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Originally posted by rainmaker
I had a chance to call a simultaneous foul last week, and didn't do it. I wish I had, because I think it would have come out more fair.
I was lead, Green was ahead by about 15 or 20, we were into the fourth quarter somewhere. White fouled on a shot, I called it, and noticed P also whistling. We came together, realized that we had two different fouls, one on White (mine), the other on Green. We'd been watching this particular Green player (44), because she was really over-playing and we wanted to catch her again. But P thought that probably my foul came first. I felt pretty certain they'd been at the same time, because the whistles had been so close together, and I knew how Green 44 was timing her shoves relative to the shot.
But I was remembering the mantra we use around here, "NEVER CALL A SIMULTANEOUS FOUL" and I wasn't sure what the administration was, so I capitulated and we gave Green two shots and skipped the other one. I do know, however, that the arrow would have gone to Green.
Now I wish I'd called it simultaneous. It would have given Green 44 a warning, and taken away the shots for Green, which would have given a little gain out of the whole thing to White. Green would still have gotten the ball, though, off the arrow.
My motto this week is, "Oh, well, live and learn." I've got the words in place, now I just have to DO it!
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Your partner had one on your problem player, I take it? You said almost at the same time about your whistles, who's whistle was first? No, I'm not trying to start an Abbott and Costello bit.
As described your problem player is on the team up by a lot, but the "mantra"...one I don't agree with since you are talking about a situation where at least one of the fouls is off ball, which is always a good thing...has you penalizing the losing team.
For me in that situation you either need to get both, or unless it was REALLY obvious your's came first, just get the foul on 44 green.
It's too bad that the ball is not dead on a defensive foul on a shot, then you could have whacked your problem player for a dead ball contact foul.
