Doug Shows just points a random direction

[IL Wildcat]

I was watching the end of this Texas A&M and Arkansas game and Doug Shows is standing on the end line and has to make an out of bounds call. I'm looking at his face. He just stands there dumbfounded and then picks a direction to point. I've seen him do it before and it's pretty clear to me the game gets too fast for him. It doesn't compute, so he just picks something and confidently acts like he knows what he's saying. Not to toot my horn, but it looked in real time like it was Arkansas' ball, but he pointed to A&M. Not surprising. And it was a close call, but it was off the A&M player at the end.

I just get irritated with these refs and Showtime Shows is one of my least favorites. I had no dog in this fight, but we've been burned by Shows' random guesses before. I'll say what I said one of the last times he screwed us over. I don't think it's bias on his part. It's incompetence. He can't do the job, especially when it gets heated and is moving fast. It's too fast for his synapses to fire. But instead of putting his hands up and acknowledging he has no clue, he picks a call and confidently acts like he knows it's true.

 

[Mike-D]

I was watching the end of this Texas A&M and Arkansas game and Doug Shows is standing on the end line and has to make an out of bounds call. I'm looking at his face. He just stands there dumbfounded and then picks a direction to point. I've seen him do it before and it's pretty clear to me the game gets too fast for him. It doesn't compute, so he just picks something and confidently acts like he knows what he's saying. Not to toot my horn, but it looked in real time like it was Arkansas' ball, but he pointed to A&M. Not surprising. And it was a close call, but it was off the A&M player at the end.

I just get irritated with these refs and Showtime Shows is one of my least favorites. I had no dog in this fight, but we've been burned by Shows' random guesses before. I'll say what I said one of the last times he screwed us over. I don't think it's bias on his part. It's incompetence. He can't do the job, especially when it gets heated and is moving fast. It's too fast for his synapses to fire. But instead of putting his hands up and acknowledging he has no clue, he picks a call and confidently acts like he knows it's true.

I think they always have to pick. Sometimes it would be better if they didn't.

 

[CB3UK]

Shows is a clown

 

[Cowtown Cat]

Man, that was a hell of a game! They shut Radford down. Dude kills us every single time we play them. I mean it’s been going on for years. We just can’t stop that guy.

 

[cats2010]

Man, that was a hell of a game! They shut Radford down. Dude kills us every single time we play them. I mean it’s been going on for years. We just can’t stop that guy.

No surprise his 28 points against us was his season high and more than double his average.

 

[Wonky]

No surprise his 28 points against us was his season high and more than double his average.

At some point you can no longer blame it on T-shirt night, Cal.

 

[Smashcat]

He’ll probably be reffing us against MSU lol.

 

[Fox2monk]

I was watching the end of this Texas A&M and Arkansas game and Doug Shows is standing on the end line and has to make an out of bounds call. I'm looking at his face. He just stands there dumbfounded and then picks a direction to point. I've seen him do it before and it's pretty clear to me the game gets too fast for him. It doesn't compute, so he just picks something and confidently acts like he knows what he's saying. Not to toot my horn, but it looked in real time like it was Arkansas' ball, but he pointed to A&M. Not surprising. And it was a close call, but it was off the A&M player at the end.

I just get irritated with these refs and Showtime Shows is one of my least favorites. I had no dog in this fight, but we've been burned by Shows' random guesses before. I'll say what I said one of the last times he screwed us over. I don't think it's bias on his part. It's incompetence. He can't do the job, especially when it gets heated and is moving fast. It's too fast for his synapses to fire. But instead of putting his hands up and acknowledging he has no clue, he picks a call and confidently acts like he knows it's true.

There are quite a few that are like that. Too slow, too dumb, or too crooked to ref a game. It makes me sick. Then you have replay and they still get a call wrong if it makes them look bad.

 

[Fox2monk]

Man, that was a hell of a game! They shut Radford down. Dude kills us every single time we play them. I mean it’s been going on for years. We just can’t stop that guy.

A&M lose? Of course they did, SMFH.

 

[Smashcat]

Btw 73 FTAs for both teams with him as a ref.

 

[BBBLazing]

I recognize that I am on this site responding to everyone, and that makes me a little ate up with the team, but my thought is if you pay attention to who the refs are, you are a little too involved. The refs might suck, but they don't try to cheat anyone. Just support your team.

 

[zwynn10]

Remember this gem from Shows last year?

 

[NociHTTP]

 

[ace on the river]

Man, that was a hell of a game! They shut Radford down. Dude kills us every single time we play them. I mean it’s been going on for years. We just can’t stop that guy.

