I think at the HS level and up we need to call it like we see it. Personally, I think the coach should be giving the player, not the official the earful, and I think most good coaches do. Should the officials have ignored the infamous Chris Webber TO back in '93? Until I hear the horn, I'm going to call the TO. Otherwise we become part of the game, and that shouldn't happen.
And before anyone states the obvious, yes, I know we are part of the game. My meaning is; I know a lot of officials who want to "let the players" decide the outcome of close games. They will let quite a few legitimate fouls and violations go, to avoid from having their call "decide" the game. I think if we look the other way and make a no-call we are doing just the opposite, we start shaping the outcome, rather than letting the players do it.
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Thu Mar 16, 2000, 03:18pm
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