Fight video

[blindzebra]

The C totally blew this one. Had he called the high forearm from white 4 and stepped in it might not have happened.

He waited for the third foul-worthy contact to call anything and then did absolutely zero dead ball officiating.

He had an elbow to the neck, a push and a push back happen right in front of him, what the hell did he think might happen while he looks away and walks to report?

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

The C totally blew this one. Had he called the high forearm from white 4 and stepped in it might not have happened.

I was thinking the same thing. But, when you're looking at a video with "fight" in the title, you're conditioned to find the first foul, and that push by 4 white was almost at the throat.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by bainsey

I was thinking the same thing. But, when you're looking at a video with "fight" in the title, you're conditioned to find the first foul, and that push by 4 white was almost at the throat.

True...but I noticed that the attention of all three officials seemed to be on the thrower and nobody was watching the screening actions in the lane. I do agree that had that first contact by White 4 been called, the whole thing probably would not have happened.

[BryanV21]

You can let him off the hook for not getting the initial foul, but you can't let him off the hook for reacting so poorly to the situation. He did nothing to try and keep things for escalating.

BTW, I'm not sure I'd get involved like these guys did. Shouldn't we, as officials, back off and let others break things up?

[rockyroad]

I am not convinced the C is even calling a foul here. Looks more like he is stopping play to fix a clock issue or something...certainly has no clue about the crap going on in the key. Neither does the T.

[JRutledge]

All I will say is that the players still on the bench would be the only ones left in the game. And I would probably suspend or forfeit the game for both teams and let the state figure out the rest. But it appears the officials were unaware of the situation. Sad.

Peace

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

I am not convinced the C is even calling a foul here. Looks more like he is stopping play to fix a clock issue or something...certainly has no clue about the crap going on in the key. Neither does the T.

I can't be certain, but even though it looks like he has an open hand "stop" type signal, his thumb might be at a low enough angle where's he's trying to signal, "4" to the bench, as in calling a foul. Hard to believe that all mechanics could be this lazy, as others have said, there's at least a decent chance he could've stopped this before it got to the level it did.