OldSchoolBaller wrote:stir the pot wrote:ReadyToPlay wrote:To restate about small, it was meant to be like Tiny school, like the following recap.. one bad call, whether it be a controversial foul or violation, has a lot of true basketball fans muddering to themselves.
"What if?"
Class B power Hillsboro nipped tiny Epping 56-52 for the 1977 Class B state boys basketball championship, a game that captivated the state’s basketball fans.
“It was probably the ultimate David vs. Goliath,” said Dave Nelson, a senior on that Hillsboro team and now the head coach at May-Port-CG. “We were one of the bigger schools, and they were one of the smaller schools.”
However, that basket was disallowed after referee Henry Milkey called Don Allard for palming the ball, a call that remains controversial.
“And still to this day, there is the one call from Henry Milkey that turned the game around,” Bob Allard said.
We all need to quit picking on the refs.
Epping may have not even made the championship game if they had't got a couple of calls go their way in their quarter final game. That game went into overtime.
As Brad Pitt said in Moneyball - "Adapt or Die". The game has become more physical over the years, but if the refs were to start calling the game exactly by the rule book you would still have people on here complaining about the reffing. It is the most unappreciated job in the game of basketball. It is sickening to watch fans heckling the refs game in and game out, and I think that this is the biggest reason why we have a reffing shortage in the state in the first place. Who wants to drive 2 hrs a night, 5 days a week, to get heckled and booed. I know that you get decent money for it, but most of the refs are not in it for the money. They ref because they love the game, and for anyone to blame a loss on the reffing really has to take a good, hard look in the mirror and think about if they really deserved a win.
wan2bqb wrote:OldSchoolBaller wrote:stir the pot wrote:ReadyToPlay wrote:To restate about small, it was meant to be like Tiny school, like the following recap.. one bad call, whether it be a controversial foul or violation, has a lot of true basketball fans muddering to themselves.
"What if?"
Class B power Hillsboro nipped tiny Epping 56-52 for the 1977 Class B state boys basketball championship, a game that captivated the state’s basketball fans.
“It was probably the ultimate David vs. Goliath,” said Dave Nelson, a senior on that Hillsboro team and now the head coach at May-Port-CG. “We were one of the bigger schools, and they were one of the smaller schools.”
However, that basket was disallowed after referee Henry Milkey called Don Allard for palming the ball, a call that remains controversial.
“And still to this day, there is the one call from Henry Milkey that turned the game around,” Bob Allard said.
We all need to quit picking on the refs.
Epping may have not even made the championship game if they had't got a couple of calls go their way in their quarter final game. That game went into overtime.
As Brad Pitt said in Moneyball - "Adapt or Die". The game has become more physical over the years, but if the refs were to start calling the game exactly by the rule book you would still have people on here complaining about the reffing. It is the most unappreciated job in the game of basketball. It is sickening to watch fans heckling the refs game in and game out, and I think that this is the biggest reason why we have a reffing shortage in the state in the first place. Who wants to drive 2 hrs a night, 5 days a week, to get heckled and booed. I know that you get decent money for it, but most of the refs are not in it for the money. They ref because they love the game, and for anyone to blame a loss on the reffing really has to take a good, hard look in the mirror and think about if they really deserved a win.
If there was a clap feature on here you would get it. I couldn't agree more. Refs deserve more credit than they are given. I will say arguing a call or complaining is generally accepted and most people that ref or have reffed understand that. Its part of the game and has been for many years, problem is society expects political correctness at all costs. That cannot happen and will not when emotions are involved. It's a gymnasium not a library, Ref's understand boos and heckles its when it get personal it goes over the line. But there are too many plays in a basketball game to say one play or even two, cost you the game, period!
The Schwab wrote:A few statements/observations:
1. Reffing and coaching are the most underappreciated jobs in sports, because everyone thinks they can do either job.
2. If you're not going to follow the rule book, why have one? To me it seems counterproductive to have coaches and officials take tests every year on the rules of the game and then not follow them during the game.
3. I don't know if a 3 man crew is better then a 2 man crew. Way to often you will hear "it's not in my area", "that's not my call". If you see a violation, call it. Seems pretty simple to me.
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