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But I agree with you on the fans situation. A good one that a buddy of mine told me was that an old guy was complaining about 3 seconds (a fan). During a dead ball or time out, he went over and said "hey, we don't call that no more". haha I thought that was funny, and the guy didn't say a word after that. |
Today in one of my games I could hear a fan, throughout the entire game, screaming for three seconds.
Problem was, 95% of the time, there was nobody in the lane. The other 5%, it was a defensive player. I hope he wasn't looking for defensive three seconds:cool: |
We're expected to tell them to get out; but not to be afraid to call it if they don't. I don't remember if I called it last year, but I had one in my first game this year.
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This was a game stopper that I was told early on to avoid so you tell them to clear the lane or get out. Only one coach ever told me to quit coaching his kids when I attempted to have his player move out of the lane. OK coach....next time down and a few more times in the game...3 seconds and we're going the other way.
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Of course, my four this year plus my maybe 2 last year plus zero in the previous three years means I've averaged about 1 a year. Not exactly a role model am I? None today in my girls' game, but the home coach wanted one right after I called a 5 second (holding) violation. He said, "if you're going to call violations, you need to call ALL of them." :rolleyes: |
I had a game with some lady constantly screaming about calls made or not made. I figured she wasn't a very good official, though, as she never hollered '3 seconds' a single time.
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A fan at the tournament yesterday got escorted out of the gym when he stepped onto the court and held out his glasses for the official. He had been a PITA on Monday, too. Today, he had laryngitis.
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So her first exposure were people threatening her husband, calling me names, etc. To this day she is appalled at the behavior of "adults" in these venues. She also would like to know when did it become acceptable for adults to act like this in public ? |
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Does this quiet them down at future games? I highly doubt it but maybe it makes them think even just a little bit. |
I am often tempted to go to the dollar store and buy a bunch of cheap party whistles (in ten packs for a birthday party), and then at an 11 year olds rec game hand them out to the parents as they come in and tell them that if they don't like a call, instead of complaining just blow the whistle!
I think they would quickly see why there are only 2 or 3 officials. It's nice to dream... |
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The phrase "game interrupter" or "game stopper" has morphed from its original intention (passing on contact that doesn't cause an advantage/disadvantage) to "don't call anything." I've even heard people say not to call traveling cause it's a game interrupter. Of course it interrupts the game! The higher the level you work, the fewer times you'll have 3-second violations. I went almost 3 years without one and I wasn't not calling them on purpose. And we can work on preventing them, but at the varsity level, I gotta admit I don't spend much time talking people in and out of the lane -- if you don't get it by then, there's not much helping you. I will talk at post play early -- "Straight up!" -- that kind of thing, mainly to let them know I'm watching them off ball -- but 3-seconds? If it gets to the point I've called the violation, they should've known better. |
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