They are only human and making decisions they think best serve their interest as we all do. Lets send positive vibes to them and I think we see significantly better officiating. It' the smallest thing we can do as Houston Rockets fans although we can benefit from it greatly ourselves. We don't see the world as it is , it's simply not available to us except what we perceive with our senses, and in the process of perception generalization, deletion and distortion happens with preconceived notions and internal filters having a major role in what happens or what we perceive, the result of all this is our experience of the world being generated mostly within not without. So let's go!
"It's one thing to be human, it's another to be r****ded." -- Cuttino Mobley on Pat Fraher, who is reffing tonight's game. Spoiler: Source -- Clutchfans.net 2001 Archive cheers Clutch on the archives Cheers @pippendagimp for posting link in Game Thread From Clutchfans.net: Cat Scratches: Mobley Blasts Ref Pat Fraher Positive Vibes!
I have been having a thought very often recently... As a player, is it better to: 1) agree with/be submissive to the refs. 2) argue with them on every call, or 3) some balance in between? If I had to guess it would be option 3. Option 1 would be like a Mbah a Moute. They may get some love from the refs for being peaceful, but the refs have no fear of repercussion from a missed call. Option 2 would be Eric Gordon. Refs probably find him extremely annoying (honestly I do too. That ridiculous scream every time he drives....smh) and don't want to give him calls out of spite. Option 3? You guessed it. James Harden. Will argue for a call if he feels like he earned it. But more of a incredulous look/body language than berating. The refs respect his sensible approach and also have mild fear of being called out (and obviously his superstar status gets him some calls too).
What about Option 4: Be as stoic as possible with the media until you are depicted as a cyborg who can do no wrong and therefore gets the benefit of every whistle made or not made on every contact play on both ends of the floor. See: Kawhi.
As soon as I read 'stoic' and 'cyborg.' I thought of Kawhi. Dude has the mental game figured out. Refs love his (lack of?) attitude. Combine that with superstar status = recipe for all the callz.
