Joey Crawford....I think he called a block

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by tomegun

Let me ask you this: does your association have bigger fish to fry? Are the powers that be that don't like this still officiating? If so, are they good?

What would you choose:

a. A great official that uses the "fist to hips" block signal repeatedly
b. A good official that has good signals
c. An average official that has great signals

I'm not saying you can't have one without the other, but we are often guilty of worrying about the ants instead of taking care of the elephants.

Ohio HSAA is notorious in both basketball and football for having their own way to officiate the game (for example, the team control signal is expressly banned as it's "confusing"). And they would tell you they have plenty of great officials with good signals that they don't need to give tournament games to great officials with bad signals.

To me Crawford looks like a clown. I can't take that kind of officiating seriously outside of a Globetrotters game. But your mileage my vary. It certainly hasn't harmed Crawford's career.