3 seconds....THREE SECONDS!!!

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

You know people have terms for everything. I do not have a problem with the term.

I actually like Jurassic's point. The fact that a term exists is not by itself a reason to continue using it. The term 'witch' exists, but I don't think we should start a new round of witch hunts. Same with racial and ethnic slurs.

The term 'game interrupter' is used by some officials to mask the claim that they think a type of call is bad (3 seconds, 5 seconds, whatever). Rather than discuss whether the particular call was in fact good, they use a slur.

Hadn't thought of it like that before. Thanks, Jurassic!

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I actually like Jurassic's point. The fact that a term exists is not by itself a reason to continue using it. The term 'witch' exists, but I don't think we should start a new round of witch hunts. Same with racial and ethnic slurs.

The term 'game interrupter' is used by some officials to mask the claim that they think a type of call is bad (3 seconds, 5 seconds, whatever). Rather than discuss whether the particular call was in fact good, they use a slur.

Hadn't thought of it like that before. Thanks, Jurassic!

I had a close game a couple seasons ago where I was T and situated in front of the offensive team's coach. A1 tries to get by B1 with a few seconds left and is held by B1 and I blow the whistle for the foul. My partner after the game says did you yell at her to get her hands off? I was no more than 5 ft from the coach and no I did not yell. Why reward poor defense?

This is the same guy who when a player picked up her dribble in the lane and was trapped by 2 defenders and I called 3 seconds because no attempt was made to try a pass or shot. He asked "Did you yell at her to get out of the lane"? As my other partner had his jaw gaping, I asked him how she would get out without a double dribble or travel. Why penalize good defense?

[rockyroad]

Had a game the other night where the Visiting team would consistently lower their shoulder and SLAM into the defensive rebounder who had position in front of them...we had 4 quick fouls on them for this. Their Coach - as I am reporting the 4th to the table - says to me:

"Well, I see you guys down here don't know what boxing out is." (They were from the northern part of the state).

My reply: "Coach, slamming into someone and knocking them 5 feet across the key is NOT boxing out."

Coach: "But we teach them to do that!"

Me: "Ok Coach. But we're gonna call it."

Coach: "But how am I supposed to get them to stop doing it now?"

At that point I just walked away...interestingly enough, they only did it maybe twice more the entire game.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Coach: "But how am I supposed to get them to stop doing it now?"

Just let 'em do it five times each.