NBA Shuffles Referee Roster

[twinbree]

Four veteran referees with a combined 72 seasons of N.B.A. experience have retired or moved on: Joe DeRosa, Joe Forte, Sean Corbin and Phil Robinson. The vacancies will be filled by five Development League referees, one of whom will stand out for his size if nothing else.

The 60-person staff for 2010-11 will be younger and less experienced, continuing a recent trend. The league has lost several seasoned referees over the last half decade, mostly to injury or retirement.

Steve Javie, one of the league’s best referees, nearly joined that group but will return for a 25th season. Javie, 55, considered retiring after a painful knee condition forced him to miss most of last season. He has decided to return, however. Javie has worked 210 playoff games, including 21 finals games.

Dick Bavetta, who turns 71 in December, is returning for his 36th season despite persistent rumblings that the league is pushing him to retire.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/sports/basketball/15referee.html?_r=2


Not the 4 I'd have picked to go first. One can only hope this is an initiative that leads to more competent officiating.

[mgent]

Just get rid of them all and start over.  Make them all pass a referee test and if they mess up too many times revoke their license.

[guava_wrench]

Four veteran referees with a combined 72 seasons of N.B.A. experience have retired or moved on: Joe DeRosa, Joe Forte, Sean Corbin and Phil Robinson. The vacancies will be filled by five Development League referees, one of whom will stand out for his size if nothing else.

The 60-person staff for 2010-11 will be younger and less experienced, continuing a recent trend. The league has lost several seasoned referees over the last half decade, mostly to injury or retirement.

Steve Javie, one of the league’s best referees, nearly joined that group but will return for a 25th season. Javie, 55, considered retiring after a painful knee condition forced him to miss most of last season. He has decided to return, however. Javie has worked 210 playoff games, including 21 finals games.

Dick Bavetta, who turns 71 in December, is returning for his 36th season despite persistent rumblings that the league is pushing him to retire.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/sports/basketball/15referee.html?_r=2


Not the 4 I'd have picked to go first. One can only hope this is an initiative that leads to more competent officiating.

Is that shuffling or is that just normal turnover?

[slamtheking]

The league should have a policy of rotating out the worst refs on a yearly basis.  Crawford, Bavetta, Palmer and our pal Sal should all be gone.

[GreenFaith1819]

But...but..but.....what about this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOygTd1NWCM

 

[CDawg834]

The league should have a policy of rotating out the worst refs on a yearly basis.  Crawford, Bavetta, Palmer and our pal Sal should all be gone.

I know they rank the officials, and the lowest-ranking ones are not picked to officiate any playoff games.  Unfortunately, with a lot of decent referees retired or injured last season, some lesser officials were promoted to call games in the first couple rounds.  But you're right, they also need to either regularly demote or fire officials who are consistently ranked near the bottom.

[Junkyard Dawg]

I know they rank the officials, and the lowest-ranking ones are not picked to officiate any playoff games.

Then how does THIS guy get to ref finals games??



oh, right...

[Q_FBE]

It doesn't matter. We will always whine about the referees because that is what we learned from Johnny Most.

Young incompetent fools will replace the old incompetent fools who are mind controlled by the political, anti-Celtic league office.

[thirstyboots18]

Another TP, Twinbree.  You come up with good finds.  I wish there was an age limit to the refs tenure.  I may be old, but it is time for Bavetta to be relaxing on a beach somewhere for sure!

[slamtheking]

Another TP, Twinbree.  You come up with good finds.  I wish there was an age limit to the refs tenure.  I may be old, but it is time for Bavetta to be relaxing on a beach somewhere for sure!

I'm afraid that Bavetta on a beach would be a very bad idea.  Someone would see him lying on the beach and mistake him for an old pirate corpse.  people panicking about a decaying body being found on the beach.  Just an incredibly bad scene all around that no one needs to go through.

[thirstyboots18]

Another TP, Twinbree.  You come up with good finds.  I wish there was an age limit to the refs tenure.  I may be old, but it is time for Bavetta to be relaxing on a beach somewhere for sure!

I'm afraid that Bavetta on a beach would be a very bad idea.  Someone would see him lying on the beach and mistake him for an old pirate corpse.  people panicking about a decaying body being found on the beach.  Just an incredibly bad scene all around that no one needs to go through.

How about under a beach?

[Yakmanev]

I'm glad DeRosa is retiring. He should have been fired after his stunt in Orlando.

The one where he threw the ball at the fan and then when the fan tossed it back he had him removed from the game.

I think the removal of a fan should be out of the jurisdiction of the referee.

[screwedupmaniac]

How Joey Crawford still has a job after all these years of incompetence is beyond my understanding.

[action781]

How Joey Crawford still has a job after all these years of incompetence is beyond my understanding.

Him and Eddie Rush would be the first 2 I cut.  If a referee makes a bad call in a split second, that's life.  But when a referee appears to have it out for a player when the ball is dead, then the referee obviously has an agenda beyond doing his job and needs to be replaced.

[ThaPreacher]

Four veteran referees with a combined 72 seasons of N.B.A. experience have retired or moved on: Joe DeRosa, Joe Forte, Sean Corbin and Phil Robinson. The vacancies will be filled by five Development League referees, one of whom will stand out for his size if nothing else.

The 60-person staff for 2010-11 will be younger and less experienced, continuing a recent trend. The league has lost several seasoned referees over the last half decade, mostly to injury or retirement.

Steve Javie, one of the league’s best referees, nearly joined that group but will return for a 25th season. Javie, 55, considered retiring after a painful knee condition forced him to miss most of last season. He has decided to return, however. Javie has worked 210 playoff games, including 21 finals games.

Dick Bavetta, who turns 71 in December, is returning for his 36th season despite persistent rumblings that the league is pushing him to retire.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/sports/basketball/15referee.html?_r=2


Not the 4 I'd have picked to go first. One can only hope this is an initiative that leads to more competent officiating.

Your hundredth TP twinbree!  Awarded by Tha Preacher.
Great find.  But what I want to know is who are the top 5 anti-Celtic referees that currently are in the league.  Did we win or lose with this move?