[WinterWillie]

Originally posted by BktBallRef

I know your buddy put you up to that one, Mr. Over The Back. Along those lines, I was doing a game this week after reading your article when this play occurred. I was the trail on the table side about ten feet in front of the visitor's coach when a shot went up. The rebound came down just outside of the paint. The center for the home team (6' 3") went up for a rebound from behind the home team point guard (5' 6"). They came down both clutching the ball. The point guard bends over and puts a hip check on this center that Wayne Gretsky would have been proud of and sends the center sprawling on the floor. (I'm thinking TH's article) Nothing from my partner, who is six feet away. Tweet, foul, I've got the point guard.This is a tough call from the trail position in two person. Instantly, the visitor's coach is all over me like a FOS. From his angle behind me, I've got to believe he is straight lined on the play. My partner is no help and his face is as white as a ghost. For the next two minutes, the visitor's coach is working me hard even though I've taken time to explain it to him. Over the back is all I hear from him. I tell my partner to switch so I can get away from him. I am now the lead when the visitor's point guard gets a rebound along the baseline and decides to drive to the hoop with nothing but a wall of players in front of the the hoop(and the visitor's coach, I might add) Things had just returned to normalcy when, tweet, I've got the point guard on PC foul (used arm to clean out defender,) and the point guard's coach has been screened on the play. Some nights you just can't win even though the coach did accept my explanation on that foul. (Can't wait to see my ratings on this game.) And, yes, the saving grace, the contact lens were in the book. Incidentally, I've sent your article to my interpreter (which he thought was very good) and he going use it at our next better officiating meeting. [/B][/QUOTE]