You can look at it as "let 'em play" and "the refs shouldn't decide the outcome."
OR, you can look at it as "a foul's a foul, and it can't help but affect the play," and..."refs are choosing to be gutless at the end of the game." I, too, refereed (and umpired) for many years and it it was a foul in the first minute it was a foul in the last minute. Just like if it was a ball in the first inning it was still a ball in the last inning with one team up 12 to zip.
Yeah, and I did it long enough to know that MAKE-UP calls absolutely do happen. And I'm fine with that.
I agree with everything you said...except you're "fine" with make-up calls. That's where I lost you. That's where your integrity in officiating nosedives.
And a "PS." This happens frequently with plate umps also. Especially on outside pitches, which aren't easy to see because you line up (usually) on the inside of the plate. I've probably had a thousand where I said "dang, that really was a strike," and filed it away. Obviously you don't want to get too crazy with it because you'll blow your strike zone. But next really close one, consciously or not, you're going to remember.
Appreciate the sentiment. And while a very short memory is beneficial for sports officials, I've got a fairness streak I just can't shake. If I know I blew a call, or my partner did, I will likely later on give a "benefit of the doubt" call the other way. I won't "make one up," but in hoops there is so much contact you never really need to. Sorta helps that whole "it all evens out" thing be true.
Why? Because you always swallow a whistle in the last 60 secs to treat it differently than the first 60 secs?
You can look at it as "let 'em play" and "the refs shouldn't decide the outcome."
OR, you can look at it as "a foul's a foul, and it can't help but affect the play," and..."refs are choosing to be gutless at the end of the game." I, too, refereed (and umpired) for many years and it it was a foul in the first minute it was a foul in the last minute. Just like if it was a ball in the first inning it was still a ball in the last inning with one team up 12 to zip.
Yeah, and I did it long enough to know that MAKE-UP calls absolutely do happen. And I'm fine with that.
I agree with everything you said...except you're "fine" with make-up calls. That's where I lost you. That's where your integrity in officiating nosedives.
And a "PS." This happens frequently with plate umps also. Especially on outside pitches, which aren't easy to see because you line up (usually) on the inside of the plate. I've probably had a thousand where I said "dang, that really was a strike," and filed it away. Obviously you don't want to get too crazy with it because you'll blow your strike zone. But next really close one, consciously or not, you're going to remember.
Appreciate the sentiment. And while a very short memory is beneficial for sports officials, I've got a fairness streak I just can't shake. If I know I blew a call, or my partner did, I will likely later on give a "benefit of the doubt" call the other way. I won't "make one up," but in hoops there is so much contact you never really need to. Sorta helps that whole "it all evens out" thing be true.