The Worst Error You've ever made reffing a game?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by OKREF

Well I was at the trail, at around half court. Staffers asked me what I was looking at. If the C didn't get I shouldn't have. They told me we should have gotten together as a crew and came up with an inadvertent whistle. I didn't even realize it wasn't mine until we went down the court.

That's crazy. So an obvious violation gets ignored b/c of mechanics? From what I've been taught in a 3-man crew the trail is responsible for helping the Lead and Slot with obvious fouls/violations.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

That's crazy. So an obvious violation gets ignored b/c of mechanics? From what I've been taught in a 3-man crew the trail is responsible for helping the Lead and Slot with obvious fouls/violations.

It was blatant. A player on the bench from the shooters own team, asked me after the game, what I called. I told him and he said yea, I could see that. They told me the trail should never call a violation because he has no responsibilities on the free throw as far as the lane and shooter are concerned.