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Forum: Basketball Wed Feb 06, 2013, 03:46pm
Replies: 21
Views: 3,086
Posted By JoeT
Thanks for your perspective everybody. I do...

Thanks for your perspective everybody.

I do chuckle a bit when I watch Royale (our #25 - the one who walks with the ball) just stand there through the whole thing with his palms up questioning...
Forum: Basketball Wed Feb 06, 2013, 01:04pm
Replies: 21
Views: 3,086
Posted By JoeT
I was one of the coaches on the green team's...

I was one of the coaches on the green team's bench, and I said offhandedly to the official who'd been in the trail, "I thought I heard a whistle." He replied, "so did I."
Forum: Basketball Wed Feb 06, 2013, 12:22pm
Replies: 21
Views: 3,086
Posted By JoeT
Inadvertent Whistle. Maybe.

Would love to hear your collective opinions on this:

Confusion on the court (http://www.highschoolcube.com/highlight/confusion-on-the-court-and-eli-42935)

The lead official claims not to have...
Forum: Basketball Mon Jan 25, 2010, 05:21pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,731
Posted By JoeT
Did his goalie raise his hand to let him know it...

Did his goalie raise his hand to let him know it was going to be icing before you called it?

From the official rules, I believe:
Well, um, icing happen when the puck come down, bang you know,...
Forum: Basketball Mon Jan 25, 2010, 04:38pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,330
Posted By JoeT
Ball had clearly been released; there was no...

Ball had clearly been released; there was no previous DOG warning. Official definitely called a T for touching the ball over the plane (not DOG).



I honestly don't recall if it was a spot...
Forum: Basketball Mon Jan 25, 2010, 04:28pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,330
Posted By JoeT
Question: T on throw-in

Situation:

Boys JV, NF rules. 4th quarter, tied game (not that it should matter).

A1 is inbounding the ball from his backcourt endline; team B is in full-court press. B1 is shadowing the ball...
Forum: Basketball Mon Jan 25, 2010, 11:44am
Replies: 40
Views: 4,213
Posted By JoeT
Out on a limb here, but maybe there's some...

Out on a limb here, but maybe there's some influence from the Non-Basketball Association involved.

Recently, I've seen couple coaches teach a version of the spin move that was clearly illegal....
Forum: Basketball Thu Jan 21, 2010, 09:37am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,636
Posted By JoeT
Reminds me - At one school where I was AD...

Reminds me -

At one school where I was AD and head coach, there was one official who'd send out letters (real paper letters!) every year to solicit ratings....

He shall remain nameless, but...
Forum: Basketball Tue Dec 22, 2009, 09:26am
Replies: 115
Views: 7,755
Posted By JoeT
Oh please, I was an official for almost 10 years...

Oh please, I was an official for almost 10 years - check the "join date" on my post. You didn't describe it as incidental contact; you said it was a handcheck. The rule book (which some people only...
Forum: Basketball Mon Dec 21, 2009, 03:20pm
Replies: 115
Views: 7,755
Posted By JoeT
The NFHS disagrees with you. You're the one who...

The NFHS disagrees with you. You're the one who said "per the rule book" then made up your own verbiage. I quoted the NFHS. If my player is going to the hoop with a hand on his or her hip, you're...
Forum: Basketball Mon Dec 21, 2009, 03:01pm
Replies: 115
Views: 7,755
Posted By JoeT
I agree. And the OP himself didn't call this...

I agree. And the OP himself didn't call this incidental contact with the hands. He called it a "handcheck" - which is a foul per the rule book. The OP never suggested that these weren't called...
Forum: Basketball Mon Dec 21, 2009, 02:39pm
Replies: 115
Views: 7,755
Posted By JoeT
...or they would have laid off the handchecks and...

...or they would have laid off the handchecks and played better "real" defense. Coaches and players adapt to the officiating either way. If you give players the opportunity to gain an illegal...
Forum: Basketball Mon Dec 21, 2009, 12:33pm
Replies: 115
Views: 7,755
Posted By JoeT
Well, get ready to attack me, I guess... I...

