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Basketball: is it the hardest game to officiate?
Posted on 3/25/23 at 5:29 am
Posted on 3/25/23 at 5:29 am
The calls really vary by the crew. Some crews have a quick whistle, some let a lot of stuff go.
Bama ran into a tough team who played physical.
It seemed like the officials let them play.
However, 3 of 27 from 3 is inexcusable for a good shooting team.
Miller failed to be an alpha.
Bama ran into a tough team who played physical.
It seemed like the officials let them play.
However, 3 of 27 from 3 is inexcusable for a good shooting team.
Miller failed to be an alpha.
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Posted on 3/25/23 at 5:45 am to makersmark1
Basketball and football
Posted on 3/25/23 at 5:58 am to makersmark1
Basketball seems to lend itself to officiating crews being influenced by home court/field emotions more than football. Not sure why that is, but it’s one of my least favorite things about the sport.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 6:03 am to makersmark1
It's definitely a tough one to officiate, so I understand some of the ticky tack stuff here and there. My biggest issue is also consistency like you mentioned.
Bama had some bad calls go against them , but they turned the ball over way too many times and had a bad night shooting the ball.
Bama had some bad calls go against them , but they turned the ball over way too many times and had a bad night shooting the ball.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 6:09 am to SpartyGator
There were bodies on the floor multiple possessions.
Either it’s a foul or a flop.
Why no call?
Either it’s a foul or a flop.
Why no call?
Posted on 3/25/23 at 6:09 am to makersmark1
What they allow now that was a no no when I grew up. Palming(carrying the ball) at will. Taking more than 2 steps at will. Hanging on the goal at will. Spending more than three seconds in the paint, heck many floors do not have paint anymore. The game has been bastardized.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 6:17 am to makersmark1
It can be, depending on styles involved.
No crew wants to be the one to call 40 fouls on a known, aggressive defense like the old Georgetown press or Arkansas' 40 Minutes of Hell, and render the game unwatchable and over 3 hrs long. But at the same time, you have to avoid being conditioned into allowing them to manhandle the opponent, too.
You see similar in football, with elite WRs and top cover corners. Some games, it looks like Illegal Contact and Pass Interference might get called every play. And certainly, some teams could get flagged on offense just about every down, with either illegal formation (the OTs are a yard off the ball, or false start (guys in motion turning upfield before the snap).
Baseball can be nuts, too; we saw something with last week's LSU-A&M series. Strike zone was extremely unpredictable- it was one of the only times that we, as viewers, could never figure out the zone. It wasn't so much that your pitcher or batter was being squeezed, things literally fluctuated on almost every at bat.
Thinking about that, I almost wonder if they were trying to "level" Skenes, so he didn't throw a no-hitter, because his stuff has been so dominant. But the problem was, he was still able to grind through and get a ton of strikeouts, and it screwed up the rest of both teams' pitchers.
No crew wants to be the one to call 40 fouls on a known, aggressive defense like the old Georgetown press or Arkansas' 40 Minutes of Hell, and render the game unwatchable and over 3 hrs long. But at the same time, you have to avoid being conditioned into allowing them to manhandle the opponent, too.
You see similar in football, with elite WRs and top cover corners. Some games, it looks like Illegal Contact and Pass Interference might get called every play. And certainly, some teams could get flagged on offense just about every down, with either illegal formation (the OTs are a yard off the ball, or false start (guys in motion turning upfield before the snap).
Baseball can be nuts, too; we saw something with last week's LSU-A&M series. Strike zone was extremely unpredictable- it was one of the only times that we, as viewers, could never figure out the zone. It wasn't so much that your pitcher or batter was being squeezed, things literally fluctuated on almost every at bat.
Thinking about that, I almost wonder if they were trying to "level" Skenes, so he didn't throw a no-hitter, because his stuff has been so dominant. But the problem was, he was still able to grind through and get a ton of strikeouts, and it screwed up the rest of both teams' pitchers.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 6:32 am to makersmark1
Yes.
The play is so much faster and the hardest call is charge/block.
The play is so much faster and the hardest call is charge/block.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 6:34 am to makersmark1
Hockey?
Posted on 3/25/23 at 6:40 am to makersmark1
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Bama ran into a tough team who played physical.
It seemed like the officials let them play.
However, 3 of 27 from 3 is inexcusable for a good shooting team.
We lost to them by 3 on the road by holding them to just 3-22 from 3p. However, sec officiating awarded a total of 59 FTs that day.
Playing in a conference that does that will never translate well to the NCAAT
Posted on 3/25/23 at 6:45 am to makersmark1
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Bama ran into a tough team who played physical.
It seemed like the officials let them play.
That always happens in the NCAA. Refs let you play physical.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 6:52 am to ruffleforeskin
Yeah, the main teams left rely less on free throws for their offense.
All the "good" SEC teams relied heavily on FTs as a main piece of offense
All the "good" SEC teams relied heavily on FTs as a main piece of offense
Posted on 3/25/23 at 8:09 am to admiralduckwad
Basketball was never meant to be hockey. The NBA used to be much more physical in the 80s and 90s than it is today you actually had players known as enforcers.
You play the way they let you. But physicality did not beat Alabama yesterday lazy passes weak ballhandling stubborn offensive play and horrible shooting did.
You play the way they let you. But physicality did not beat Alabama yesterday lazy passes weak ballhandling stubborn offensive play and horrible shooting did.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 9:00 am to antibarner
Going to go a different direction and say soccer. Teams are conditioned to fake injuries, flop and do anything they can to fool the refs. There are no repercussions on the players. The ref is on a island out there so when shite goes down it can get dangerous. The fans are violent and has in many cases charged the field and attacked them.
I get the challenges in other sports, but soccer has a weird mix of bullshite and violent fans that make it very challenging.
I get the challenges in other sports, but soccer has a weird mix of bullshite and violent fans that make it very challenging.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 9:16 am to Hellmet
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direction and say soccer. Teams are conditioned to fake injuries, flop and do anything they can to fool the refs. There are no repercussions on the players
Tell me you regurgitate what somebody else has told you and don’t know what you’re talking about without telling you you regurgitate what somebody else has told you and don’t know what you’re talking about. Professional soccer has at least done something about it with yellow cards being given out, unlike the nba where people 6’8 250+ lbs (LeBron) could get knocked over by Jeremy Lins pinky.
This post was edited on 3/25/23 at 9:18 am
Posted on 3/25/23 at 9:20 am to makersmark1
It’s the hardest to watch from the standpoint of inconsistency from the officials, that’s for sure. They can take far more control of a game than they do in than any other sport.
Posted on 3/25/23 at 9:21 am to makersmark1
More like they finally ran into a crew who doesn't give a shite about "Alabama" and just called the game fairly for once.
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