I have kids and I used to officiate, so I know what you’re saying. There are too many “automatic” situations when it comes to fouls being called. Defending a player on a fast break is another one of those situations.
Agree. It has all gone the way of the NBA now. You're not allowed to play defense.
As a coach you always feel for the guy who has to work with a partner, or in the case of the Mid-Penn sometimes "partners" who just aren't very strong officials. It's a slippery slope because one guy has to carry the other two, then gets an ear full from fans because he's the only one blowing his whistle.
Maybe, just maybe you shouldn’t have asked him to officiate your alone time with the wife. So which call was over the top, the double dribble, the charging (I mean she was your wife!), the three second violation, or the over the back, which per se isn’t a violation? 🤡🤡🤡
I've coached high school basketball for years and for about half of the time I've done it my teams were small and quick where we went with basically four guards and pressed for most of the game. There was nothing worse then getting your officials report that day and seeing that you had two old guys that can't get up and down the floor as your officials.
100% agreement that the parents and their belligerent Behavior towards officials no matter what the situation is has led to less people wanting to do it and therefore less competence with the officiating. It's just a continuous downward cycle and then when a school administrator tries to that discipline them and not allow them to come to a game they try and file some type of suit.
Great point....the best thing a referee in basketball or an umpire in baseball can do is admit they missed something. That tends to calm a coach down. The worst are the arrogant pricks who think they’ve never missed a call. The only times I ever got a technical were when dealing with these arrogant types.
Mike Mathis and Charles Barkley-read up on their relationship-Funny now but hypertension inducing back in the day!
Pre-season rules interpretation. Emphasis was going to be placed on having the players numbers correct in the scorebook. Rule would be: any player on the floor with a number that was not the same in the scorebook, a bench technical would be assessed for each player, 2 shot technical for every player. More than 2 players, the coach would be ejected from the game. So, my team is playing an away game when MY scorekeeper sees that the opponents have the entire team with illegal numbers. It used to be that many teams had home and away numbers, one number apart. For example, on the road you may wear #25, but at home you are #24. Anyway, my scorekeeper brings it to my attention and asks what he should do. "Nothing!" Just make sure my teams numbers are good to go. So the jump ball starts the game, we get the tap and I immediately call time-out and alert the refs that the opponent has FIVE illegally numbered players on the floor. And that by the rule that was stressed at the meeting(and the 2 refs were there), I will be shooting 10 free throws, and the opposing coach is gone. Well, I was the road team that nite, so the refs meet and decide I will get 2 foul shots and possession! That's it!!! I lose the game by 1, tie for the first half title and lose the playoff game. I protest the ruling, the head of the chapter calls me and tells me the refs fvcked up...but there is nothing that can be done....25 years ago and I am still pissed...
