Why was my Stanford/UCLA post taken down?

lpbreeze

WTF is up with that? Unless I'm just missing it. There was no reason to take it down. The refs blew some calls late in the game and it hurt Stanford but that wasn't my only point.

Adam

lpbreeze wrote
WTF is up with that? Unless I'm just missing it. There was no reason to take it down. The refs blew some calls late in the game and it hurt Stanford but that wasn't my only point.

So when is your camp starting?

lpbreeze

If a post is spam or if there is some good reason then sure take it down but mine wasn't. Honestly, I don't know why people get so upset here when there is criticism of officials. They made bad calls because I believe they got caught up in the excitement of the last couple minutes and UCLA had momentum. The other parts of the game were fine.

Dan_ref

lpbreeze wrote
If a post is spam or if there is some good reason then sure take it down but mine wasn't. Honestly, I don't know why people get so upset here when there is criticism of officials. They made bad calls because I believe they got caught up in the excitement of the last couple minutes and UCLA had momentum. The other parts of the game were fine.

I think I know why it got deleted. I'll try & not call you an azzhole again.

Carry on.

Adam

lpbreeze wrote
If a post is spam or if there is some good reason then sure take it down but mine wasn't. Honestly, I don't know why people get so upset here when there is criticism of officials. They made bad calls because I believe they got caught up in the excitement of the last couple minutes and UCLA had momentum. The other parts of the game were fine.

Your post wasn't targeted. The entire thread was deleted because the moderator felt it had degenerated into something counterproductive to the purposes of this board.

I haven't seen the game, nor have I seen replays of any particular calls that you may think were wrong. I will say, however, that the part I highlighted in red above is even more wrong-headed than your insinuation that the last couple minutes of regulation were horribly officiated.

You're either attacking their competence or their integrity. Which is it?

rockyroad

I think it was Nevadaref's fault for mentioning a program on ESPN radio - that made the moderators mad since it was an obvious and unnecessary plug for a different corporation!🙂

Dan_ref

Snaqwells wrote
You're either attacking their competence or their integrity. Which is it?

Couldn't it just be he's drumming up interest for his camp?

Adam

Dan_ref wrote
Couldn't it just be he's drumming up interest for his camp?

It's possible. He's gonna need to do some serious marketing at those prices.

Jurassic Referee

lpbreeze wrote
The refs blew some calls late in the game and it hurt Stanford but that wasn't my only point.

Oh? What was your point then? That you don't have a freaking clue when it comes to officiating basketball? That a so-called official with your limited knowledge and experience should keep away from trying to do something that you're not even remotely qualified to do....critique D1 officials? That you have the basic integrity level of the average clueless fanboy that shows up here to whine about the mean old officials?

Feel free to make your point again.

Be prepared when you do so.

Indianaref

lpbreeze wrote
Honestly, I don't know why people get so upset here when there is criticism of officials.

Because the guys in black and white strips are our team.

Bad Zebra

Just a guess...but I'll bet this thread disappears as well. It's just taking up valuable server space.

Dan_ref

Snaqwells wrote
It's possible. He's gonna need to do some serious marketing at those prices.

How about if he throws in a 14" carrot?

Jurassic Referee

Dan_ref wrote
I'll try & not call you an azzhole again.

He's an azzhole.

I never make promises that I can't keep.

lpbreeze

my point was that in games when one team starts getting on a roll sometimes the officials start favoring the stronger team. It usually won't last and once the other team gets a few baskets it goes back. It doesn't happen a lot. I've seen it before in Duke and UNC games many times and high school games especially. Miami/UNC game last year when the Miami coach get ejected is an example. But the calls at the end of the Standford game were not consistent with how the game was officiated for the first 80% of the game. The game was called well just not at the end. I'm not a Stanford fan.

Jurassic Referee

Dan_ref wrote
How about if he throws in a 14" carrot?

You can't get a 14" carrot from a 1" carrot person.

Simple mathematics.

Jurassic Referee

lpbreeze wrote
my point was that in games when one team starts getting on a roll sometimes the officials start favoring the stronger team.

But the calls at the end of the Standford game were not consistent with how the game was officiated for the first 80% of the game. The game was called well just not at the end. I'm not a Stanford fan.

You're not an official either, fanboy. You might masquerade as one, but you aren't one.

You won't understand that either.

Bad Zebra

lpbreeze wrote
my point was that in games when one team starts getting on a roll sometimes the officials start favoring the stronger team. It usually won't last and once the other team gets a few baskets it goes back. It doesn't happen a lot. I've seen it before in Duke and UNC games many times and high school games especially. Miami/UNC game last year when the Miami coach get ejected is an example. But the calls at the end of the Standford game were not consistent with how the game was officiated for the first 80% of the game. The game was called well just not at the end. I'm not a Stanford fan.

What makes you qualified to make that statement? As a new official, you'd be well served to just try to absorb some of the knowledge here instead of offering derogatory opinions of officials far more skilled and experienced tahn yourself.

Raymond

lpbreeze wrote
...The other parts of the game were fine.

Do you mean the parts of the game when Stanford had the momentum and all the calls were going their way?

rockyroad

Couldn't possibly be that the calls "changed" because the game changed, could it? You have said yourself that UCLA was down and then went on a roll. Well, they must have adjusted something that caused the game to change - hence the calls will change to match what is now going on out on the court.

Add to that the fact that Stanford panicked as they felt things slipping away and it's no wonder that calls "went against" Stanford...but to say that the refs "got caught up in the excitement" is pretty silly. Those were some very experienced guys who knew what they were doing out there.

cmckenna

It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the team that is down playing a more aggressive defense and creating more fouls.... It has to be the refs fault.

I hope I never have to work with you. You must throw your partners under the bus all the time....

Edited to add: Rocky beat me by a minute on the same thought....