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Forum: Basketball Wed Mar 19, 2014, 08:53pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,671
Posted By OldFanDan
That seems like an awfully broad (and damning)...

That seems like an awfully broad (and damning) statement to be making with no cites or sources.
Forum: Basketball Wed Mar 19, 2014, 08:34pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,671
Posted By OldFanDan
There you go: second chances. And I don't...

There you go: second chances.

And I don't remember the NBA ever winning any awards for being politically correct.
Forum: Basketball Wed Mar 19, 2014, 08:17pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,671
Posted By OldFanDan
Actually I don't see them as being 'equivalent';...

Actually I don't see them as being 'equivalent'; I consider what Vaden did much worse.

Pearl never was arrested and convicted of a crime; Vaden was.

I have no idea what Vaden is paid, and don't...
Forum: Basketball Wed Mar 19, 2014, 08:09pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,671
Posted By OldFanDan
Just that refs have been given second chances; I...

Just that refs have been given second chances; I thought that was fairly obvious.
Forum: Basketball Wed Mar 19, 2014, 07:42pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,671
Posted By OldFanDan
Exclamation Maybe the NCAA wouldn't give a guy a second...

Maybe the NCAA wouldn't give a guy a second chance, but the NBA didn't hesitate in doing just that.

Don Vaden, a former NBA referee and the league's current coordinator of officials, has replaced...
Forum: Basketball Sat Apr 06, 2013, 07:50pm
Replies: 69
Views: 18,795
Posted By OldFanDan
Which means Mike will be the alternate on Monday...

Which means Mike will be the alternate on Monday night also.

Do they still have the game officials leave town immediately after doing their game? That never made much sense to me.

OFD
Forum: Basketball Mon Mar 26, 2012, 09:03pm
Replies: 39
Views: 3,830
Posted By OldFanDan
The NCAA also builds two floors exactly alike for...

The NCAA also builds two floors exactly alike for the Final 4 (the second one is set up in Bracket Town (http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2012-01-13/bracket-town), which operates...
Forum: Basketball Thu Mar 10, 2011, 06:45pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,980
Posted By OldFanDan
Okay, now I get it: because the Rutgers team...

Okay, now I get it: because the Rutgers team screwed up a set play the refs were allowed to stop officiating. Sorry that I didn't see that earlier.

The refs had nothing to do with this screwup,...
Forum: Basketball Thu Mar 10, 2011, 06:39pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,980
Posted By OldFanDan
Your answer is exactly what I expected from...

Your answer is exactly what I expected from somebody with your obviously limited intelligence; can you read or do you just babble on without any measurable reading comprehension ?

The silly name...
Forum: Basketball Thu Mar 10, 2011, 05:28pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,980
Posted By OldFanDan
Don't think for one second that his decisions...

Don't think for one second that his decisions can't affect the assignors for each and every conference.

All he (and by extension, the NCAA) has to do is set up parameters of who does / does not...
Forum: Basketball Thu Mar 10, 2011, 02:24pm
Replies: 258
Views: 30,242
Posted By OldFanDan
http://images1.statsheet.com/images/mcb/refs/earl-...

http://images1.statsheet.com/images/mcb/refs/earl-walton-large.jpg?1299501652

Earl Walton

http://images1.statsheet.com/images/mcb/refs/earl-walton-large.jpg?1299501652
Forum: Basketball Tue Apr 06, 2010, 08:00am
Replies: 131
Views: 11,509
Posted By OldFanDan
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100406/i/r431562455.j...

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100406/i/r431562455.jpg

K

OFD
Forum: Basketball Tue Apr 06, 2010, 01:25am
Replies: 131
Views: 11,509
Posted By OldFanDan
Smile http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/d1/fullj.70b965956e...

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/d1/fullj.70b965956ec7c2367eaa3ca0eeda67a5/70b965956ec7c2367eaa3ca0eeda67a5-getty-.jpg
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Forum: Basketball Mon Apr 05, 2010, 10:11am
Replies: 131
Views: 11,509
Posted By OldFanDan
No, just someone who answered 'in kind'; that...

No, just someone who answered 'in kind'; that other poster basically called me a liar about having officiated.

I was just giving him the same respect he gave me.

I could have given the board...
Forum: Basketball Mon Apr 05, 2010, 09:49am
Replies: 131
Views: 11,509
Posted By OldFanDan
On my board we got ratings for each game we...

On my board we got ratings for each game we worked from the two other officials (even probies) we worked with, PLUS ratings from each of the coaches, PLUS ratings from an observer, if one had been...
Forum: Basketball Mon Apr 05, 2010, 09:40am
Replies: 131
Views: 11,509
Posted By OldFanDan
That's *quite* a leap! Show me where I said...

That's *quite* a leap!

Show me where I said that "officials who have not drank [sic] the Duke kool-aid should not officiate Duke games".

What I asked (and was very clear about) was if the...
Forum: Basketball Mon Apr 05, 2010, 09:07am
Replies: 131
Views: 11,509
Posted By OldFanDan
Why would you think that I was arguing that ?...

Why would you think that I was arguing that ? Nothing I have said here even remotely suggests that.

OFD
Forum: Basketball Mon Apr 05, 2010, 08:40am
Replies: 131
Views: 11,509
Posted By OldFanDan
I figured that that would be the response from...

I figured that that would be the response from some moronic loser with no life except an online message board (17,965 posts).

I'd put my ratings record up against yours any day, fool.

OFD
Forum: Basketball Sun Apr 04, 2010, 10:51pm
Replies: 131
Views: 11,509
Posted By OldFanDan
Sorry, brainiac, I was an active IAABO official...

Sorry, brainiac, I was an active IAABO official in BB up here in NY for 11 years (retired for health reasons); I also officiated softball (ASA) and Soccer.

In fact, I was a member of the same...
Forum: Basketball Sun Apr 04, 2010, 09:02pm
Replies: 131
Views: 11,509
Posted By OldFanDan
Am I right in assuming that any and all of the...

Am I right in assuming that any and all of the guys who 'hate' DUKE (and Coach Krzyzewski) would turn back any assignments for DUKE games ?

I realize that there will be responses such as 'you just...
Forum: Basketball Mon Mar 30, 2009, 02:59pm
Replies: 74
Views: 6,321
Posted By OldFanDan
"Dude. This is a referee forum. Go...

"Dude.

This is a referee forum.

Go away".


Yeah, I guess I am 'confused'.
Forum: Basketball Mon Mar 30, 2009, 01:28pm
Replies: 74
Views: 6,321
Posted By OldFanDan
"Is this really a serious question?" ...

"Is this really a serious question?"

Absolutely a serious question.

I cannot fathom anybody working a game where they have stated that they 'hate' a coach or a program, but that they will be...
Forum: Basketball Mon Mar 30, 2009, 02:57am
Replies: 74
Views: 6,321
Posted By OldFanDan
Before anybody decides to give me the sobriquet...

Before anybody decides to give me the sobriquet 'fanboy' please realize that I was an accredited official for 11 years until a serious injury forced me to give it up.

I have a question for all the...
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