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Old Mon Dec 05, 2011, 01:41pm
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I had a very nice preseason scrimmage this year in my state between two teams that went a long way in the tournament last year. During the scrimmage I had brush contact by the driver and the defender fell back. As the ball went throught the hoop, I gave him the old "get up" sign, it was a lame attempt to draw a charge. If the defender had not fallen, there would be no call, and if there offensive player missed the shot, there would be no complaint either. However....

One of my partners after the scrimmage said the head of officials in my state said at the state meeting (which he didn't say on the on-line meeting BTW), "that if the defender falls, every time he wants a call made, either a block, charge, or T."

It's just another symptom of rules makers these days in my judgment. Everyone has to have 'my' judgment, call everything in a certain way, and be a clone with your signals. My view of how the play is means nothing. If they don't weant defenders trying to get charges, then make a rule saying 'every drive to the basket that has contract with the driver/shooter is a block.' End of problem.

So I guess right now, unless the kid is a total rock as he takes contact and is set up six steps from the driver, I'm just calling it a block. Rah.
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Old Mon Dec 05, 2011, 02:11pm
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I had a very nice preseason scrimmage this year in my state between two teams that went a long way in the tournament last year. During the scrimmage I had brush contact by the driver and the defender fell back. As the ball went throught the hoop, I gave him the old "get up" sign, it was a lame attempt to draw a charge. If the defender had not fallen, there would be no call, and if there offensive player missed the shot, there would be no complaint either. However....

One of my partners after the scrimmage said the head of officials in my state said at the state meeting (which he didn't say on the on-line meeting BTW), "that if the defender falls, every time he wants a call made, either a block, charge, or T."

It's just another symptom of rules makers these days in my judgment. Everyone has to have 'my' judgment, call everything in a certain way, and be a clone with your signals. My view of how the play is means nothing. If they don't weant defenders trying to get charges, then make a rule saying 'every drive to the basket that has contract with the driver/shooter is a block.' End of problem.

So I guess right now, unless the kid is a total rock as he takes contact and is set up six steps from the driver, I'm just calling it a block. Rah.
Your head of officials is trying to get consistency.That is their job. You might like the control of 'my' judgement. But, the problem is that "my" judgement is rarely the same as 'his" judgement or "her' judgement. So, the only way to get consistency on these kinds of plays is to have clear directives of what they want called. Otherwise, the teams will have no idea what to expect.

And you're right, your opinion on the matter doesn't matter....you're hired to call it as your hiring body wants it called.

And what they want is NOT what you imply. Defenders taking charges is fine...but if they end up on the floor, it is either a charge, a block, or a flop. Can't be much else. They don't want everything a block...they want to cut out the flopping. If the defender flops out of it, they want a call.
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Old Mon Dec 05, 2011, 03:52pm
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They don't want everything a block...they want to cut out the flopping. If the defender flops out of it, they want a call.
I very much like the idea of trying to cut out the flopping. One caveat...if the defensive players are asked (by threat of T and automatic block calls) not to flop and to try and stay on their feet, then an official should be ready and willing to call a charge, when warranted, even if the defender does stay up.
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Old Tue Dec 06, 2011, 10:09am
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One of my partners after the scrimmage said the head of officials in my state said at the state meeting (which he didn't say on the on-line meeting BTW), "that if the defender falls, every time he wants a call made, either a block, charge, or T."
What happened to "incidental contact"?
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