Because all the other nonsense associated with it is driving people out of the practice of officiating.
Officiating - what to do?
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Because all the other nonsense associated with it is driving people out of the practice of officiating.
They finally changed that rule about 5 years ago. You can only work one game per calendar day.
Way back when, even before UNI was in the Valley, you'd have Eddie Hightower do a Saturday afternoon game in Iowa City and then show up in Cedar Falls for Saturday night and just give an embarrassing half assed effort because he was exhausted and just didn't care about the AMCU game he was still collecting a check for.
This is the answer. This debate isn't exclusive to WBB. It's had with MBB and the NBA as well. The reality is it's just an impossibly hard game to officiate. I think it's actually a miracle they get as many right as they do.
Because younger people like myself would rather spend our free time not getting yelled at by people who get winded getting out of their recliner.
It is also a large club. They are being forced to break it some due to the old guys getting tired and being forced to officiate more than they care to. I had signed up to officiate over a year ago. I learned the hard way that while the local HS refs complain about not having any younger or new guys coming aboard, they basically are doing it to themselves. I was all set but never ended up doing it because I couldn't get any information/guidance from the head of the association and it was around 2 weeks before I would have been starting to do games, so I backed out so I wouldn't be making a mess of things.
I've long said they need to do a Netflix documentary where they just follow refs around at different levels (AAU, high school, college, NBA) and document the **** they see and hear. I'd totally watch that.
Does anyone know how/if they use video to assess performance on fouls and other calls? Someone should just edit the 10 worst calls of the week, and try to embarrass them to do better. Or have a teaching YouTube using calls made in the last 2 weeks. Something like that.
Some think there are too many fouls, I think the issue is coaches teaching how to foul every play and keep pushing it to be more and more like wrestling than basketball. Strength gets more important than skill, and viewership drops. If you want entertainment and competitive games, reward skills, not aggression and strength.
Some think there are too many fouls, I think the issue is coaches teaching how to foul every play and keep pushing it to be more and more like wrestling than basketball. Strength gets more important than skill, and viewership drops. If you want entertainment and competitive games, reward skills, not aggression and strength.
I’m enjoying this dialog. Some really good thoughts being shared. I’ve recently thought the only way to help the officials would be move to having a fourth. Increased calls in a game would cause a temporary disruption. For example, if they would get back to calling defensive guards for impeding freedom Of movement AND calling offensive guards for push offs…it would only temporarily change game flow. Coaches and players would adapt and the game would resume with much better flow than before.
I know for years at the women's games, there was an evaluator at the game. He would come down near where we sit toward the end of each game. I haven't seen him in the last few years, so don't know if they are still doing that or not.