Someone Should Tech The Referee
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:58 amBy Chris
If you watched a lot of college basketball on Saturday, I’m sure you saw this little gem of a call during UConn/Gonzaga:
Awesome, awesome move and finish by Hasheem Thabeet. Too bad it was absolutely ruined by a boneheaded call from the baseline referee. UConn’s all-everything big man was T’d up for taunting; and in college basketball, technical fouls count as personal fouls, hence Thabeet’s subsequent disqualification from the game. The question is, was it a good call on the referee’s part or was it a stupid edict from an official who’s trying to be bigger than the game he’s officiating?
Yes, Thabeet did mouth off a little while he was running back down the court, but really, was it enough to warrant any kind of call other than a verbal warning? Instead, we get to finish a great game without one of its stars because an arrogant official has a hair-trigger when it comes to showing these players who the boss is — See? Being unfairly judgmental works both ways. — as opposed to actually using your head and making a sensible call.
Gus Johnson agrees.
December 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
No idea what Hash said but that was effin weak bro! That ref must’ve been picked on as a kid. Let these kids have some fun. I’m sure it wasn’t anything THAT bad. Like, say, chanting P-L-O after the kid’s dad was killed by a terrorist. Absolute horseshiat.
December 22nd, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Overzealous refs are as bad as players that talk too much, if not worse.