Ben Taylor reportedly demoted after Fred VanVleet's rant

SUPERVILLAIN · Post #1 » by **SUPERVILLAIN** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 3:55 pm

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thelead · Post #2 » by **thelead** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 3:56 pm

Good. Now do the same to the ref that tossed out Mann last night. That was ridiculous.

Karate Diop · Post #3 » by **Karate Diop** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:09 pm

A real bad look if true. VanVleet is hot headed and perpetually whining...

Lockdown504090 · Post #4 » by **Lockdown504090** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:11 pm

I’ve been telling people for years that this is what the nba does when refs are bad and nobody noticed. They need to have more communication with the fans. Pay them more, but make them available to the media for questions, or the referee board itself

Pharmcat · Post #5 » by **Pharmcat** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:12 pm

Lockdown504090 wrote:I’ve been telling people for years that this is what the nba does when refs are bad and nobody noticed. They need to have more communication with the fans. Pay them more, but make them available to the media for questions, or the referee board itself

But it seems the nba does something about it but keeps it quiet , unlike nfl which keeps trotting out the terrible refs

Post #6 » by **bisme37** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:12 pm

He's being forced to ref only Raptors games now.

RunOKC · Post #7 » by **RunOKC** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:13 pm

Maybe his punishment is over he's crew chief for Hawks at TWolves tonight

ItsDanger · Post #8 » by **ItsDanger** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:19 pm

Its a clear blow to NBA integrity that their hand was forced to take action. Now when fans criticize refs, maybe people can stop saying oh you're just whining. Here, you got solid evidence there is case for criticism. What else goes on behind the scenes?

Zeno · Post #9 » by **Zeno** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:22 pm

RunOKC wrote:Maybe his punishment is over he's crew chief for Hawks at TWolves tonight

maybe he is crew chief tonight in a classic NBA "nothing to see here" response to the Haberstroh post.

VanWest82 · Post #10 » by **VanWest82** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:23 pm

Posters clown on FVV a lot but it's clear he's widely respected throughout the NBA. I thought it was very notable that he only received a 30k fine for that rant. Someone else might've been suspended. There was probably more than just smoke there.

dhsilv2 · Post #11 » by **dhsilv2** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:32 pm

Lockdown504090 wrote:I’ve been telling people for years that this is what the nba does when refs are bad and nobody noticed. They need to have more communication with the fans. Pay them more, but make them available to the media for questions, or the referee board itself

some are pulling in over 500k a year. How much we gotta pay them?

Slacktard · Post #12 » by **Slacktard** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:35 pm

Karate Diop wrote:A real bad look if true. VanVleet is hot headed and perpetually whining...

I dunno. 5 out of 8 technicals called this season on VanVleet where done by that one ref. That's a very lopsided proportion considering those 5 come from a pretty limited amount of games where Taylor was the ref.

clyde21 · Post #13 » by **clyde21** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:36 pm

good - bad refereering needs to be punished...these refs legit out here thinking people want to watch them at this point. sit the **** down zebras.

SoulJah · Post #14 » by **SoulJah** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:45 pm

Karate Diop wrote:A real bad look if true. VanVleet is hot headed and perpetually whining...

It's apparent you don't watch Raptor ball at all. Van Vleet is furthest from whiner. The man is dead serious and focused on the court. If he's complaining, then that ref job was total s*it.

Post #15 » by **Duffman100** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:49 pm

Karate Diop wrote:A real bad look if true. VanVleet is hot headed and perpetually whining...

Yeah that's just not true.

sjballer03 · Post #16 » by **sjballer03** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 5:34 pm

SoulJah wrote:
Karate Diop wrote:A real bad look if true. VanVleet is hot headed and perpetually whining...

It's apparent you don't watch Raptor ball at all. Van Vleet is furthest from whiner. The man is dead serious and focused on the court. If he's complaining, then that ref job was total s*it.

Keep in mind that's the same poster that's brings up Embiid everytime someone mentions Ben Simmons. So not sure he watches much of any team at all.

Memories · Post #17 » by **Memories** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 5:37 pm

Karate Diop wrote:A real bad look if true. VanVleet is hot headed and perpetually whining...

What? This is a GREAT look.

Never before have refs been accountable for ANYTHING. They hold WAY too much power and most are factually corrupt as hell. Especially now with gambling being more prominent than ever.

More heads in the refs circle need to roll too. Scott Foster and the ilk need to get their asses fired.

Kingdibs19 · Post #18 » by **Kingdibs19** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 5:45 pm

Sounds like that fine was well worth it. Big W for FVV. Big L for Ben & the league.

Lockdown504090 · Post #19 » by **Lockdown504090** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 5:56 pm

dhsilv2 wrote:
Lockdown504090 wrote:I’ve been telling people for years that this is what the nba does when refs are bad and nobody noticed. They need to have more communication with the fans. Pay them more, but make them available to the media for questions, or the referee board itself

some are pulling in over 500k a year. How much we gotta pay them?

At least 1.5 for the best. Nba refs are miles better than other pro leagues and college refs. You can’t get them to agree to the public accountability without the money, they have a union. Nba refs are close to as important as lead assistant coaches, there’s assistants making a million a year

Post #20 » by **og15** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 5:57 pm

Pharmcat wrote:
Lockdown504090 wrote:I’ve been telling people for years that this is what the nba does when refs are bad and nobody noticed. They need to have more communication with the fans. Pay them more, but make them available to the media for questions, or the referee board itself

But it seems the nba does something about it but keeps it quiet , unlike nfl which keeps trotting out the terrible refs

Maybe they don't want it to be so public.

Do they have an official referee grievance method for teams and players that isn't ranting to the media or randomly messaging some league higher up?