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Great Pitino quote

As a former official (many moons ago), I love what Rick said.
...Official do not cheat
...They do make mistakes
...So boo them and hate them (part of the game)
...But stop the Blame Game.
 
So 2017 didn’t happen.
I agree we all make mistakes players coaches and referees alike, but acting like some of those poor decisions are not calculated and done on purpose. It’s just not realistic.
Agreed. But it's not NEARLY as common as some here want to think it is.
 
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So 2017 didn’t happen.
I agree we all make mistakes players coaches and referees alike, but acting like some of those poor decisions are not calculated and done on purpose. It’s just not realistic.

That game came down to one bad call but it was because of a number of failures prior to that. Hit free throws, cutdown on turnovers, you name it. Any one piece executed correctly before the end could have swayed the outcome. By failing to execute you put the ref in the position to fail and cost you your goal. At least then you make it so egregious everyone has to take notice.
 
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That game came down to one bad call but it was because of a number of failures prior to that. Hit free throws, cutdown on turnovers, you name it. Any one piece executed correctly before the end could have swayed the outcome. By failing to execute you put the ref in the position to fail and cost you your goal. At least then you make it so egregious everyone has to take notice.
There were several key no calls as well
 
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As a former official (many moons ago), I love what Rick said.
...Official do not cheat
...They do make mistakes
...So boo them and hate them (part of the game)
...But stop the Blame Game.


I was officiating a game one time and I always busted my tail.... one of the players (I did high school ball, but this just so happened to be a rec league game) got on me about a call.... I asked him, "Have you missed any shots?" He said, "Yeah." I said, "Then get off my back because I missed a call." lol Pretty sure he didn't say anything to me the rest of the game. ;-)
 
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