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bad news about injured player
He broke his wrist. The player from last night, who was on my watch, broke his wrist on a play that should have been prevented.
This became a wake up call for me. Basketball might not be for me, not right now anyways. It is my 6th season and I should have prevented that from happening. I don't know guys, but I might be hanging up my basketball whistle after this season. Never thought I say that but it took a bad situation like this to happen for me to say that, because I absolutely love officiating basketball. Could you guys try to convince me otherwise? My heart wants to continue, but my mind is saying to give it up. Not trying to be dramatic, but I want to know what you guys think. |
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At halftime I told my partner, who was the R in the rulebook, that we need to say something to that player who kept flopping, I'm ready to T him up. My partner says "oh c'mon, when have you ever seen an official call that? No one!". I'm with this partner again for CYO games tomorrow, and I will be on a short lease with him. I can no longer be the nice guy anymore. My friend was right, I got no balls. I need to toughen up like I am in soccer, or I have to hang up the whistle. |
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That is a good point, which is probably why my partner said that it's never called. When I ref with him tomorrow, I'm gonna say just what you said. It's never called because a warning usually cleans it up. And if it doesn't, one or two blocking (no contact) calls will probably clean it up. |
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One other thought, and this is just an observation that may be completely wrong -- so take it for what it is: someone's opinioin. I think that you tend to get emotional about offiiciating. Officiating, like coaching, requires a level head. The more heated a game gets, the calmer you, as an official, need to be. We tend to make poorer decisions when we get emotional. |
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injuries happen but we shouldn't exaggerate our involvement with them. I've seen them from a fan yelling at a player to do something like drive the lane and then he does, or a knee injury with one second to go in a blowout game. You see lots of refs start who start calling less fouls there including NBA and college refs.
have fun and take it seriously. if players get hurt then they get hurt. you might pass on a call and then someone gets hurt. move on. I've had players hurt maybe a minute after I called foul that I probably could have passed on and if I didn't call the foul maybe it wouldn't have happened. So lots of what ifs when but I try to be fairly consistent and if I call a game not favoring one team then I did my part. I've seen good refs let games get physical with no injuries and refs who call it tight have injuries. It is what it is and I enjoy it. |
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Look, everyone on here has booted a call. I don't think that's the issue here. FWIW, I'm not sure you are emotionally ready to referee a basketball game. This assessment is based on both this thread and the other one.
This thread IMHO is a request for some ego stroking. Sorry, if your ego needs stroking, you are in the wrong avocation. The problem partners I have had in the past all had out of control ego's.
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Don't make a hasty decision based on one or two incidents and the emotion of the moment.
If you still enjoy the game and add value - stick it out. All sports need good officials. I had a B12 player break his wrist in a game I officiated last yr. It was an awkward foul that occurred in a heap along a sideline. I had the foul.....but so what. I knew it was bad when it happened. Next week the boy was out practicing with his team and on the bench watching and cheering them on (obviously he couldn't play because of the cast). Great kid, super parents. Turns out he broke the same wrist a few yrs back during football. It happens. Let it go. Be an official if you want to be an official. If you're heart is truly not in it, don't.
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Here's a suggestion: 1) learn the rules 2) make the correct call by the rules. |
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That's what I was thinking but few have told me they would call it that way before T'ing up the flopper. So I'm incorrect there...
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To be honest, I am an emotional guy. Sometimes VERY emotional. But I don't let it get in the way of work. The emotions stays in the locker room when I walk to the gym to ref. |
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MORE BAD NEWS:
I just checked my schedule for the season and saw that I got this same JH/FM team two more times this season, once at home. I'm already hearing the AD and coaches are badmouthing me, so it should be interesting to see what happens. |
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