what would you do?

[mick]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

I don't know that you kicked this one at all,mick.I think that the evaluator may have been more upset with the actual timing of the whistle,rather than the fact that the whistle was blown.The usual procedure is to(1)evaluate the injury,then(2)blow it dead immediately if the player is definitely seriously injured,or(3)blow it dead unless the other team is in the midst of a scoring effort if there is a chance that it is a serious injury,or(4)delay the whistle until his team had the ball or the scoring chance is over if you feel the injury is not of a serious nature.The time lag for a whistle for #3 is usually a second or so after you evaluate the player and check the play,not the amount of time that it takes for a player to walk off the floor to his bench.If you delay that long,you're probably into #4.I think the evaluator may have been trying to make the point that crew's evaluation may have been correct,but it should have been made quicker and not delayed until the player got off the court.
Note:I realise that #2 is debatable,but if I think that a player is seriously hurt,I'm gonna get someone looking at him asap,no matter where the ball is.

Thanks for the support, JR.
But in the original sitch I'm sticking with my "after thought".
Your Four Points are well taken.
An injury situation can certainly put us officials on that fine line of jeopardy. The question of safe way vs. the fair way, is often left up to our training.
mick