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Originally Posted by Raymond
"I had a foul on #12, maybe I got it wrong".
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The whole truth ...
Of course we would never say, "Yeah coach, they both hit him and maybe #15 did hit him a split second before #12 did, but #15 is their best player and he has four fouls in the fourth period a close game", to a coach in a real game, but I'm sure that some of us have heard this philosophy at our officials-only meetings, if not "officially", maybe at the pub after our games.
Answering, "I had a foul on #12, maybe I got it wrong", while knowing that there's actually more to it, is our little secret.
Players know it. Coaches know it. Fans know it. But it's never talked about in the presence of non-officials.