Its called, "game management"---Its a 40 point game. So as officials you say---"Lets keep Bama happy, and UK healthy."---Emotions run high, even in blowuts. Maybe even more so than if the game is close. So its easy to "get" fouls on UK, opposed to Bama. The calls are meaningless---they have zero bearing on the outcome. So you now manage the game, opposed to officiating the game. Keeps emotions in check.
So a foul on one end isn't a foul on the other end?
What difference does it make? Winning by 40, opposed to "only" 22? As an official, I'm just wanting the last 10+ minutes to go smooth----keep emotions in check. Manage the game. At this juncture, the game is over; 104-67. Its not like it was a 15 point game or something. It was a 37 point game. The "whistle being fair" is irrelevant.
Sure---that's exactly what I said. This is why its impossible to have a conversation. Its a 40 point game. Its not about officiating the game anymore---Its about keeping the game under control. Keeping emotions in check. Not one singlecall the final 10 minutes had any bearing on the outcome at all.
So why give the losing team the call? Let's keep the game in check and give the winning team the 14-2 advantage. Why penalize the winning team?
Or you know... Call the game correctly? And if tempers flare and guys can't handle getting their asses handed to em, you know they can be ejected/suspended? Your mindset is why officiating is so awful, call the damn rules, call em whether its 1 second into the game or 1 second left.
Its called managing the game. No one is penalizing anyone. The outcome has long been decided. Lets say we call a bunch of fouls on Bama---whos already pissed, mad, etc, getting embarrassed on national TV. The players, the bench , they are pissed. So why compound it? If we call bunch of fouls on Bama, maybe they get even more pissed, more aggravated---and now someone has just had enough---and BOOM---we have anF2 type of foul. UK player gets hurt...etc...You wanna avoid this. Its what I mean by---"Keeping Bama happy, and UK healthy."--No one from UK is bitching. And no one from Bama is bitching, either.
Thank you! Most people do not understand this aspect of officiating!
Right....Or, you mange the game, the emotions w/o having to deal with tempers, possible ejections, tech's, etc...How many dust ups did you see the final 12+ minutes? Zero. How many times you see Bama or UK get upset over any call? Zero.
This. And its usually how its handled. I thought the crew did a fantastic job in this aspect. You HAVE to get the train wrecks, hard contact. But you can let the little stuff go---and more so with Bama. Like I said, no one from UK is getting upset over any call, at this point of the game. Not even the fans.
Because it’s straight bullshit. It isn’t a refs job to protect players from their own emotional volatility. There are rules in place for guys who overstep that. If you can’t control your emotions you can be ejected. The refs are there to call the game according to the rules. It’s this mindset that leads to refs like TV Teddy and Doug Shows thinking that the fans are there to see them. Call the damn game by the book the entirety of the game.
In all fairness, which looks more impressive to the committee? A 40 point beat down or winning by 22? We had them defeated and the whistles started. There was no animosity, just officials injecting themselves where they're not needed.
Let's prolong a 30 pt lead and make it a 2hr24 min game instead.
I am just telling you why things like this occur. Its not a 20 point game----that got turned into a 6 point win. All the years I worked CBB, game management was the emphsasis----especially in 40 point games with 8 minutes to go. Not one single call made has any bearing on the game itself. You're simply just keeping a flow, or trying to---Keeping Bama "happy", and UK "healthy".
Its ok.....And where did I say, "prolong" the game? Did I say . "call a bunch of fouls on UK"? Nope. Maybe go read it again, bruh.
Ya'll scream, "call it by the rules"---And I just chuckle.
Bruh, simple math here. Your game management plan which includes call tick tack fouls in keeping emotions in check adds extra mins to the game. 24 to be exact. Bruh, come on.
If Bama had come back from being down 37 with 7 minutes to go----the officiating wouldn't have had a thing to do with it.
I agree with you Lemp but the NCAA changes the rules at random and interprets them as they see fit and tell the officials to call the games like Borden said. Many times it backfires as some let the rough stuff go to keep the clock running and then they end up with fights and reviews etc. Just call the game as you said.
It’s really not that hard to follow, refs won’t see everything and a different ref can have a different opinion on what is and isn’t a foul, but just call it evenly. And don’t change mid game. That LSU game had like 7 total fouls in the first half and 22 in the second. If you’re calling every touch foul on the perimeter before the play starts you better call it both ways.
Officials should never let the rough stuff go. And again, that's not the point here. You call the game as you would...But you also understand, this game is over----5 mintues left, UK is up 30. Its easier to get a foul vs UK, opposed to Bama, because no one is gonna bitch---Bama is not gonna bitch....UK is not gonna bitch.
You're so flustered, you can't even keep up bruh.
I guess.
I am fine...You just cant read worth a ****. SHow me where I said, "call tick-tack fouls"---I didn't. Maybe have someone on here read to you what I said?
Dude all but admitted that they inject themselves into games.
So you admit you’re favoring the losing team because you’re going to be questioned less if you call fouls against the leading team?
