Two for the newbies, or anyone else

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Why not count it? A live ball went into the basket. In this case you don't have any complicating factors like the the horn sounding to end the period, or a foul. This is almost about as simple as a play involving the ball going into the wrong basket that you can get. It would count at either end of the court, no matter who's head the ball deflected off of. Not pretty, but count the goal.

YouTube - basketball shot off the head

They did NOT count it. The R was a very veteran official,and IMO has an oversized ego, the U1 was a younger guy and a college official and the U2 was a "crusty verteran". The U1 pointed out that there was time on the clock and no "extenuating circumstances". The R came up with a legal shot attempt line of reasoning, before pulling out the "I've done this longer than you, don't question me card" and waving off the bucket. As the U1 is a friend of mine, I am glad to see that his career has moved up as he has gotten a larger college schedule (which also means I can save on gas by carpooling!!!). I am also glad to see that the R has been picked up and dropped by 3 seperate college leagues.

JR Wouldn't that make a need for TWO types of blue font?!?!? And I will put my rules knowledge up against your reading comprehension any day of the week! (Except for this coming Thursday, I have a full schedule!!)

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Judtech

They did NOT count it. The R was a very veteran official,and IMO has an oversized ego, the U1 was a younger guy and a college official and the U2 was a "crusty verteran". The U1 pointed out that there was time on the clock and no "extenuating circumstances". The R came up with a legal shot attempt line of reasoning, before pulling out the "I've done this longer than you, don't question me card" and waving off the bucket. As the U1 is a friend of mine, I am glad to see that his career has moved up as he has gotten a larger college schedule (which also means I can save on gas by carpooling!!!). I am also glad to see that the R has been picked up and dropped by 3 seperate college leagues.

That's not a controversy, the R kicked it and was an a$$ in the process. To me, for it to be controversy he'd have had to at least have some valid reasoning.

[Judtech]

You know how associations are, when a mistake like this is made, especially by one of the 'higher ups' it becomes 'controversial'. Some people call it politics, but the bottom line, like most associations at any level, gossip is king and speed dials are often used. To paraphrase " The first step to recovery is admitting you made a mistake"? Do everything you can not to, but if you kick a call, own it, learn from it and move on. IMO he was embarrased that he made a mistake, didn't want to be show up by a 'young buck', and didn't want to admit he was wrong. Didn't like how it was handled, but hey, no one asked me!! I just yelled "Help, I'm being repressed"!!