Situational Officiating

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

In reality a call you kick in the last 2 minutes is going to affect future assignments far more than a call you kick in the 1st half.

You kick a call in the first half and your supervisor will likely chalk it off as a brain-fart or a temporary lapse in concentration. Kick a call in the last 2 minutes of a nail-biter then the supervisor may begin to question whether you can handle the pressure.

Exactly right. Those that say "a foul in the first half is the same as a foul at the end" are absolutely correct -- but the corollary to this is that a mistake in the first half isn't going to be viewed the same as a mistake at the end of the game.

Perception is reality in many cases. One thing I noticed as the years go on is that we get to the end in a close game and I'm the calmest person in the house. That doesn't happen overnight.

[APG]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Exactly right. Those that say "a foul in the first half is the same as a foul at the end" are absolutely correct -- but the corollary to this is that a mistake in the first half isn't going to be viewed the same as a mistake at the end of the game.

Perception is reality in many cases. One thing I noticed as the years go on is that we get to the end in a close game and I'm the calmest person in the house. That doesn't happen overnight.

+1

Just ask the crew from that Big East tournament game about the last 20 seconds of their game (some questionable calls and the blatant missed OOB call) and if they would of rather had that occur at the end of the first half or at the end of the game...and ask the assignor if he cares more that it occurred at the end of the game or not.

[RookieDude]

Coming in late...

I don't know, I didn't see the contact...but, I say, shake your head up and down when the veteran is telling you something...she might have actually been correct. (maybe not philosophically, but about the contact)

Afterall...you did say you had to SELL it.

[ref3808]

Interesting use of the term "rivalry" here. A few games back (Boys JV) the HC, during a time out, asked me if I realized this was a "rivalry" game. I wondered what the coach expected to gain from telling me that. Did he expect that I would call the game differently for that reason? To my knowledge we work from one rule set regardless of the game circumstances.

[bob jenkins]

I think you need to be extra alert for sportsmanship issues during a rivalry game.

[RookieDude]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I think you need to be extra alert for sportsmanship issues during a rivalry game.

Right on...these "types of games" can get a little rougher. Many times the players know each other and there could be issues from the past.

[ref3808]

Perhaps, but it was a well played game to that point with nothing out of the ordinary going on and, without putting too much emphasis on this, it was a JV game. I could see where the varsity game later on might have a little more emotion surrounding it but not the sub varsity.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I think you need to be extra alert for sportsmanship issues during a rivalry game.

Euphemism for, "Watch out for a fight".