What are your pet peeves about other officials?

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by refiator

Mine is calling it the "Baseline" instead of the "Endline".

The smiley means you're kidding, right?

[refiator]

Originally Posted by Smitty

The smiley means you're kidding, right?

No. Baselines are found on baseball diamonds. Endlines are found on basketball courts.

[eyezen]

For me its partners who don't make eye contact from C while administrating free throws.

[ga314ref]

Show off officials - the guys who somehow have the idea the crowd came to see them. Common mechanic: open palm hitting against the head.

Guys that have no sense of teamwork - we can relay timeouts, so why take the extra steps? You called three fouls in a row; we have a double whistle, and you sprint toward the table. You're ballhawking while someone just got shoved 15 feet in your primary. You think calling 3-seconds is a waste of time. You roll the ball to your partner all night, I guess to make sure he's truly getting a workout aside from his four mile run. And the guy who's having the time of his life socializing with the coaches and players while forgetting to call the game.

On the good side: we can use two hands to signal player numbers, so we don't get aggravated about that.

[kwv001]

Originally Posted by ga314ref

Show off officials - the guys who somehow have the idea the crowd came to see them.

Hmmmmm....Would you be referring to "TV Teddy"?

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by refiator

No. Baselines are found on baseball diamonds. Endlines are found on basketball courts.

And this is your biggest pet peeve among your partners? That they use a word that everyone understands but is not what is used in the rule book? I just find this so silly.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Smitty

And this is your biggest pet peeve among your partners? That they use a word that everyone understands but is not what is used in the rule book? I just find this so silly.

The word 'baseline' appears in 1-7-3.

I agree with your point, though.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by mbyron

The word 'baseline' appears in 1-7-3.

I agree with your point, though.

Awesome. Even better! Can we put that ridiculous concern to bed now?

[VaTerp]

I agree with sentiment expressed by a few in this thread. I don't get bothered in the least about specific mechanics or terminology as long as communication is clear. That's for assignors and supervisors to worry about.

Only thing that bothers me is when people put $#!* in the game or go fishing for things......e.g:

calling violations that aren't there, calling fouls on marginal contact that don't affect the play, asking if a sleeve is for medical reasons, calling a T for a pre-game tap of the rim that nobody else in the gym saw.

One other thing that bothers me is officials who turn their back to the court during FT administration to talk to coaches. I've seen this recently with some younger guys who are trying to work on being more approachable/communication skills. When a veteran does this it irritates to me.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by VaTerp

I agree with sentiment expressed by a few in this thread. I don't get bothered in the least about specific mechanics or terminology as long as communication is clear. That's for assignors and supervisors to worry about.

Only thing that bothers me is when people put $#!* in the game or go fishing for things......e.g:

calling violations that aren't there, calling fouls on marginal contact that don't affect the play, asking if a sleeve is for medical reasons, calling a T for a pre-game tap of the rim that nobody else in the gym saw.

My only quibble is in red. It must be regional/local/state differences, but here we ask. No documentation is required, but we ask.

[Raymond]

One thing I will comment to my crew about is when the C is leaking down court in transition when there is pressure in the backcourt. Especially when the ball still hasn't even been thrown in yet. What's the hurry? You're leaving the Trail to officiate 4-6 players as well as the throw-in.

One I see on TV by older college officials is the C walking up the court looking back at A1 bring up the ball against B1 who his only applying token pressure, even though the trail is right there on the play. Guess the Lead is supposed to take care of the 8 other players.

[Rob1968]

Originally Posted by mbyron

The word 'baseline' appears in 1-7-3.

I agree with your point, though.

The smiley face is so appropriate, since "baseline" in 1-7-3 refers to the bottom border of the painted squareon the backboard and not to the endline on the floor . . .

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by Rob1968

The smiley face is so appropriate, since "baseline" in 1-7-3 refers to the bottom border of the painted squareon the backboard and not to the endline on the floor . . .

The horror of using that term in any other way then! How dare anyone!

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Rob1968

The smiley face is so appropriate, since "baseline" in 1-7-3 refers to the bottom border of the painted squareon the backboard and not to the endline on the floor . . .

Good! Just so.

[Duffman]

Ohhh, also ad when another official refers to throw ins as "out of boundses"... Plural.

Gee Charlie, wee sure had a lot of out of boundses tonight.

This particular official may have more problems though. WHen discussing pca regarding closely.guarded counts in the top of the key area he said "I don't mind sharing it, if we have two counts going on at once we have a better chance of getting it right"...