Thanksgiving/ A taste of officiating apathy/ Assigners & "levels"

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BballRookie

Simple things like not husseling back on a fast break when he was are clearly responsible or blaming me for not getting the call on a line when he should have been in place to make the call. Also, he started to alter who should be taking the ball out by looking at how much work it was going to be to get to a spot, and then telling me it was my ball to pass in. I guess that was the final straw. Later, my wife, who is clueless about basketball said, "he didn't seem like he wanted to run much, was everything ok?"

It's simple. In 2-person, who's line it is, well, that's pretty simple stuff.

Also, if he's dumping the administering of an in-bounds pass to you, well, I don't get that. Normally, partners who don't want to move will steal your sideline throw-in instead of bump-and-run to make you run the length of the court.

I don't work much out of season, but if I work a series of rec ball games, we don't switch on every foul (we switch on shooting fouls) or long switch, ever. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.