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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The Northwest Hillbillies ...
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I also saw a bunch of pointing at who the ball went off of OOB BEFORE signaling the direction the ball will be going.
Looks awful for one. Looks like you changed direction as well. |
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