UNC-Asheville/Syracuse End of 1st Half

[rulesmaven]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

What did the commentators say in response? I was away from the TV and missed it.

I actually thought the studio guys were pretty good with Adams. They ran the reply of the lane violation call from an angle that I don't think he had seen before -- and followed up after he made the foot in the lane comment to get his reaction to the violation the official actually called. On the OOB play, he basically said he wasn't going to make any alibis for the crew. The commentators followed up with some good questions about whether he thought there should have been a foul on the play. (He said something about how, although he wasn't there, if they judged it after the ball hit the hand (I guess he meant, not causing the violation) he would have it as incidental contact.)

Seth Davis asked some questions about whose call the OOB should have been and even got into, very briefly, proper mechanics for the ref putting the ball at the under the basket player's disposal, which I thought was significantly better than the usual in-studio stuff. Adams had a bit of a deer-in-the-headlights aspect to him at first; he's not polished like Mike Pereira, but I think having him in the studio on these sorts of plays could be really good.

[stiffler3492]

John Adams on Tru TV now...does NOT look happy.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

John Adams on Tru TV now...does NOT look happy.

He didn't admit the mistake. Said in their opinion, the shot clock violation occurred before the foul. Completely wrong.

[stiffler3492]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

He didn't admit the mistake. Said in their opinion, the shot clock violation occurred before the foul. Completely wrong.

Guess he didn't want to throw his guys under the bus on national television.

[grunewar]

Controversial calls at end of Syracuse-UNC-Asheville game

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

Guess he didn't want to throw his guys under the bus on national television.

I don't think admitting a mistake is throwing guys under a bus.

One of the best things about Mike Pierrera, when he was the NFL officiating supervisor, was that he was willing to admit honest mistakes. It gave him credibility.

[stiffler3492]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

I don't think admitting a mistake is throwing guys under a bus.

One of the best things about Mike Pierrera, when he was the NFL officiating supervisor, was that he was willing to admit honest mistakes. It gave him credibility.

Sure, but if I'm not mistaken, Pereira isn't affiliated with the NFL anymore even if he knows most if not all of those officials personally.

[APG]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

Sure, but if I'm not mistaken, Pereira isn't affiliated with the NFL anymore even if he knows most if not all of those officials personally.

When he was head of officials, the would regularly have a show every week on NFL.com where they reviewed the most controversial rulings of the week. If the crew was wrong, they were wrong and he flat out said it.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

Sure, but if I'm not mistaken, Pereira isn't affiliated with the NFL anymore even if he knows most if not all of those officials personally.

"...when he was the NFL officiating supervisor,..."

[APG]

The C didn't call a lane violation for the player in the marked lane space...he pointed at the player he called it on which was for the player outside the arc running in early. While technically a violation, no official at that level is going to split hairs that closely on the player in the lane.