THis has bothered me for some time.

I have long maintained the officiating is giving guys a way unfair advantage on catches and pivot feet. Robison from BSU drove me crazy when I sat down near the floor as each step he caught, shifted pivot foot and shifted back on a ball fake to the cutter then shifted again before he put the ball on the deck. 695 and I let the ref know we were extremely dissatisfied with the lack of call.  

Watching this example you can see the catch , defensive player establishes position then has to move and reposition as you count the number of times the offense shifts the pivot foot. People talk about such and explosive first step. Not so much impressive when you see how the player gains an advantage by movement. Everyone of us who plays has been told to "guard the belly button, the feet don't go anywhere without it"...impossible when the belly button has tons of movement

Additional footwork

Referee standing right there in the first example.....

The names of the REFS should be given!

Wow. I can understand the first one since it was an all-star game and they tend to be a littler looser with the calls but that second compilation is unbelievable.

 

BTW, I thought this thread was going to be about Walt's fear of flying.

Bump. Relevant. 

Bo wa a great HD offiial here in IN, worked his way up through D2 and 3 till he hit the big time. He has been controversial i.e. the Butler Xavier game with the colck issue but he is also well grounded and raised in the game.

I have not enjoyed him as a college ref half as much as I did when he was over here foing HS hoops.....still he does make good calls like Watt rolling onthe floor and is not really shy about over ruling a fellow ref is he is right and does not cop out or say the one thing I hate the most..."it was not my area"   I like that he calls the game and does not worry about where his area stops and statrs if something is a violation.