WRECK League Technical Question

[26 Year Gap]

Remember that Indiana Jones scene where the guy starts with all of the fancy swordplay? Indy got out his gun and shot him nonchalantly. That would be a good metaphor. Only your T is the gun that stops the theatrics. Just don't be like that guy that was trail in those videos that were posted recently when you make the call.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Remember that Indiana Jones scene where the guy starts with all of the fancy swordplay? Indy got out his gun and shot him nonchalantly.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Remember that Indiana Jones scene where the guy starts with all of the fancy swordplay? Indy got out his gun and shot him nonchalantly.

Word is that that scene was improvised by Ford and the director liked it, so he kept it.

[mplagrow]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Word is that that scene was improvised by Ford and the director liked it, so he kept it.

Correct. They all had food poisoning (except Speilberg, who traveled with his own private stock of Spaghettio's) and Ford was NOT up to filming the elaborate fight scene they planned. So he shot him. The crew actually wrapped up filming early on that location by like a week because they just wanted to get the heck out.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Word is that that scene was improvised by Ford and the director liked it, so he kept it.

Originally Posted by mplagrow

Correct. They all had food poisoning (except Speilberg, who traveled with his own private stock of Spaghettio's) and Ford was NOT up to filming the elaborate fight scene they planned. So he shot him. The crew actually wrapped up filming early on that location by like a week because they just wanted to get the heck out.

[maven]

Originally Posted by mplagrow

Correct. They all had food poisoning (except Speilberg, who traveled with his own private stock of Spaghettio's) and Ford was NOT up to filming the elaborate fight scene they planned. So he shot him. The crew actually wrapped up filming early on that location by like a week because they just wanted to get the heck out.

The story as I heard it: Ford did not feel like filming the fight scene (perhaps for the reason you mention) and noticed that his costume included a sidearm. He asked Spielberg, "Why the **** do I have to fight this **** when I could just shoot him?"

Spielberg did not have a ready answer and told him to try it. Everyone liked it, and it stood up in the final cut.

[JetMetFan]

Intramural game last night, player goes up for a shot and thinks he gets hit. No foul was called and he proceeded to go back on defense, spinning his way down the court as he ran, holding his arm up in the air slapping it to show he felt he was fouled. When his team got the ball back, he continued slapping his arm demonstratively and looking at the official who did not make the call the first time. Next dead ball I told him to cut out the theatrics.

I think the warning in the at this time is fair. He was informed these antics would not be acceptable. I would have made sure to let my partner(s) known I had warned him as well.

I have to disagree with the comment in red. As the assignor I mentioned in the previous post would say, if he doesn't get a T now anything this guy does after this point is our fault because we didn't stop him the first time he acted up. If he gets a T for this and for some reason doesn't understand what it was for, then he truly needed to get it.

Let's think of it this way: if an NBA player making thousands to millions of dollars would get a T for this without a thought, why the heck should we let some guy in a rec league game get away with it?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

I have to disagree with the comment in red. As the assignor I mentioned in the previous post would say, if he doesn't get a T now anything this guy does after this point is our fault because we didn't stop him the first time he acted up. If he gets a T for this and for some reason doesn't understand what it was for, then he truly needed to get it.

Let's think of it this way: if an NBA player making thousands to millions of dollars would get a T for this without a thought, why the heck should we let some guy in a rec league game get away with it?

Yep, showing me up to everyone in the gym is an easy T. I'll usually give them a quick demo, but if they continue rather than play basketball, I'm skipping the warning.

[APG]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

Let's think of it this way: if an NBA player making thousands to millions of dollars would get a T for this without a thought, why the heck should we let some guy in a rec league game get away with it?

Exactly...for one, depending on how demonstrative a player was, he would get whacked in the NBA for the hand slapping bit...but if he decided to do this after the initial play, and then do so after his team got the ball, he'd still be violating the NBA's respect for the game guidelines and would almost certainly get whacked for continuously arguing about the play.

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by APG

Exactly...for one, depending on how demonstrative a player was, he would get whacked in the NBA for the hand slapping bit...but if he decided to do this after the initial play, and then do so after his team got the ball, he'd still be violating the NBA's respect for the game guidelines and would almost certainly get whacked for continuously arguing about the play.

As I continue my rant ...

The other problem with not calling a T for the arm-slapping, pirouette thing is you've now backed yourself into a corner for that game. If someone else does it you really can't T them up, either. Is that really what you want?