they put on the line was clearly not in the act of shooting.

3. I can't see any good reason for them to pow wow. I also can't see why the T closed on this.

0. Looks like the shooter was perhaps trying to sell a foul and just plopped on the ground. From the video's angle (same as C, opposite of L) whatever minimal contact there was it did not effect her rhythm. Good job of C and L to pass on it, especially with less than 10 seconds in a one point championship game.

2. Double bonus?

3. As for the T closing, agreed. She should close a little just to be on top of the tense situation but she is only adding to the confusion by pointing to the white player on the ground. It looks like she is perhaps identifying the shooter. Unfortunately, to the fan/coach/observer it almost looks as if she is pointing to white as if she is calling a foul on white. Another miscue that adds to the confusion of the situation.

[Fathertime]

A couple other things that bothered me that haven't been mentioned.

C looked like he was way too antsy down the stretch of this game and he did not trust his partners. The ball watching on the play put him in the way of the game and took him out of position. His running in toward the conference, and doing most of the talking, left the players unwatched and made him screw up the switch for free throw administration. He should have been lead for this (assuming there isn't a NV exception). Then he came into the lane between tries to move a player down when the lead could easily have taken care of that. Looked way too excited.

L crept on the court during the rebounding and confusingly waved off the basket with one arm while the other was still in the air. Not sure why he came all the way to the table after a correct call. It was a 5th foul, but there is still no reason to allow the coach to walk to mid-court and have a conversation that doesn't involve the other coach.

I'm guessing T had a double whistle, but should have passed the call to L and ended up making a confusing extended point to the shooter. Maybe she wasn't sure what L had because of a weak preliminary signal.

I'm not sure any of the three were completely under control during this crunch time.

This is a great example of getting the call right, and still looking bad doing it.