Well, get ready to attack me, I guess...

I know how you all hate us coaches sometimes, and we often deserve it. I'm not condoning the coach's reaction in this situation, but please try to...
Forum: Basketball Thu Dec 17, 2009, 03:15pm
Replies: 110
Views: 6,489
Posted By JoeT
Not much, but more than I can in zero minutes....

Not much, but more than I can in zero minutes. Mostly, I can calm them down and help them focus on one key point to improve.
Forum: Basketball Thu Dec 17, 2009, 10:21am
Replies: 110
Views: 6,489
Posted By JoeT
As a coach, I don't think it's great at all. It's...

As a coach, I don't think it's great at all. It's important to understand the HUGE range between levels of experience and ability in high school ball. If we're to be teaching as coaches, and we have...
Forum: Basketball Thu Dec 17, 2009, 10:11am
Replies: 53
Views: 4,997
Posted By JoeT
Back when it was my job, I used to also supply...

Back when it was my job, I used to also supply copies of "instructions for scorers" and "instructions for timers" in sheet protectors at the table. I had a simplified version of the instructions that...
Forum: Basketball Thu Dec 17, 2009, 09:52am
Replies: 17
Views: 4,281
Posted By JoeT
Thank you all.... Had a ref tell my JV coach...

Thank you all....

Had a ref tell my JV coach once (a couple years ago) that you couldn't put half-minutes up (like 3:30) to start a quarter.

Had another JV ref (this year) ask the game manager...
Forum: Basketball Wed Dec 16, 2009, 03:59pm
Replies: 17
Views: 4,281
Posted By JoeT
Length of non-varsity quarters

In Illinois high school basketball, all the non-varsity games I've been involved with have had 7 minute quarters. A few questions:

1. Where does this rule come from? I see in the NFHS rules that...
Forum: Basketball Sat Nov 28, 2009, 11:50am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,639
Posted By JoeT
My dad can beat up your dad

I thought that too.... It's a special irony that the method of countering unreasonable parent involvement is to send your dad over to talk to them!
Forum: Basketball Mon Feb 09, 2009, 09:02am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,321
Posted By JoeT
So this travel (by your definition) won't start...

So this travel (by your definition) won't start getting called correctly until we complain? Moreover, coaches complaining incorrectly have in part caused you not to call what you believe to be a...
Forum: Basketball Mon Feb 09, 2009, 12:12am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,321
Posted By JoeT
This seems to be true where I am as well -...

This seems to be true where I am as well - especially in the girls game - especially just outside the 3-pt arc. It's sometimes a hop, sometimes a step without a dribble, and it is most often...
Forum: Hockey Sun Feb 08, 2009, 11:55pm
Replies: 3
Views: 2,184
Posted By JoeT
Delayed call for bench minor?

Hockey officials -

I'm a basketball coach and former basketball official, but I have a hockey question. I've downloaded the NHL rule book, but the game I was watching where this came up was a...
Forum: Basketball Wed Jan 16, 2008, 11:32am
Replies: 32
Views: 2,539
Posted By JoeT
Well now remember, I'm just a dumb old coach... ...

Well now remember, I'm just a dumb old coach...

But...

If you called the T (I think the only type of foul possible during a dead ball, right), why would you change the arrow since it was...
Forum: Basketball Wed Jan 02, 2008, 10:10am
Replies: 67
Views: 6,712
Posted By JoeT
Years ago I was working a grade school game and...

Years ago I was working a grade school game and had a section of fans giving me a bit of a hard time when I was at their end of the floor. At one point, during a dead ball, I joked (without turning...
Forum: Basketball Wed Jan 02, 2008, 10:02am
Replies: 32
Views: 3,319
Posted By JoeT
I hate to say this, but the fact that you lost...

I hate to say this, but the fact that you lost your cool should indicate why he picked on you - it was clear to him (even if it not consciously) that you could be manipulated. Of the two of you, you...
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