Uncalled Cheap Shots

[Adam]

Originally Posted by zm1283

The association can get the full video if need be.

Sure, but Proto didn't say anything about having the full video and made a declarative statement about what his association would have done based, as far as we know, on the edited video we've all seen.

[Proto]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Sure, but Proto didn't say anything about having the full video and made a declarative statement about what his association would have done based, as far as we know, on the edited video we've all seen.

Many in the "victim" school's association saw more of the video. Doesn't really matter. All you'd see is poor positioning and no other brutal fouls. Somebody asked whether anything at all was dine about it. Associations all over the country used this as an example of poor officiating and what not to do. The Association that assigned these officials defended it, and did nothing regarding it or about it. They assigned post season games to two of them. My association sets standards and holds Varsity guys accountable for judgment, mechanics, and professionalism. Many do not, which is pretty sad.

[Adam]

High. Horse. Hard. To. Breathe.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Proto

Many in the "victim" school's association saw more of the video. Doesn't really matter. All you'd see is poor positioning and no other brutal fouls. Somebody asked whether anything at all was dine about it. Associations all over the country used this as an example of poor officiating and what not to do. The Association that assigned these officials defended it, and did nothing regarding it or about it. They assigned post season games to two of them. My association sets standards and holds Varsity guys accountable for judgment, mechanics, and professionalism. Many do not, which is pretty sad.

A couple things need to be put into perspective. This is HS sports we are talking about. Even though I may not like the way the officials handled the situation with more than things than what was not called, I think it is a little silly to act like officials have to be reprimanded for a produced video. And I cannot blame all 3 officials for every call that was showed. We can always pull plays out of the a film and claim something was wrong. And just because they did not suspend the officials does not mean they did not do something about it. Maybe, just maybe they saw the entire video and had some other opinions about the game. Actually many of the plays were not flagrant and in some cases no more than common fouls. I think the official's background could mean something as well like it does in many other situations.

I guess I just love it when people come from an outside view and automatically think the officials should be suspended. As stated if we questioned every video and made decisions based on a produced video, you would not have many HS officials able to work games.

Peace

[Rich]

I know that if I was responsible for hiring these officials, I'd get the whole game video and base any decisions on that. I wouldn't turn a blind eye.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Even though I may not like the way the officials handled the situation with more than things than what was not called, I think it is a little silly to act like officials have to be reprimanded for a produced video.
Peace

Produced or not, I don't think I'd have a different view of any of those plays in the context of the entire game. They grossly under-called overly physical, non-basketball, plays. Not sure what other parts of the game might reveal that would be of interest...maybe more stuff they missed perhaps.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Produced or not, I don't think I'd have a different view of any of those plays in the context of the entire game. They grossly under-called overly physical, non-basketball, plays. Not sure what other parts of the game might reveal that would be of interest...maybe more stuff they missed perhaps.

If you are going to "take action" against the officials I would hope there was a bigger context looked at than a couple of plays.

Peace

[26 Year Gap]

Just took a look at another website that showed the red team is 3-14 and the white team is 2-15. Many of the team scores were in the 30s for the white team. Not a lot of skill has been demonstrated.

Also, another article was published that indicates the two white team players have been threatened in cyberspace. youtube has only one angle of course, but certainly there was a lack of fortitude exercised by the crew from what was shown. A relative of a red team member apparently shot the video. It may have been mentioned, but I did not read all one gazillion pages of this thread.