Chen (always on of the top picks), Barbara (co-helper) and Tara Williams (friend and great player).
Me, writing down match results.
Father and son! Thomas Gomez, Jr. and Thomas Gomez, Sr. They both played in the tournament.
Father and Son! Ralf Cortez and his son. Ralf played in the tournament.Late in the day, one of the players called me over to call a shot. The 8ball was close to the 6ball. Player A was shooting the 8ball and was down 0-2 in a race to three. Player B is the one who called me over to watch the shot. Player A hit the 8ball/6ball cluster and made the 8ball. I called a good hit.
The tournament chart was only one table over so I could hear the two players talking before they racked for the next game. Player B said, "I know I called a ref and I will go by what the ref said, but do you think that was a good hit?" Player A stammered and said finally, "no." I felt terrible! I thought it was a good hit, but as I thought about the reaction of the 6ball and after discussing it with Player B, I did indeed call the shot incorrectly. :(
I realize now I should have been standing behind the player to see it better. I felt bad I called a wrong hit and apologized several times to Player B. Player A put his cue up and left - he was already down and probably knew it would be tough to beat this guy anyway but I still felt bad for the whole situation; Player B said again, "well, I called you over and would have stuck by your ruling but still asked him what he thought - we both knew it was a bad hit based on the reaction of the 6ball."
I wonder how many times this happens? Refs have to make quick decisions about quick shots. I learned I should take my time, maybe think about how the balls should react and also get in a better position for those type of shots. I should have probably also taken a ref class by now, too.
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4 comments:
"Player B said, 'I know I called a ref and I will go by what the ref said, but do you think that was a good hit?' Player B stammered and said finally, 'no.'"
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was player b talking to himself? sorry, me confused...
I'm sure it happens much more than we know about rarely have I heard of the ref acknowledging the wrong and apologizing. Kudos to you!
Thank you poolriah - that was a typo - I fixed it. :) It should be, "Player A stammered and said finally, 'no.'"
Thanks!
And thank you Samm for the kudos. It was an embarrassing learning experience, but a good one! I felt bad for the players. :(
pshaw--they'll get over it. :-P (kidding!)
i have a question, though. can a ref reverse a call after it was made? i've never seen it happen but i'm curious. especially (in your case) since both players agreed about the incorrect call.
i think NBA allows call reversals after the game is played; i see it sometimes in sports news. does a billiard referee have that authoritah?
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