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Originally Posted by JRutledge
... I hate the body language of the trail if he is calling such a big play.
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Agree. Normally one would like this goaltending call to be emphatically made, "Count the basket", by the trail. I think that he was temporally put off by the lead's whistle, and didn't want to count the basket until he checked with his partner (travel, etc.).
By watching the Red team and their fans, even when the trail makes his decision, he doesn't announce it until he gets to the table, and it was never an emphatic signal.
Once the trail made his decision, I would have liked him to take a step away from his partner to an open area on the court and emphatically "slam down" the two points, "Count the basket".
And only then move toward the table to answer any polite questions from the White coach.
Agree with JRutledge, the trail's hesitancy and lack of a emphatic signal made his call look weak.