7th Grade Girls B-Team

[MD Longhorn]

Not too far removed from what I expected, and similar to my own views.

Game 2 nights ago was horrendous. Yes, my daughter's team was on the losing end (by far) and I tried to take that into account as part of the reason for my frustration. Add to that, I had "3-seconds!!!" guy sitting behind me (he was right ONCE - and even then just by a bit).

2 officials - they switched once. I can live with that though.
8 fouls from one official - somewhat even - I can live with that.
NO fouls from the other official - not even when a player was pushed with 2 hands in the back during a layup attempt, faceplanting right in front of the official.
Same official insisted during the entire first half that our team throw her the ball after the other team made a basket - and since they didn't switch during the first half, this means EVERY basket. Allowing the other team to set up their press, which our coach is too incompetent to teach the team how to get out of. Other official must have said something to her at halftime, as she didn't do this in the 2nd half.
Same official completely ignored backcourt violations twice. Blatant ones.
Same official, when trail, stood planted at the corner of the halfcourt and sideline - no matter what.

The worst though was after a timeout - the other team played with 6 people. I (and several others) were literally screaming at the officials that they had 6 players on the court. 3 trips up and down the court - probably about a minute. Finally the other coach realizes what we're yelling about and tells a player to leave the court during play... she runs RIGHT BY the official (the better of the two - not the one who did all the stuff above) and sits down --- official thinks nothing of it and moves on. I KNOW that would have made me go, "Huh...that's odd".

Yes we got slaughtered, and by no means do I think that was the fault of the officials ... not even close. But considering the blowout status of the game, I find it hard to imagine I would pass on backcourt calls against the team in the lead (and I couldn't have missed them ... I was standing on the halfcourt line!). The only thing I saw different between the teams was that it seemed to me we were the beneficiary of a few questionable out-of-bounds-off-who decisions.