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Do we have to reinvent the Wheel ????????

by Ray Mcwhirter (Login majorn84)

Along about this time every year just before the first Semi Annual meeting guys start to post their ideas on making the game better, which is good for our game but it always seems to me that people think improving our game means adding rules to the already existing ones we have. This is in my opinion does nothing more than slow the game down, more for the referees to watch for and more for our guys to think about what they can and cant do while they play.

I have a novel concept why dont we abolish one rule that is currently on the books, which is to scrap the passing of two guys rule and just make it a straight five second posession rule. This in my opinion will open the game up really wide offensively, especially in fast break and transition situations. Thusly as we move along the concept of collapsing on defence and playing a zone becomes a thing of the past because if you can pass by three guys to shoot a tight zone now becomes a hinderance to playing defence. Then you wont have to worry about calling a zone defence because no one will be utilizing it.

Lets now move onto the refs, lets face it those guys have it tough they have to watch so much in a game that what happens is they start to miss things because they have to watch out for so much. If we abolish this rule then all they have to watch for is three things basically, penalties , outside shots, and the five second rule. Im sure if we took a little bit off the plates of the referess it will make it a more enjoyable game for them to ref. Because zone defence and did he or did he not pass two guys are the most hotly contested issues besides contact in our game.

This one litte tweak in my opinion would make the game better to watch more fun to play and easier to ref,Im sure this will spark a huge amount of controvery but if you think about it im sure you will see the sense it makes

Ray Mcwhirter

Posted on Oct 24, 2009, 5:56 PM

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  1. Totally agree Ray. Great idea. n/m. , Oct 24, 2009, 7:41 PM
  2. Re: Do we have to reinvent the Wheel ????????. Dances with stix, Oct 26, 2009, 9:59 AM
    1. So one player can rag the ball for 29 seconds then?. Derek Blasutti, Nov 1, 2009, 11:38 AM
      1. Re: So one player can rag the ball for 29 seconds then?. weeman, Nov 2, 2009, 12:25 PM
        1. not if you protect your stick.... Derek Blasutti, Nov 2, 2009, 1:30 PM
          1. Re: not if you protect your stick.... Dances with stix, Nov 3, 2009, 10:40 AM
            1. Would if I could.... , Nov 3, 2009, 12:51 PM
              1. Re: Would if I could.... Dances with stix, Nov 4, 2009, 10:03 AM
                1. maybe. , Nov 4, 2009, 11:47 AM
                  1. Re: maybe. Dances with stix, Nov 4, 2009, 2:08 PM
  3. reinventing the wheel. , Oct 31, 2009, 11:54 AM
    1. Re: reinventing the wheel. Dances with stix, Nov 2, 2009, 1:09 PM
      1. stick check tourny in Feb. Ray Mcwhirter, Nov 2, 2009, 1:54 PM
        1. Re: stick check tourny in Feb. Dances with stix, Nov 3, 2009, 10:41 AM
  4. re:Do we have to reinvent the wheel?. Chris O'Reilly, Nov 3, 2009, 10:09 PM
    1. Proposal. , Nov 4, 2009, 10:00 AM