She nails it

[cowbell88]

Right up to the “Starksville” typo.

https://orangeandwhitereport.com/sec-referees-incompetence-is-unacceptable-6dbbb54e90ee

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

If I were the Weatherspoons I would file a lawsuit using Morgan & Morgan against this 3 officials, Greg Sankey and the SEC. and I would want to make it “hurt” the conference to the point that everybody mentioned in this article from Sankey to Adams loses their job.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Like I have said all season, it is not just the blown calls because I have seen us benefit as well... It is the overall pitifully incompetent job SEC officiating has done this season that pisses me off game after game.

I'm not arguing that they helped us lose two games. I'm arguing their terrible consistency on the court. Yeah, I know there is a human factor, but there is a mental factor as well. We also have way too many refs who insert themselves into the game to the point that they disrupt the flow of the game.

If the SEC is serious about increasing the quality of play across the conference they need to pay attention to the quality of officiating as well.

 

[patdog]

Was just about to post this here. She doesn't pull any punches. And she's right. This could have easily been avoided, and should have been.

 

[tired]

If I were the Weatherspoons I would file a lawsuit using Morgan & Morgan against this 3 officials, Greg Sankey and the SEC. and I would want to make it “hurt” the conference to the point that everybody mentioned in this article from Sankey to Adams loses their job.

What I was thinking. It's going to take something extreme to get them to do something. Sankey is a clueless, worthless, & sackless.

 

[cowbell88]

Think Whataburger also has something similar in the CL.

 

[theeleven]

This article is fin stupid. Should the officials have stopped play, of course. However, this writer suggesting that play was not stopped because of concern about “cha-ching of dollars rolling into the conference office..” is just plain fin dumb. Simply, the refs allowed play to continue because we were clearly at an advantage to get an easy basket, which is obviously huge considering the high intensity defense making it difficult to score all night long. Nick was not in bounds on the playing surface, and the officials were clearly letting us play advantage. Had they stopped play, people would be whining about the officials stopping play too quickly and not allowing us to go in for what figures to be an easy score. It was a freak accident, but this writer suggesting that the crew be immediately removed from the game for negligence is laughable at best. I’m sure Nick is ok and will make a full recovery, with no residual issues from accidentally being kicked in the face. Carry on.

 

[L4Dawg]

This article is fin stupid. Should the officials have stopped play, of course. However, this writer suggesting that play was not stopped because of concern about “cha-ching of dollars rolling into the conference office..” is just plain fin dumb. Simply, the refs allowed play to continue because we were clearly at an advantage to get an easy basket, which is obviously huge considering the high intensity defense making it difficult to score all night long. Nick was not in bounds on the playing surface, and the officials were clearly letting us play advantage. Had they stopped play, people would be whining about the officials stopping play too quickly and not allowing us to go in for what figures to be an easy score. It was a freak accident, but this writer suggesting that the crew be immediately removed from the game for negligence is laughable at best. I’m sure Nick is ok and will make a full recovery, with no residual issues from accidentally being kicked in the face. Carry on.

Actually he WAS inbounds. His legs were inbounds up to about mid-thigh, and he was directly under the basket. There was almost no chance he wouldn’t be stepped on in some way if play came back to that end.

 

[Dawg1976]

Play should have been stopped when we gained possession. I wonder in hindsight if Howland and staff should have run out on court to force the game to be stopped? I'm sure those idiots would have called a T on him tho. Bottom line, refs failed.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

I agree with her that the statement the SEC/Refs gave was stupid. Just admit you made a mistake, the refs will be punished and you will do everything in your power to ensure that this never happens again. End it with stating player safety is the most important goal of the SEC. The statement they gave is up there with the United Airlines "re-accomodation" comment when they forced/dragged people off their plane.

When did it get so hard to admit that you made a mistake and take responsibility for your actions.

I really hope Nick is okay and I hope he and his family get a fat payment.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

This article is fin stupid. Should the officials have stopped play, of course. However, this writer suggesting that play was not stopped because of concern about “cha-ching of dollars rolling into the conference office..” is just plain fin dumb. Simply, the refs allowed play to continue because we were clearly at an advantage to get an easy basket, which is obviously huge considering the high intensity defense making it difficult to score all night long. Nick was not in bounds on the playing surface, and the officials were clearly letting us play advantage. Had they stopped play, people would be whining about the officials stopping play too quickly and not allowing us to go in for what figures to be an easy score. It was a freak accident, but this writer suggesting that the crew be immediately removed from the game for negligence is laughable at best. I’m sure Nick is ok and will make a full recovery, with no residual issues from accidentally being kicked in the face. Carry on.

