B1G Refs Open Thread

Submitted by samdrussBLUE on January 25th, 2014 at 9:17 PM

Discuss. Worst officiating you've seen? Are you drunk from it?

But hey, great win baby!!

January 26th, 2014 at 8:55 AM ^

I wondered about that too. I have never seen that happen before ... I thought it kind of odd that a ref would get involved like that. Usually that is a no-no, regardless of the player, location, or speed of the game.

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TIMMMAAY

January 26th, 2014 at 12:00 PM ^

I've seen refs help guys up before, but never in a fast break situation.

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vertiGoBlue

January 26th, 2014 at 2:09 PM ^

Yes, that was my thought as well. If it were a dead ball situation or if the ref had concerns for the player's safety (e.g., player collided with camera operator), then I have no problem with the referree intervening (and, if play was still live, blow the whistle to stop play to attend to injured player). But, this was neither. And, what's worse this was a situation where M was trying to exploit an advantage as a result of Harris taking the off-balance shot, and, consequently, being unable to quickly get back on D. That seems, at best, to be poor judgement on the part of the referree. At worst, well, let's not go there.

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