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Originally posted by Kelvin green
I dont think we have to sell an intentional call immediately.
Many times we have plays that are right at the edge of where intentional starts....
Let me give you an example:
partner at lead and there is a pretty hard foul while ball is going to basket. As he or she is coming out I might say something like If you go with intentional I will back you up or do you want intentional?
I know many times we as officials know it is borderline and we may be afraid to call it or are not sure if partner saw it same way -so if you get that extra couple of seconds to think as we are reporting...
I have had partners ask me "Do you want intentional?", It gets me to think about play. I quickly replay the play...If I think "no"... it's just a report and we go on...
However as I replay it As I go to report it allows the double take to think about play and it may sway my decision to yes, I report the intentional knowing my partner will back me up.
Even if we dont go with the intentional the players probably heard the question and they know they were getting close...
May not work for you but it works for me and most of the guys I work with
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How would you as a coach feel if a ref called a pushing foul on your player then changed it to an intentional when reporting it to the table (after their partner conversed with them)? It looks much better being consistent with the call from the site to the table.
If it is on the border of being intentional then support your partners decision and tell them afterwards that you would have supported an intentional call. Perhaps they saw something you didn't.