Dave Libbey

Seriously... he was unbelievable on Saturday. And it's not that he was bad necessarily (though I think he did have some stinkers)... he just always has to make his presence known. Making obscure calls, making "big" calls going the other way, making the calls that drive the coaches crazy... he can't resist making himself a part of the game. It just gets so annoying after a while.

I knew the second I saw him on the floor that we were going to be in for some drama... and really, him stopping play to check if the SCU 3-pointer was indeed a 3 (duh!) was crazy.... And I cant believe that it wasn't Libbey that blew the long out of bounds call in the 2nd half (across from the UP bench). That was very Libbey-esque...

Funny story: I was playing with the UO band at the Rose Garden this year, and guess who's working that game? It doesn't take long for the crowd to get on him. The guy next to me said, "I don't know who the refs are, but I know who Libbey is!" Yeah, tell me about it.

PilotNut wrote:I knew the second I saw him on the floor that we were going to be in for some drama... and really, him stopping play to check if the SCU 3-pointer was indeed a 3 (duh!) was crazy.... And I cant believe that it wasn't Libbey that blew the long out of bounds call in the 2nd half (across from the UP bench). That was very Libbey-esque...

I don't think I've heard the Chiles Center crowd boo all the way through a time out in 3-4 years. Unreal.

Not that it'll surprise me in the least, but could someone fill me in on the call?

I'm impressed that the crowd booed for that long. Good to hear that the students are showing up in force.

You can see it midway through the highlight video:

http://www.portlandpilots.com/custompages/Videos/011709bbwebpromo.mov

My description of it... Nik poked the ball away from SCU and it rolled over the mid-court line toward the Pilot hoop. TJ and a Bronco gave chase with TJ diving for it first. It very clearly and obviously went of the Bronco player last (it's kind of tough to see from the angle of the video, but not really), but the ref that was nearest to the play pointed the other direction. Unbelievable.

Oh, and it wasn't just the students booing... the entire gym was, especially the guys who were right in front of where it happened.

Stonehouse wrote:You can see it midway through the highlight video:

http://www.portlandpilots.com/custompages/Videos/011709bbwebpromo.mov

My description of it... Nik poked the ball away from SCU and it rolled over the mid-court line toward the Pilot hoop. TJ and a Bronco gave chase with TJ diving for it first. It very clearly and obviously went of the Bronco player last (it's kind of tough to see from the angle of the video, but not really), but the ref that was nearest to the play pointed the other direction. Unbelievable.

Oh, and it wasn't just the students booing... the entire gym was, especially the guys who were right in front of where it happened.

Some interesting officiating going on in the Rose City that night. I was at Lewis & Clark covering the Willamette/L&C game, where Willamette got called for 14 team fouls in the first half while L&C got called for five.

Libbey's a hack.

Not that anybody has mentioned it, but if you read Jim Beseda's article on the game you might think he is the Bronco SID instead of the beat reporter for the Oregonian

Oh yeah, the booing was incredible. Sometimes I wonder how into it the crowd is, but in a twisted way I was glad to see them react like that.

If there were several calls on both teams that puzzled me Saturday I can only imagine how the teams felt.

I watched the ref that made the horrible out of bounds call for the entire time out right after that, before SCU put the ball back into play... you could tell by the look on his face and his body language that he knew he blew the call... I dont recall a make-up call, either...

PilotNut wrote:I watched the ref that made the horrible out of bounds call for the entire time out right after that, before SCU put the ball back into play... you could tell by the look on his face and his body language that he knew he blew the call... I dont recall a make-up call, either...

YES! I noticed the same thing... when SCU scored right at the shot clock buzzer... the only way I can describe the face he made is by saying he looked like he was at a dinner party and just took a bite of something disgusting but didn't want to say/do anything that would offend the host.

Haha just for fun:

http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/dave-libbey

Wow...2 stars. What are the chances that we can get Libby to race Barkley?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA4LZLTrpGA

athleticjames wrote:Wow...2 stars. What are the chances that we can get Libby to race Barkley?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA4LZLTrpGA

Coky Rochin vs. Dave Libbey. Let's make this happen, people.