Irate Coach!

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by The_Rookie

Yesterday one of the officials assigned to our game made a critical mistake
that had a huge impact on the outcome of the game. Down by 4 points, we
fouled a player from XYZ HS with 9.4 seconds left. At the time that was
our 9th team foul. The girls line up and the official under the basket
signals for a 1 and 1. the first free throw is missed and one of my player
gets the rebound but the referee under the basket steps onto
the court. The back official blows his whistle. After a
conference it is decided that its a jump ball and based on possession it
was XYZ ball.

I have a huge issue with how this was handled.....

Sounds like both officials are to blame. Other than that, I'm okay up to this point.

......... because there was no logic behind it.

Logic is not the prime factor, but in this case, I think the right call (after the IW) would have also been the logical call.

Second, the mistake made by the referee should not have given the other team the ball because it was not an
inadvertent whistle made by the official who made the mistake. The back
official blew his whistle because partner was clueless as to what he did.

If I understand correctly the lead stepped in, apparently thinking two shots. To be sure, this is a mistake. But then, the trail official sounded the IW, which is, of course, itself a mistake.

Not to say it would have been any better but if they shot the free throw
over we don't lose anymore time on the clock.

He would have been less upset if they had awarded another free throw?

..........being down by 4 with the league's leading scorer and school's all time three point shooter on my team I liked our chances especially since we were in the bonus situation with four timeouts left.

I got it. Had the mistake not been made, here's how it would have gone.

Rebound Timeout Set up play Go the length of the floor & hit a 3
Timeout Foul immediately on throw-in After free throws, make or miss, call another timeout. Go down and score again............and if you have trouble getting the ball in, you still have a timeout to spare.

This is really..............optimistic.