Game Management Thought

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

I think play accuracy, at least at the pro level, is most important (at least at the NBA level and I'd assume it's the same in other sports). That's not to say game management isn't important. You're expected to deal with players and coaches with the biggest stakes on the line. But ultimately, if all your games have no issues, yet your play calling isn't up to par, you probably aren't going to stick around for long.

Precisely. Every single call/no-call in every game at those levels is reviewed for accuracy. You can bet that the official that gets the calls wrong more the the others is penalized...if not for each error then eventually as they are eventually not retained. And I'm not talking about rules....I'm talking about judgement....yes, they are graded on whether they made the right call as far as the league guidelines dictate. As for rules, they get fined if they get a rule wrong.

The reason, Toren, that it appears to become less and less about the rules is that they just don't get rules wrong much and all that is left is game management.