Louisville/Baylor (Women)

[efbyon]

(Haven't posted in a long while...good to see all this great discussion, even though I may not agree with all of it).

The officials in question were Melissa Barlow, Laura Morris, and Frank Steratore. I know Barlow still works in the WNBA (as of last season anyway) in addition to her DI duties.

Guess I'll pose the question: is Frank related to Gene (NFL and DI men's official)? I know Gene has sibilings in officiating, having read articles published elsewhere, but could not find anything that connected Frank to Gene.

Fred

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by efbyon

(Haven't posted in a long while...good to see all this great discussion, even though I may not agree with all of it).

The officials in question were Melissa Barlow, Laura Morris, and Frank Steratore. I know Barlow still works in the WNBA (as of last season anyway) in addition to her DI duties.

Guess I'll pose the question: is Frank related to Gene (NFL and DI men's official)? I know Gene has sibilings in officiating, having read articles published elsewhere, but could not find anything that connected Frank to Gene.

Fred

Frank is Gene's brother and also officiates in the NFL.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Frank is Gene's brother and also officiates in the NFL.

And I'll say this, out of the crew Steratore is only one in the clips I saw who wasn't "bad".

He ran a long distance to at least address the taunting situation that the Lead should have T'd up. He had the best view of the flop at 16.0 seconds and correctly no-called it. I think he was the one who addressed the kick ball on the throw-in and put the correct time back on the clock. He called the foul on Louisville with 9 seconds left. And, though late and tentative, he's the only one who put a whistle on Griner foul with 2 second left.

But this might be a case where everyone goes down with the ship.

[twocentsworth]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

And I'll say this, out of the crew Steratore is only one in the clips I saw who wasn't "bad".

He ran a long distance to at least address the taunting situation that the Lead should have T'd up. He had the best view of the flop at 16.0 seconds and correctly no-called it. I think he was the one who addressed the kick ball on the throw-in and put the correct time back on the clock. He called the foul on Louisville with 9 seconds left. And, though late and tentative, he's the only one who put a whistle on Griner foul with 2 second left.

But this might be a case where everyone goes down with the ship.

IMHO, Steratore was the absolutely WORST official on the floor. Forget the fact that this game was WAY too physical and bordered on being out of control for large stretches of the game....

Let's be specific:
1) Steratore DID NOT issue a T when the UL player scored the layup and taunted Greiner.
2) Steratore DID NOT call the PC on Baylor late in the game (as the L, Barlow was foreced to come and get it).
3) Steratore DID NOT assess a T to the Baylor HC after the late PC foul. He was the C and was clearly in a position to penalize the Baylor coach in the exact same way the UL coach was penalized after complaining about a PC foul at approx. 2:00 left in the game.
4) To his credit, he DID make the final foul call of the game w/ under :03 remaining, but clearly DID NOT want to make the call as he "double clutched" his signal and waited until the play finished, the ball hit the ground out of bounds, started to bounce up in the air, and THEN sheepishly blew his whistle for the foul.

This game is the perfect example of the mantra that: "99% of the problems in a game occur as the result of not blowing the whistle enough, rather than too much". Overall, this crew performed poorly for virtually the entire game; and Steratore had the worst performance of all.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by twocentsworth

IMHO, Steratore was the absolutely WORST official on the floor. Forget the fact that this game was WAY too physical and bordered on being out of control for large stretches of the game....

Let's be specific:
1) Steratore DID NOT issue a T when the UL player scored the layup and taunted Greiner.
2) Steratore DID NOT call the PC on Baylor late in the game (as the L, Barlow was foreced to come and get it).
3) Steratore DID NOT assess a T to the Baylor HC after the late PC foul. He was the C and was clearly in a position to penalize the Baylor coach in the exact same way the UL coach was penalized after complaining about a PC foul at approx. 2:00 left in the game.
4) To his credit, he DID make the final foul call of the game w/ under :03 remaining, but clearly DID NOT want to make the call as he "double clutched" his signal and waited until the play finished, the ball hit the ground out of bounds, started to bounce up in the air, and THEN sheepishly blew his whistle for the foul.

