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[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

If you can avoid it, that's great. If you can't, you can't. Ultimately it's not our job to get the names in the book.

+1

Game management doesn't include looking for a reason not to call these "book" fouls. The rules have been in place for umpty-ump years. There's no reason for teams not to know what their pre-game responsibilities are.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

+1

Game management doesn't include looking for a reason not to call these "book" fouls. The rules have been in place for umpty-ump years. There's no reason for teams not to know what their pre-game responsibilities are.

One possible reason is a bunch of officials who bent over backwards to accomodate the coach and not call the T.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

One possible reason is a bunch of officials who bent over backwards to accomodate the coach and not call the T.

Snaqs, after reading some of the posts this morning, all I'm wondering is whatever happened to "forget about worrying what the coaches and fans think or want and just call the damn game the way the rulesmakers want us to"? It ain't rocket surgery.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Snaqs, after reading some of the posts this morning, all I'm wondering is whatever happened to "forget about worrying what the coaches and fans think or want and just call the damn game the way the rulesmakers want us to"? It ain't rocket surgery.

Yeah, I'm with you.

[tref]

Worrying about something & being open to something are 2 different things.

And when I say be open, I dont mean during the course of the game. I'm talking about when I'm watching film (to improve for the next game) & a certain play that coach spoke on or fans went nuts on comes up. Sometimes I can see what/why they reacted the way they did.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Snaqs, after reading some of the posts this morning, all I'm wondering is whatever happened to "forget about worrying what the coaches and fans think or want and just call the damn game the way the rulesmakers want us to"? It ain't rocket surgery.

Or Brain science..........

[APG]

First thing I ask when people get speeding tickets is if they were over the limit. If you are, then you have no one to blame but yourself. Sure, some officers don't care about 5-10 over, but when you are over, and you get pulled over, you're always leaving it at the discretion of the officer. You can always go five under the limit and not worry about it. That strategy has worked well for me.