How many times do they have to read that the league ref started the clock and the Hawks had nothing to do with it before it sinks in with some of these fans?
It's a tough break, but please stop with the conspiracy theories.
Why aren't the Atlanta scorekeepers fired yet?
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TyroneSlothrop wrote:How many times do they have to read that the league ref started the clock and the Hawks had nothing to do with it before it sinks in with some of these fans?
It's a tough break, but please stop with the conspiracy theories.
Actually the ESPN link clearly states it could be the official or the timekeeper. We might not find out who.
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JN wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Actually the ESPN link clearly states it could be the official or the timekeeper. We might not find out who.
We will find out who. There are gauges that clearly determine who started the clock.
Regardless of all that, you're talking about tenths of a second and acting like there's some grand conspiracy to screw the Raptors out of a win. Think about that.
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The newspaper reports that official Eric Lewis may be the culprit as he started the clock with a mechanism on his belt. Mitchell said he thought Ford's shot was good and one of the officials ruled it as such, but it was waived off on the replay.
"I thought it was an early [start on the] clock," Mitchell told the newspaper.
A league spokesman told ESPN.com's John Hollinger after the game that referees can't review whether a prematurely started clock caused a shot to come after the buzzer. They can only review whether the shot actually beat the buzzer. That would make any Raptors protest difficult to win since the refs followed the letter of the law in disallowing Ford's shot
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280402001
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tontoz wrote:The newspaper reports that official Eric Lewis [b]may be the culprit as he started the clock with a mechanism on his belt[/b]. Mitchell said he thought Ford's shot was good and one of the officials ruled it as such, but it was waived off on the replay.
"I thought it was an early [start on the] clock," Mitchell told the newspaper.
A league spokesman told ESPN.com's John Hollinger after the game that referees can't review whether a prematurely started clock caused a shot to come after the buzzer. They can only review whether the shot actually beat the buzzer. That would make any Raptors protest difficult to win since the refs followed the letter of the law in disallowing Ford's shot
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280402001
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official Eric Lewis may be the culprit ... the timekeeper also may have been the culprit .. the clock starts as soon as one of these guys start it whoever happens to do it first.
and officials don't have the power to review if the clock started prematurely, however the league has the power to overrule anything they deem as being fair.. but they probably won't
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TyroneSlothrop wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
We will find out who. There are gauges that clearly determine who started the clock.
Regardless of all that, you're talking about tenths of a second and acting like there's some grand conspiracy to screw the Raptors out of a win. Think about that.
Actually no I am not talking about conspiracy.
I am talking about incompetence and apathy at the ownership and management level of the Hawks organization which has now permeated and become accpetable behaviour accross there entire employee group. Incompetence and apathy is widespread, and no one is being held accountable.
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JN wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Actually no I am not talking about conspiracy.
I am talking about incompetence and apathy at the ownership and management level of the Hawks organization which has now permeated and become accpetable behaviour accross there entire employee group. Incompetence and apathy is widespread, and no one is being held accountable.
Alright but how does that have anything to do with a ref making a bad call... it wasn't even a call, what does it have to do with a ref not being able to spot something within a tenth of a second and react within that same tenth of a second?
I understand you are mad about the incident. I understand that you don't like the Hawks ownership and management, neither do we. You can't just blame them for this because it happened and you don't like them. I don't blame Bush when I stub my toe in my apartment, you know?
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