Glad you are so sure he is fine. I'm not sure at all. Maybe you should become one of those Skype doctors.

 

[maroonthruandthru]

One issue I have is the response from the SEC office about what happened.

“‘The play on which Nick Weatherspoon was injured unfolded in a rapid sequence of events that led to the continuation of play after Nick initially fell under the Mississippi State basket,’ said Mark Whitehead, SEC Coordinator of Officials. ‘The officials did not recognize Nick was injured until after the transition that led to the completion of the play where, unfortunately, he remained on the floor.’”

As the writer says it’s this simple, if the officiating crew is not able to notice a player laying on the floor hurt, MSU only having 4 players on the defensive end and a coach yelling at them about the injured player how are the able to notice violations throughout the game?

At first I thought they handled it alright due to MSU having the scoring opportunity, well let me say they were within the rules, but for the SEC office to say the officials didn’t notice him down is not acceptable! How could they have not noticed. The thing a lot of people don’t realize is Coach Howland isn’t one that yells at the officials a whole lot. For him to be yelling at them had to be noticeable. Let me finish with this I bet if they had made a questionable call after the this happened and Howland yelled at them the way he did about the injuries player they would have noticed and had no problem calling a technical foul and stopping play.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

When your mistake sets you up to be sued

When did it get so hard to admit that you made a mistake and take responsibility for your actions.

The refs and SEC office will not be making any statements that are not written by an attorney. They know they're guilty.

 

[maroonmania]

NO ACCOUNTABILITY for SEC officials. I guess SEC officiating 'just means less'. The reason SEC officials have degraded in all sports, basketball in particular, is because these officials can't be criticized by anyone publicly, if a ref or crew does something in a totally inept manner they are right back out for the next game without missing a beat, and a number of them call games with actions that seem to indicate that THEY think they are there as part of the 'entertainment' (see the ref who blew the call at Mizzou). The only people I know of with less people to answer to than SEC officials are Supreme Court Justices. Something has to be done about it. If a coach was as incompetent at what he does he would be fired mid-season but now we've reached another level where they not only screw up games but also are jeopardizing the well being of student athletes.

 

[anon1787432961]

rapid sequence, yet this official looks back at Nick lying injured, under the basket

 

[maroonmania]

One issue I have is the response from the SEC office about what happened.

“‘The play on which Nick Weatherspoon was injured unfolded in a rapid sequence of events that led to the continuation of play after Nick initially fell under the Mississippi State basket,’ said Mark Whitehead, SEC Coordinator of Officials. ‘The officials did not recognize Nick was injured until after the transition that led to the completion of the play where, unfortunately, he remained on the floor.’”

As the writer says it’s this simple, if the officiating crew is not able to notice a player laying on the floor hurt, MSU only having 4 players on the defensive end and a coach yelling at them about the injured player how are the able to notice violations throughout the game?

At first I thought they handled it alright due to MSU having the scoring opportunity, well let me say they were within the rules, but for the SEC office to say the officials didn’t notice him down is not acceptable! How could they have not noticed. The thing a lot of people don’t realize is Coach Howland isn’t one that yells at the officials a whole lot. For him to be yelling at them had to be noticeable. Let me finish with this I bet if they had made a questionable call after the this happened and Howland yelled at them the way he did about the injuries player they would have noticed and had no problem calling a technical foul and stopping play.

Already in CYA mode.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

The whole sequence was surreal. Why didn't anyone on our bench rush out to evaluate Nick's injuries? Even Q seemed to be unfazed by his brother laying on the court. Maybe it happen so quick that nobody realized that Nick was seriously injured. The refs not stopping play after the transition play was very poor judgement. Never seen anything like this before.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

The refs and SEC office will not be making any statements that are not written by an attorney. They know they're guilty.

Sometimes the brand hit you will take by fighting someone you wronged isn't worth the money you might save if you win a lawsuit.