[Kaliix]

I sometimes wonder about you guys. If a coach says, "You just made that same call on the other end" or "That was a foul the last time" that doesn't mean he is accusing anyone of cheating or of intentionally being biased. It just means that he thought that you were not consistent in your judgement of what was a foul.

Basketball is probably the hardest sport to officiate. Some calls are obvious but alot of them are judgement. How tight or lose are you calling the game. Look at the college semi-final between Duke and UConn. It was one of the most horribly officiated games in recent memory because the refs were calling everything, then nothing and the sheer volume of calls made the game practically unwatchable.

I had games where I would applaud the ref and tell some parents to quiet down on a call on my kids.

I also had games where the ref called next to nothing and the game got out of hand.

Maybe I deserved the T. But the refs did a poor job of communicating to me, sent my best player to the bench on two questionable calls and then refused to call the game tight both ways.

The slap was on the arm, by the way, not the ball and not the hand on the ball. I actually had the best angle on the call from where I was.

Originally posted by cingram

I don't see how you see this as non accusing - You are telling them that they are not being consistent - and thus are cheating.

Sometimes I guess I expect more out of coaches...

A slapping noise is not necessarily a foul call (some of the time granted it is). If the hand is on the ball and is slapped it is not a foul (if they get the arm then it is).