How would you handle this situation better (Video)

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

*L, who at the point of contact was doing a little Tower of Pisa lean into the lane and may have blocked himself out. He's watching the post, which is good, but one of the players he's watching ends up becoming the secondary defender so he really should've known her status (LGP/no LGP) at the point of contact.

I don't know what Lead was doing but he needs to do better. This is his play.

Originally Posted by MathReferee

I have a charge, but there needs to be a call either way. Game awareness might help. Twenty point game in the third quarter, and the losing team was likely on edge already and I am betting it wasn't the first comments from the bench. Definitely a T, but like others have said, he needed to step away. If she continues at him, then it is a no-brainer. Of course, we do not want the same official giving both T's, but sometimes, we do not have a choice. Had the official stepped away and then she continued at him with the "horrible" comments, no one would lose any sleep over him giving her the second as well. One of the co-officials needed to be quicker to step in as well.

Great points, I agree.

Originally Posted by Adam

I'm not inclined to give a lot of rope when I kick a play, for two reasons.

2. Officials miss calls all the time, and coaches still need to maintain their composure.

The irony is this coach lost her mind because the officials missed a call that should have gone against her player anyway. Even if I was inclined to give rope to a coach when I kick a call, that wouldn't apply if my kicking the call went in her favor. Who knows, maybe they gave her player a break because of time and score, maybe they just missed it: either way....

Oh I agree that there is a certain line that can still not be crossed when I give a coach more rope. I'm not gonna allow profanity or personal comments.....I might just be a little lax on prolonged comments. Of course if the coach is still complaining a few trips later I'm going to ask him to move on. Obviously we need to take care of business when deserved but we should still try to manage the game before we have to resort to a tech.

Originally Posted by pfan1981

Remember those refs who wore the GoPro's......I was thinking about wearing it for every game and emailing the coach/player/fan the video of how idiotic they look to me. We see vids on YouTube about the refs......as refs we need to fight back and post vid of the crazy we see

Was that GoPro footage released?

Originally Posted by rockyroad

The thing about this video that bothers me the most is the L standing across the court dribbling the ball while all the crap is going down...he should have, imo, been the one to make the call, doesn't, and then does nothing to help his partner out.

It's the sad truth man, the tableside official usually gets most of the crap even if not his/her play.