Forget the Birddog
One of the officials in the Duke/Louisville games skips the birddog and actually gets down and points to the guilty player.
I've never seen that before, and can't imagine doing it. |
If you mean when the officials are pointing at the player that fouled, well I have seen that all tournament long in some form or another. Maybe that is not what you are saying exactly happened, but I see a point a lot.
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It's happening so much in this tournament that its impossible to miss. Not sure it's necessarily a bad thing. Just know I don't do it at the fed level. The mechanic is in the officials handbook, though.
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I see them do it a lot when the foul is in crowd and they want to show which one they called it on. No big deal.
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Peace |
I'm sure there is a referee in the NW corner of Conn. who birddogs on every call, of course while wearing his pants with the belt loops.......
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I can't see how it's helpful, either. Not that often. IMHO, of course, from the cheap seats. |
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But I think it is helpful to still "birddog" when multiple players are around the place you called the foul. I know often some players think you call a foul on them until you point out the actual player that fouled. Peace |
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When I found out before the game the crew was Scott Thornley, Doug Shows, and Tony Greene, I made sure to get my popcorn, cold drinks, and my Raisinets so that I could "enjoy the show"! |
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The good old days.
Oh how I miss the good old days when the player (the fouler) had to raise his hand above his head, :p.
MTD, Sr. P.S. Duke goes down in flames, :(. Time for me to get to bed, the "diamond" season starts tomorrow. I have a girls\' VAR softball game tomorrow afternoon and Mark, Jr., and I are together for a boys\' JV baseball game on Thursday afternoon, so I have to get my "beauty" sleep. :p |
On one call, Thornley never raised his fist, but just pointed at the player as he ran from C to the table. The only thing missing was him yelling, "He did it! He did it!"
Sorry, just not a fan of that type of theatrics. |
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