Endgame controversy in No VA
Score 78-77 Team A ahead with 2/10ths of a second on clock. During TO, coach and asst coach of team A reconfirm with the officials that there is insufficient time for 'catch and shoot'.
Read the article below to see how it plays out over the next several days... Controversial call raises questions about VHSL -- FairfaxTimes.com Does anyone work in a state that would support setting aside the outcome of such a game, regular season or post season? |
Here's the play...(video)
Thank goodness for cell phone cameras and YouTube.
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You hate to be “holier than thou” and say everyone on that crew needs to be docked a game for messing that up, but…everyone on that crew needs to be docked a game for messing that up.
Regardless of whether the crew told the visiting HC the home team couldn’t score on a catch-and-shoot, there isn’t much else for the officials to talk about among themselves during the time-out other than the time on the clock and the relevant rule. |
A couple things about the article, which for me makes me question a lot of things about the writer or was not clear to someone not from that area.
First of all this is not a new rule that came from the NCAA or NBA as the article stated. This rule has been around in NF Rules for over 10 years. I am not sure the rule ever changed in my career that I have been working. And the shot clock changes had nothing to do with the current NF Rule. Did the artcle say, " Quote:
If that is the case, how does no one on the crew not know that rule? Peace |
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This is exactly why when there's a timeout in a situation like this, the crew gets together and discusses end of game situations...in this case...everyone should remind each other...no catch and shoot with .2 on the clock
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I would guess he certainly meant "game clock modifications" in the 1990's regarding tenths of seconds, instead of shot clock--other than that it's a extremely well-detailed article by a sportswriter, with regard to rule delineation. |
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The current NF rule came around the time when a Trent Tucker from the NBA (The Knicks) shot a game winner with less than .3 seconds on the clock against the Bulls. Soon after the NBA looked into the likelyihood of this and change the rule to .3. I will have to do a little more research on the details, but this did not have anything to do with the shot clock. The NF soon followed like either before I became an official or right after in the mid-90s. The NBA rule is actually called the Trent Tucker Rule. Here is the link to some of the information. Trent Tucker Rule Peace |
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Even if they stay out there and have to wave it off they’re not going to get a beef from the home HC because *he* knew a catch-and-shoot wasn’t on the menu. Quote:
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The VHSL has made up its own rules on the fly before, now all of a sudden they have to follow the handbook.
But I digress. |
Something is missing here. If the R did confirm with the coach that no try or tap can score, why did he allow the basket?
Additionally, why is the coach telling his players to guard "only the players the could receive a lob pass"? If I were a coach (and trusted my referees) I wouldn't even have my players on that half of the court. No try or tap can score, so why bother? |
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or are you saying because the official said a tap couldn't score... so why bother? |
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