It's one thing for an official to miss a call in live action, but when you go to the monitor after looking at several replays and miss the call there has to be some accountability for that!!
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SEC commissioner Sankey was there. I'm sure he will take care of it like he did the UNCheat scandal.It's one thing for an official to miss a call in live action, but when you go to the monitor after looking at several replays and miss the call there has to be some accountability for that!!
I loved the botched call in the Duke/Virginia game yesterday. Probably the call that solidified the advantage for Duke toward the end. I think there was about 3:30 left. Called a shot clock violation on Virginia as Williamson knocked the call out of bounds when there was clearly about 2 seconds left. Should’ve been Virginia ball with at least 2 seconds left. I was like WTF.
Don’t forget the travel called on Alabama, late game questionable at best.
I also saw Williamson pancake block another Virginia players going for a loose ball but nothing was called. Why should anyone be surprised?I loved the botched call in the Duke/Virginia game yesterday. Probably the call that solidified the advantage for Duke toward the end. I think there was about 3:30 left. Called a shot clock violation on Virginia as Williamson knocked the call out of bounds when there was clearly about 2 seconds left. Should’ve been Virginia ball with at least 2 seconds left. I was like WTF.
Watching the replay. Monitor obsession by the Refs and Dick 's rants extended the game.It's one thing for an official to miss a call in live action, but when you go to the monitor after looking at several replays and miss the call there has to be some accountability for that!!
Officials have too much control over the outcome of the game. For the most part it's a bunch of older, out of shape guys trying to keep up with well-conditioned athletes running the floor. I normally don't complain about the whistle UK gets since it's a given that you're not getting any calls on the road, but the one game that really sticks out is the 1997 title game against Arizona where one literally could to breath on an Arizona player without getting whistled for a foul.Its sad that this is still an issue in 2019. I recall a lack of accountability for officials as a youth watching cbb. It is the single most overlooked issue. They affect EVERY single game no matter the schools, players or coaches and the NCAA refuses to make them accountable for their actions.
Its sad that this is still an issue in 2019. I recall a lack of accountability for officials as a youth watching cbb. It is the single most overlooked issue. They affect EVERY single game no matter the schools, players or coaches and the NCAA refuses to make them accountable for their actions.
I agree there’s little accountability for refs. However, they do get scored/rated after each game. This goes into determining who officiates Final 4 games. (Not sure if their evaluation impacts who gets early tournament games.) Rarely do I comment about officiating. I was fine with how the game (as a whole) was officiated. But, that last fragrant against PJ should result in the crew having to officiate every NIT game back to back for 3 weeks. They responded to the crowds emotions and to the blood. It almost cost us the game and that game game had NCAA seedings riding on it.
That was NOT a travel. If that's a "travel", James Harden would be averaging 3 PPG. Fact is, it was a horrible call, and an even worse time to make a horrible call.Actually agreed with that call. Took 4 steps. Have to call that. Don’t care if it’s the last play of the game.
Auburn’s homecourt crowd provided the mob mentality. With the blood and theatrics as you rightfully stated, the officials went with keeping the mob in check by giving them what they wanted. I agree wit you.It was the combination of blood and theatrics that clouded the officials judgment. They were more concerned with the optics than what actually happened.
Exactly, it is a fraternity. Higgins getting the F4 after that game was the salt in the wound. And Mitch defended it and the system.Scored/rated by whom? Fellow officials? Is the information published? Made public? No?
So is there really accountability?
Higgins was awarded the Final Four in 2017 after the Elite Eight debacle with UNC, so getting a Final Four means absolutely nothing in regards to not being awful at their job.
I agree there’s little accountability for refs. However, they do get scored/rated after each game. This goes into determining who officiates Final 4 games. (Not sure if their evaluation impacts who gets early tournament games.) Rarely do I comment about officiating. I was fine with how the game (as a whole) was officiated. But, that last fragrant against PJ should result in the crew having to officiate every NIT game back to back for 3 weeks. They responded to the crowds emotions and to the blood. It almost cost us the game and that game game had NCAA seedings riding on it.
SEC commissioner Sankey was there. I'm sure he will take care of it like he did the UNCheat scandal.
We make players, coaches and even AD's stand in front of a Microphone and explain their reasons for certain actions. They even have to do it after excruciating defeats at times. We're talking about 17-18 year olds that we hold accountable and expect them to keep their emotions in check. You'r going to tell me that grown ass men can't handle standing in front of their piers and explain why they did something? That is the epitome of a snowflake.
If they were made to answer questions after each game, how many "blown" calls would we have?
Grading an official has no impact on the current game and revisionist history allows for justification for a poor performance. How many of us would have our current jobs/positions if we had such a poor rating?
Here's the dirty little secret about college basketball officiating...or any level of basketball for that matter. A lot of calls are missed. I read a book by John Feinstein on college hoops....can't remember the name, but he devoted a chapter to officials. Interviewed a lot of them and followed them around. One of the best officials in the 90's said "if we get 90% of the calls right, we've had a really good game." So the best officials in the game admit they miss 10% of the calls on a good night. A bad night...well, it's worse than that. Mediocre officials on a bad night...well, you get the picture.
Believing refs in college are clean is like believing the politicians are clean . Most of the them dirty as hell. It is the decent , honest one that is the outlier in either profession.The ONLY thing the officials are accountable for is paying their bookies for the bets they have placed on the games they are calling. If you think most officials are honest, upright citizens who would never bet on their own games then you are living in a dream world.
At some point, it needs to be called what it is: blatant cheating.It's one thing for an official to miss a call in live action, but when you go to the monitor after looking at several replays and miss the call there has to be some accountability for that!!
If a NBA official can come out and say that games were fixed by officials then it definitely happens in College Basketball. Who was the former NBA official that confessed to this years ago?Believing refs in college are clean is like believing the politicians are clean . Most of the them dirty as hell. It is the decent , honest one that is the outlier in either profession.
Man, that was bad. How can that be a "no-call"? Officiating in every sport at any level is getting worse.Nothing will ever top the no call that cost the Saints a trip to the Superbowl today.
Yes, I disagree with the flagrant foul call. If he had hit him on the head and caused the bleeding...a different story.I can live with missed calls. It’s always been part of the game. All officials will tell you basketball is most difficult sport to officiate because speed of the game and close proximity of the fans. (20k fans never miss a call!)
But, last night wasn’t about a missed call. I’ve already stated I was fine with how game was called. (I usually am.) My complaint is the missed flagrant AFTER going to monitor. It was simply some guys who were more concerned about the mob than they were getting the call right.
The good thing is, it didn’t cost us the game.
BadIt's one thing for an official to miss a call in live action, but when you go to the monitor after looking at several replays and miss the call there has to be some accountability for that!!
Nothing will ever top the no call that cost the Saints a trip to the Superbowl today.