Pregame scouting/team tendencies

[CoachFred]

If you are already looking for certain things from certain players/teams, you are more likely to make those calls than if you were not expecting them.

For example, Player A who may have been discussed in pregame as somebody who has a tendancy to travel, is more likely to have a travel called against him than player B who may travel as much as player A, but does not receive the attention during pregame.

According to one official, we have a reputation for setting illegal screens. Trying to be as objective as possible, for a coach , it seems that we are called for setting illegal screens for the slightest infraction and it is not called as often for from teams that do not have this label...

The point I am trying to make is,

Do you think you are more likely to make a call based on reputation, not the actual play?

[stosh]

Let's turn it around.

Do you talk to your team about tendancies of the officials working your game? Isn't that taking advantage of your knowledge of the officials? Suppose a certain official is less likely to call three seconds, would you tell your post players to stay in the lane a little longer?

I think it's perfectly fine for officials to share as much information as they have about the teams, coaches, gym, score table personnel, and anyone else who has relevance in calling a fair game.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by CoachFred

Do you think you are more likely to make a call based on reputation, not the actual play?

No. And I don't know any other official that would either.

We try to call what is. But being human, sometimes we do call what isn't. But that's a completely different human fraility than the one that you're enquiring about.

[justacoach]

Hello Coach, welcome to the board.

Now that you've managed to have some healthy interaction without raising anyone's hackles, why don't you take advantage of our greatest collective talent:ie, giving clear concise explanations of the rules. I suggest that your reference to the ephemeral "moving screen" indicates a lack of understanding of the concept and might be a good place to start. At the very least, you will be better prepared to school your players as to what is acceptable in terms of established screening principles.
Go ahead, ask away....