Firstly, the Standard of refereeing this year has been a disgrace, partly due to their own incompetence and partly to the BA's rule/interpretation changes.

Secondly, I'm not saying Ninnis has been an angel, but there are far far worse going around, Joey Wright & Westover are worse and Lemanis, Fearne and Gleeson are all just as bad. But it's not a big issue for me anyway.

I cant fault Ninnis on this, the absolute pathetic Referee'ing this year makes me question every call. Even the obvious ones. In saying that last week was decidely better

Lemanis cries over every call, I think it's in his contract tho.
I can't really comment tho, I whinge every call regardless of how right it was.

'What done' if you think 8 out of every 10 calls are correct you are obviously unsure on the rules / interpretations or are an umpire that refuses to stand up & acknowledge that the standard has been well below average this season.

I'd describe the calls this year as a lucky dip - you don't know what your getting.

Funniest thing about this post: "what dome" and "inverted dome"

Nice.

In Darwin pre-season coaches asked the refs to call the game correctly ,rather than advantange ,disadvantage,play on ,no blood no foul,
and they would sit down more..
Ballinger was called for travel and WESTOVER got up and said 'That's not travel'
I'd guess I might've called a tech on Ninnis Sat.
And a few on Lemanis ,last time he was here ,he was over the top,on the court,in their faces.

I dont see anything wrong with coaches questioning the obviously BAD calls. It has been happening in basketball forever. I actually think it adds to the atmosphere and exitement of the game. The refs have the power to give a Tech if they believe it goes over the top.

Its a bit sensitive to worry about the example it gives the children. They see much worse on their video games at home. Lets not wrap them in cotton wool all the time. Emotion is a big part of the game. There is nothing wrong with expressing your opinion within the rules of the game. It is the refs job to control the game after all.

i see no prob with scotty doing this at all, the refs need to be held accountable as do all involved,

FIBA call it having a feel for the game!!!! There is no feel at the moment

FIBA don't have the coaches dictating to them how they want the game called.

I am not defending the umpires, heck I would class one or two as friends and I have questioned them on things this year. I sat down and watch a game tape with 2 of them and pointed out 5 questionable calls/no-calls in one quarter that I thought they got wrong. When we replayed the tape 4 of those were correct the other was a block/charge call that they definitely got wrong and agreed.

Would people like the fourth umpire introduced? It would definitely extend the game out longer than the old 48 minute game.

No other sport allows the coaches to determine how the game is to be played!!!!! Its a joke !!!

Aw advantage/disadvantage is in the rule book.
I didn't even know that -LOL.
Coaches asked for the game to be called more TIGHTLY ,then.
'correctly' is a term some used.

its not the refs who suck, its the bloody stupid rules that keep changing

WELL DONE WHAT DOME, about time someone said all of that....
Absolutely couldn't be more true....