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Tough Call ...
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Either way, I would have preferred to be the lead official in this situation, not looking up. That's why I don't do state finals. |
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Can see this going either way. Personally, this is not a T. Did he emphasize his play? Sure, but he didn't over do it. Good for the OHSAA guy to back his official, but he's giving incorrect/misinformation rules info isn't he: "...not any players underneath him..." ???
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Precisely
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He had created enough momentum trucking down the lane that had he let go of the rim any sooner, he might've landed on his back. |
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If you're a fan of the other team, or a fan of basketball, or an official, or you have any sense of fair play, then it was NOT a "great move". Quite the opposite. |
Was the dunk a T? In real time I wouldn't be so sure that his momentum caused his positioning and he held on so he didn't fall and land on his back.
With some replays it's still not very cut and dry. Either way a case can be made for both sides. I personally may not have made the call. |
As for everything else the duck has said. Your sense of fair play is at the cost of the team that got screwed by any official that doesn't do the impartial thing. So in other words, it's not really fair play because one side gets screwed big time.
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I don't see enough to warrant the T. His momentum carried him through to a point of it being necessary to hang on to the rim to prevent injury.
Not to get dragged down by the side conversation, but our job is not to make play fit within our definition of fairness. Our job is to enforce the rules as written to ensure fair play as defined by the rules of the game. |
If he doesn't hang on the rim, his "momentum" doesn't carry his feet forward and upward like this. This is a great call.
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Expert Horrible Official Troll or EHOT for short? http://fronheiser.net/Internet-Troll.jpg |
I'm seeing a lot of people on that ESPN board roasting this guy for making that call.Sometimes the correct call isn't always the popular call and we're not here to be popular.
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Neither Junior nor I saw the game live because we were officiating in the Ohio Special Olympics State Finals in New Philadelphia, so I had to find the replay of the game on Sports Time Ohio.
The call was correct. Not to mention that everybody in the OhioHSAA office was in attendance not to mention the State Rules Interpreter and I can assure you that if the TF had not been called those officials would have heard about it in the locker room after the game from the State Rules Interpreter. MTD, Sr. |
Am I missing something here? Didn't this kid basically swing his legs high enough to kick the support? How is that "momentum"??
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