That’s because we don’t play defense. In my 60 plus years of watching basketball I’ve never seen a team struggle with a high pick like these UK teams do. I remember learning that in the third grade

 

[Fox2monk]

I recognize that I am on this site responding to everyone, and that makes me a little ate up with the team, but my thought is if you pay attention to who the refs are, you are a little too involved. The refs might suck, but they don't try to cheat anyone. Just support your team.

That’s absolutely false and already been proven that some in fact do. If you don’t think some of these guys are paid by Vegas or underground gamblers to control lines then you’re naive at best and flat out ignore it at worst.

 

[Fox2monk]

Remember this gem from Shows last year?

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I remember that. There is absolutely no defense for that. He watched it happen and was gonna call it but couldn’t give us the and 1. That was too much.

 

[Titpwhami2014]

He’ll probably be reffing us against MSU lol.

This would irk me. Someone his age just spent 150 minutes running up and down the court with a bunch of college kids. So he’s going to hop on a plane, fly to a different city and run it back the next night? This isn’t baseball.

 

[CASblue]

Remember this gem from Shows last year?

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This is exactly why referees need to be involved in post game discussions, with a screen to show plays and subsequent calls. Then allow them to explain what they saw as an infraction. What was the foul? Why did you call this?
Granted it will never happen, but what if….?

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

I recognize that I am on this site responding to everyone, and that makes me a little ate up with the team, but my thought is if you pay attention to who the refs are, you are a little too involved. The refs might suck, but they don't try to cheat anyone. Just support your team.

There's no way you could have this opinion if you'd watched any of the multiple rooferee (jon higgins) screw jobs that have sent us home from the tournament over the last decade or so...

 

[JimBR]

This is exactly why referees need to be involved in post game discussions, with a screen to show plays and subsequent calls. Then allow them to explain what they saw as an infraction. What was the foul? Why did you call this?
Granted it will never happen, but what if….?

Maybe they'd get better or find another occupation?

 

[dl51344]

Man, that was a hell of a game! They shut Radford down. Dude kills us every single time we play them. I mean it’s been going on for years. We just can’t stop that guy.

Cal can't shut any good player down. I don't think he plans shutting a single player down. Doesn't know how.

 

[Wonky]

That’s because we don’t play defense. In my 60 plus years of watching basketball I’ve never seen a team struggle with a high pick like these UK teams do. I remember learning that in the third grade

We are talented and Cal thinks that’s enough. We are so easy to scout and gameplan for it’s embarrassing.

 

[KYCAT78]

Cal can't shut any good player down. I don't think he plans shutting a single player down. Doesn't know how.

They do not show defense on Little House.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Doug Shows and Pat Adams are the two biggest POS that ref UK games these days.

And that's only because Higgins isn't allowed to call them any more.

 

[Fox2monk]

This would irk me. Someone his age just spent 150 minutes running up and down the court with a bunch of college kids. So he’s going to hop on a plane, fly to a different city and run it back the next night? This isn’t baseball.

And of course we get him tonight like clockwork.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Remember this gem from Shows last year?

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That is an all timer.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

The SEC has the worst officials for basketball. And they don't care.

 

[UKWILDCAT2004]

The SEC has the worst officials for basketball. And they don't care.

And they do nothing to fix it.

 

[pauled]

Remember this gem from Shows last year?

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Yeah that was a Show’s special there!

 

[jameslee32]

Was there a lot of And 1's yesterday? He did our game tonight as well and I've never seen so many.

 

[jameslee32]

He’ll probably be reffing us against MSU lol.

B-I-N-G-O!

 

[TheBlueMax]

I was watching the end of this Texas A&M and Arkansas game and Doug Shows is standing on the end line and has to make an out of bounds call. I'm looking at his face. He just stands there dumbfounded and then picks a direction to point. I've seen him do it before and it's pretty clear to me the game gets too fast for him. It doesn't compute, so he just picks something and confidently acts like he knows what he's saying. Not to toot my horn, but it looked in real time like it was Arkansas' ball, but he pointed to A&M. Not surprising. And it was a close call, but it was off the A&M player at the end.

I just get irritated with these refs and Showtime Shows is one of my least favorites. I had no dog in this fight, but we've been burned by Shows' random guesses before. I'll say what I said one of the last times he screwed us over. I don't think it's bias on his part. It's incompetence. He can't do the job, especially when it gets heated and is moving fast. It's too fast for his synapses to fire. But instead of putting his hands up and acknowledging he has no clue, he picks a call and confidently acts like he knows it's true.

I'm with you to an extent, but can't imagine them maintaining focus for an entire season when they're doing so many games. I've ref'd before...not easy, maybe as difficult as golf!