This game is the perfect example of the mantra that: "99% of the problems in a game occur as the result of not blowing the whistle enough, rather than too much". Overall, this crew performed poorly for virtually the entire game; and Steratore had the worst performance of all.

I really don't anyone of them was really worse than the other.

1. I don't believe he was the one that was the one right there. Didn't he come in from elsewhere to seperate them?

2. It wasn't a PC, it was a gigantic flop.

3. Any of the 3 could have T'd her up. If I am the lead, or the trail and I see this I am coming in to get it.

4. Late or not, the right call was made. We see late whistles all the time, how many times have you seen a guy wait to see if the shot goes in, and then blow the whistle. The thing that looked the worst was the double clutch.

[twocentsworth]

Originally Posted by OKREF

I really don't anyone of them was really worse than the other.

1. I don't believe he was the one that was the one right there. Didn't he come in from elsewhere to seperate them?

Steratore was the C during this transition play. Not only did he SEE the UL player get off the ground and get in Greiner's face...he sprinted from his C position apporx. 20ft to separate the two players. His whole reason for getting between the two players was because he saw what was happening and did not assess the T.

He witnessed the ENTIRE post foul interaction! This is one of the my primary pieces of evidence that he was a reluctant participant in the entire game. Rather than effectively officiate and control the game, he recoiled. This game was played at 1 or 2 "notches" above his level.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by twocentsworth

Steratore was the C during this transition play. Not only did he SEE the UL player get off the ground and get in Greiner's face...he sprinted from his C position apporx. 20ft to separate the two players. His whole reason for getting between the two players was because he saw what was happening and did not assess the T.

He witnessed the ENTIRE post foul interaction! This is one of the my primary pieces of evidence that he was a reluctant participant in the entire game. Rather than effectively officiate and control the game, he recoiled. This game was played at 1 or 2 "notches" above his level.

And again, none of the officials in this game get more blame than the others for missing that call. The L was right there on the call as well, and she didn't get it either.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by twocentsworth

IMHO, Steratore was the absolutely WORST official on the floor. Forget the fact that this game was WAY too physical and bordered on being out of control for large stretches of the game....

Let's be specific:
1) Steratore DID NOT issue a T when the UL player scored the layup and taunted Greiner.
2) Steratore DID NOT call the PC on Baylor late in the game (as the L, Barlow was foreced to come and get it).
3) Steratore DID NOT assess a T to the Baylor HC after the late PC foul. He was the C and was clearly in a position to penalize the Baylor coach in the exact same way the UL coach was penalized after complaining about a PC foul at approx. 2:00 left in the game.
4) To his credit, he DID make the final foul call of the game w/ under :03 remaining, but clearly DID NOT want to make the call as he "double clutched" his signal and waited until the play finished, the ball hit the ground out of bounds, started to bounce up in the air, and THEN sheepishly blew his whistle for the foul.

This game is the perfect example of the mantra that: "99% of the problems in a game occur as the result of not blowing the whistle enough, rather than too much". Overall, this crew performed poorly for virtually the entire game; and Steratore had the worst performance of all.

1. Not sure which official was L and which was C on that play, but that failure falls on all three. Steratore was not alone in the middle of the players, I do remember that.
This is not evidence that he was the worst, as they all missed it.
2. That was a bad call, he was right to pass on it.
3. Again, this falls on all of them. That tirade was seen by my grandmother in Des Moines, and she wasn't even watching the game.
4. He made a crew saving call. Sure, he double pumped on it as he was, I think, anticipating a double whistle from the C. His late call and double pump looked bad, but he made the call. You can't use this as evidence he was the worst official out there because the primary official missed it first and he bailed her out.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by twocentsworth

1) Steratore DID NOT issue a T
2) Steratore DID NOT call the PC on Baylor late in the game
3) Steratore DID NOT assess a T to the Baylor HC
4) To his credit, he DID make the final foul call of the game .

Two points you fail to see. FOUR wrong calls, in this game, doesn't even get you on the radar of bad officials - his partners were in the double digits. Of the four you mention, 1 was a GOOD no-call, 2 could/should have been gotten by partners, and the one you give to his credit is actually related to the worst call he made (at least, the MANNER in which it was made).