wan2bqb wrote:winner-within wrote:M-NS def. Enderlin 87-80
Lot of points....good game to watch?
Horrible game to watch! Allowed the inside game to become a charge to the hoop throw you body into the defender and you'll get rewarded with free throws kind of game. But if your outside of 15ft don't put a hand on anyone. Tough game to enjoy, tough game to play I'm sure. Officials have a horrible job in that someone is going to be upset 60% of the time. I understand that and don't envy it. But consistency is the key, call it one way and stick with it, These kids are not in the NBA so a travel should be a travel, a carry should be a carry, and a foul is a foul, whether it gives you an advantage or not. To hear a ref say he didn't gain an advantage by it makes me think is it their job to be impartial enforcers of the rules, or to decide when the rules needs to be applied??? I have said it before and will again when we have three refs to often I hear a ref says its not my call. If you see it call it whether its someone else's area or not. Ok enough complaining. I thought Enderlin came out with nothing to lose and played loose to start the game. Peter is a load if he can bang inside, and Chance Bye can shoot the lights out if not challenged.
I watched the game. I'm not sure what you mean in your second sentence. IMO this is what I saw and thought of the officials calls. I thought way to much contact was aloud on shooters after driving to the hoop. Chance was knocked to the ground twice on plays at the basket (I believe he made both shots) and fouls where not called on either play. On a third layup he made when he didn't go to the ground he was also fouled with no call being made. Jake was also the recipient of fouls on two shots after drives where he was knocked to the ground with no foul called, but he didn't make the shots. On the other hand in the post the offensive player was aloud to fake and fake and fake. When the defender wouldn't bite, fouls would be called when the offensive player would jump into the defender who was standing, 2 feet both on the ground, with their hands above their ears.
Following up on the piling up on officials. One "explanation" that drives me nuts is when officials make the motion of bringing vertical hands down. As if to say the defender put their hands forward to impede to offensive player. There is no question that this does happen sometimes. However, more often than not, defenders hands remain vertical until the offensive player jumps into the defender in the shoulder area, which dislodges the defender. This moves the defender back. Even if their hands remain in the same spot, they look like they have been brought down because their shoulders have been knocked back. It should be a no call or charge.