alwayswrong

I agree -- one or two each and you move well up the food chain..

Most scratches occur due to a call or series of calls in a season (could be multiple games). Coaches need to realize that officials change and evolve with experience. Take two years apart. Then give the guys another chance. It could be that the reason for the scratch, that one call or one game, was the turning point in a career. If you still don't like it, then you get another two years.

There are so many arguments on both sides. It will be impossible to list them all here. The state has taken great strides to eliminate three team districts that give a blind draw an automatic berth to the region. I imagine seeding would get the better compatitiomn thru to the region, but it's still fun to see those #3&4 teams go at it in the year they draw each other...

Obviously, coaches have the right and should have the right to scratch officials. The number of officials they can scratch is debateable. I believe the state gives all coaches the ability to scratch 10% of the officials on their assignment list. So, if you have forty eligible officials, coach can scratch four. Coaches should be allowed one or two scratches at the most. Additionally, coaches should not be allowed to scratch an official for more than two consecutive years. Just my two cents!!!

You're right, there is a very limited view on this film. However, looking at the reaction of the bench personell and the coaches afterward, I'd be inclined to think that the player ran there for a reason.

Faust, D. Trame (Walton) J. Trame (Walton) Shumate

As the rule goes, I won't offer an opinion unless asked. If you ask, be ready for what comes. Of course, my kown kids and the kids I teach are another story. I had a coach ask me why his player couldn't hit free throws. I told him it was because he was shoting left handed, but had his right foot farther forward. Now that is a fairly benign resopnse, but coach went nuts thinking that I told him he didn't know how to teach shooting. You get what you ask for!!!

I've seen a coach get a T with no time left on the clock, he me tthe officials on the way to the locker room... That's a tough call, assuming that the action occurred right in an official's lap, he'd have no choice but to deal with it... Kudos for having the quinohes (sp?) to do it!!

Prediction -- Cancelled due to White Death

I did -- ball to the team that did not kick it. Blue Ball!!!

I will double check and look it up tonight. I think the deflection nullifies the three.

The last comment I'll make in this thread: I have no bone to pick with Latin in general. I expect ALL EDUCATORS to be at least as organized as they ask their students to be. In any high school, students are expected to have assignments done on time with almost no excuses. Students cannot come to school and say ,Ithought it was due tomorrow." I expect teachers and / or coaches, barring obvious unexpected problems, to do the same. Getting away from this school, here are a few I've seen the last two years: 1) acceptable: got caught in traffic jam on 71 in a school bus. called the school contact and advised. 2) unacceptable: scheduled a 5pm game but can't get a bus until 4:40. 3) unacceptable: assumed that rain plus grass field equals cancellation. did not call, did not show 4) unacceptable: scheduling Mason County for anything at 4:00 in the 9th region. (no problem with Mason, just an example). If I offended anyone from Latin, I apologize. Re reading my first comment I'm asking a mod to change it to Latin fails to show.

The only thing I can see is that when any player touches it inside the arc, it becomes a try or deflected shot from the point it was touched.

A few things to think about (not sure if written or just practiced): 1) The only time you're supposed to stop an opponant's advance is in the event of serious head injury or if the player is in danger (aka laying in the lane where they are playing). 2) It appears that by the time the official realized the player was injured, the opponant had the ball going down the court. 3) The injury was an ankle and the injured player was nowhere near the play. 4) The officials stopped play at the next opportunity (kick). Looks like a good job. The trail official even stayed with the injured player according to protocol. The ball goes back to the white team on the kick.

It pains me to say it, but the Cross will be lucky to break double digits... Someone brace the backboards and rims -- they'll be rockin....