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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 132378854" data-attributes="member: 1812660">- Quarters are dumb unless the game is 60 minutes.&nbsp; 10 minutes quarters break up play and momentum too much. Only viable if media TO's are reduced and coaches only have quarterly time out allotments.&nbsp; Even then it is a lateral move at best.-Officials are terrible, but not over worked.&nbsp; They are terrible because they refuse to accept their role.&nbsp; That is they should be like the clock operator and only noticed when they screw up.&nbsp; Otherwise it should be a thankless, anonymous role. A role that is vitally necessary to the spectacle, but not actually PART of the spectacle.&nbsp; Yet most officials can't help but try to be part of the spectacle since it is grand.-Coaching must be intense and &quot;micromanaging&quot; if you want teams with zero NBA talent to compete with teams that have even one NBA caliber guy.&nbsp; College is not meant to be whomever can amass the most superstars for a few years wins it all every year.&nbsp; We have the NBA for that brand of &quot;basketball&quot; where superstars isolate and the offensive strategy is &quot;give LeBron, Curry, etc... the ball and the rest of you support their moves.&quot;&nbsp; -Sounds like this guy just wants college to be exactly like the NBA and all I can say is screw that.&nbsp; I care NOTHING for the NBA and like college basketball second to only college football for spectator sport.&nbsp; The NFL is at least still football, but the NBA long ago became the &quot;Not Basketball Anymore&quot; league.&nbsp; It is the only major sport where the college version and professional version are this far disconnected.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 132378854, member: 1812660"] - Quarters are dumb unless the game is 60 minutes. 10 minutes quarters break up play and momentum too much. Only viable if media TO's are reduced and coaches only have quarterly time out allotments. Even then it is a lateral move at best. -Officials are terrible, but not over worked. They are terrible because they refuse to accept their role. That is they should be like the clock operator and only noticed when they screw up. Otherwise it should be a thankless, anonymous role. A role that is vitally necessary to the spectacle, but not actually PART of the spectacle. Yet most officials can't help but try to be part of the spectacle since it is grand. -Coaching must be intense and "micromanaging" if you want teams with zero NBA talent to compete with teams that have even one NBA caliber guy. College is not meant to be whomever can amass the most superstars for a few years wins it all every year. We have the NBA for that brand of "basketball" where superstars isolate and the offensive strategy is "give LeBron, Curry, etc... the ball and the rest of you support their moves." -Sounds like this guy just wants college to be exactly like the NBA and all I can say is screw that. I care NOTHING for the NBA and like college basketball second to only college football for spectator sport. The NFL is at least still football, but the NBA long ago became the "Not Basketball Anymore" league. It is the only major sport where the college version and professional version are this far disconnected. [/QUOTE]

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