We're not here to make excuses, cuz even without the horrid officiating from Violet Palmer, the Bulls still would have lost.
But two ridiculous calls left us wondering how in the hell Violet Palmer has a job.
The first came at the end of the first quarter. With 3.2 seconds left, the Bulls had a foul to give. After the ball was inbounded to Gilbert Arenas, Hinrich fouled him immediately at 3 quarters court.
Arenas knew it was coming, so as Hinrich fouled him, he flailed his arms wildly into the air.
Violet Palmer awarded Arenas with three free throws.
Scott Skiles was so pissed off, he stormed to halfcourt and was hit with a technical.
It was one of the biggest BS calls we've ever seen. We don't blame Gilbert, we love him. In fact we think it was a brilliant move on his part, but the fact that Violet Palmer actually believes that Arenas was in the act of shooting is stupidity along the lines we've never seen before.
"In the 20 years that I've been in the league, I've seen that shooting motion hundreds of times from guys trying to get that call, and I've never seen it awarded before. I didn't get an explanation."Violet wasn't done, however. In the fourth quarter, with the outcome still in question, Kirk Hinrich was bringing the ball up the court. Tailing him the whole way was the Wizards Antonio Daniels. Daniels was running side by side with Hinrich, hand checking him the whole way.
-Scott Skiles
Well Antonio wasn't looking straight ahead, so he didn't see Ben Wallace. Wallace, who was walking up court, didn't see him either.
So as a result, Daniels ran right into Wallace.
Violet Palmer then called Ben Wallace for an offensive foul.
We aren't the type to complain about officiating, in any sport, but Violet Palmer's performance last night was a joke. The NBA needs to address this matter, or just leave Violet Palmer to calling meaningless games between the Bobcats and Celtics.
1 comments:
I know this is an old post, but I found it searching Google because I was curious what sort of criticism was out there for Violet Palmer. She's terrible, why is she reffing games? The other night, and I won't name the game, she was definitely a huge factor in the outcome. She needs to be fired, because she draws a lot of negative attention to the refs on just about every night she's out there. She's bad for the game. I don't care if she's a woman, she needs to be held to the same standards as the other officials are.
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