Have any of you ever called...

[just another ref]

Was this typical for this guy? Did he make other calls across the court in front of you?

[JRutledge]

Rich,

You had every right to be ticked off. I think you handled it better than most would have.

Peace

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Rich,

You had every right to be ticked off. I think you handled it better than most would have.

Amen to that. The self control you demonstrated in a situation when I would be tempted to physically remove my partner's head from his shoulders is amazing.

And it sucks, Rich, that you got dumped on the first time you tried to talk about this situation, and again this time.

That's one of the things I really don't like about this board sometimes (and I do it too...I'm trying to improve), is the unintentional game of "gotcha" that we all get into from time to time, trying to find something relatively unrelated to nitpick (oh, your count was slow....which it wasn't) while ignoring the larger message (you got rolled over by a Mac truck...what can we all learn from this situation) in an effort to make ourselves look better, smarter or more experienced. I wish we all did a little less of it, or at least approached it in a much less condescending way.

[fiasco]

[JRutledge]

Exactly.

Peace

[Adam]

Be late. Nope.
Be right. Nope.
Be needed. Nope.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Well this was posted all over a couple of other places, so do not feel bad. When it is on YouTube, it is out of your control. But it is a learning experience for sure for all of us. I like tapes like this as it gets to show how a game ending situation can get us in trouble. Rich did nothing wrong here and as far as I am concerned he handled himself well considering everything that took place. The other officials was just dead wrong and I would really like an explanation why he felt this was his duty to make this call in the first place. This is about as rookie a rookie mistake can be.

Peace

A big part of me wishes I could read an explanation from the calling official on that play.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

A big part of me wishes I could read an explanation from the calling official on that play.

It would have to be from bizzaro world. Three is in no rule, mechanic or standard that makes him call and even weirder for it to take place at this time of the game. I just do not understand this at all.

Peace

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

It would have to be from bizzaro world. Three is in no rule, mechanic or standard that makes him call and even weirder for it to take place at this time of the game. I just do not understand this at all.

Peace

Me neither, and any explanation would likely be an elaborate version of, "I had a brain fart." But as adamant as he seemed, I have to imagine he was pretty sure of himself and felt he had a good reason for it. Reading it would be a sort of anthropological exercise.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Me neither, and any explanation would likely be an elaborate version of, "I had a brain fart." But as adamant as he seemed, I have to imagine he was pretty sure of himself and felt he had a good reason for it. Reading it would be a sort of anthropological exercise.

Let's just say he felt justified that night and a while later. No idea if he would still feel that way.

The worst part was that I had to go administer that designated spot throw-in to the home team that was down 1 with the added seconds put back on the clock. The last-second shot attempt (more of a heave) from my corner had some contact and I did not call a foul, but I was waiting for a call to come from the trail position.

Good times, good times.

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Let's just say he felt justified that night and a while later. No idea if he would still feel that way.

The worst part was that I had to go administer that designated spot throw-in to the home team that was down 1 with the added seconds put back on the clock. The last-second shot attempt (more of a heave) from my corner had some contact and I did not call a foul, but I was waiting for a call to come from the trail position.

Good times, good times.

Hats off to you for being able to keep your composure at all and finish. I think I would have been blind with rage.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Let's just say he felt justified that night and a while later. No idea if he would still feel that way.

Even after having it explained to him that he misapplied the rule?

[TheOracle]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Me neither, and any explanation would likely be an elaborate version of, "I had a brain fart." But as adamant as he seemed, I have to imagine he was pretty sure of himself and felt he had a good reason for it. Reading it would be a sort of anthropological exercise.

Not really. That is so blatantly bad that he cannot recover. It would be like Costas interviewing Sandusky.