Judging a "judgement" call

[tref]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Right. But when the assigner asks (and they will), I'd rather say "I went in with the correct information" than "I thought he might have had something else."

The guys I work for are taking assignments when the bolded words come out your mouth.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by tref

the guys i work for are taking assignments when the bolded words come out your mouth.

+1

[Adam]

Originally Posted by tref

The guys I work for are taking assignments when the bolded words come out your mouth.

Just to clarify, are you expected to watch your area and your partners' areas to make sure they don't kick a rule?

[tref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Just to clarify, are you expected to watch your area and your partners' areas to make sure they don't kick a rule?

Negative. We are supposed to referee our 3rd of the court while seeing as many of the other players as possible, as we are listening to the coaches for timeouts, checking the clock after each whistle & taking a peak at the table for subs.

When a play/shot goes toward the basket, there isn't anything wrong with 3 offcials knowing where the ball is. Players, partner & ball, right?
Its tough to flex or back out of one without knowing where the ball is.

As we start talking about the higher levels, its even encouraged to sneak-a-peak on 3 point trys out of your area. Yes, to help our partners!

Hopefully by John Adams adopting some NBA principles it will trickle down to HS in another decade. Because HS is behind the times... I am just now starting to hear RSBQ & SDF at this level. When I got up on it 4 or 5 years ago, they were saying thats NBA talk

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Just to clarify, are you expected to watch your area and your partners' areas to make sure they don't kick a rule?

Depends.

Suppose the ball is in your area and it's contested. Then, your partner blows the whistle and signals "illegal screen." You later find out he called it for "moving while setting a screen, even though there was no contact." You (likely) won't get in trouble for not helping out here.

But, in the OP, it's reasonable to have an opinion on the play, so it's reasonable to try to verify the call / rule.

[bainsey]

Oh, BTW...

There's only one "e" in "judgment."

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Oh, BTW...

There's only one "e" in "judgment."

This is also a when in Rome thing...

judgement

[Adam]

What a potatoe head.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

What a potatoe head.

LOL!!! I was thinking the same thing. Scary!!!!

Peace