What you guys Think of this? (Video)

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

He did not "give" them 4 free throws.

Agree. The technical foul was earned. There shouldn't be any more discussion about the technical, or the free throws taken as a result of the technical.

Maybe the intentional foul was the wrong call. Maybe it was the correct call.

No official that I've worked with over the past thirty-three years would cheat to keep a streak alive. Such officials might exist, but I've never met one.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

No official that I've worked with over the past thirty-three years would cheat to keep a streak alive. Such officials might exist, but I've never met one.

You think they would either (a) boast about it or (b) even say such a thing?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by deecee

You think they would either (a) boast about it or (b) even say such a thing?

Probably not, but there'd be a few. There'd also be a few where you'd suspect such a scruple gap.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by deecee

You think they would either (a) boast about it or (b) even say such a thing?

I doubt it, but I have never heard any of my partners ever mention, or even joke about, how good, or bad, it would be to end, or to continue, a winning streak with a call; or how good, or bad, it would be to cause a team to win, or to lose, with a call.

I've had partners that I've considered to have made bad calls, but I've never worked with anyone who made a series of bad calls in a game that favored one team, or the other. Also, I've never worked with a partner who made what I may have considered to be a bad call to end a close game.

I've never even heard rumors about officials cheating.

I've worked thousands of game, and I've never cared one way, or the other, who won those games. I trust that my partners have had similar attitudes.

But, maybe I'm looking at the world through rose colored glasses. I've been known to do that.