[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Nevadaref

Bama,
A reach is NOT a foul. A hit, push, hold, etc. is a foul. Please do not use the term reaching foul. To us on the forum who know the rules it is like scratching one's fingers on a chalkboard. We just cringe.

Also, my personal opinion is that the officials should just call the game in the last ten seconds the same way they called the first 31 minutes and 50 seconds. There is no need to instruct the players not to foul. I would not do what these "veteran" officials did. Especially, if they used the word reach!

I agree with BamaRef that game management is important, and it's useful to get together the last few seconds and talk about as much as possible. I do agree with Nevada, though, that "reach" isn't a foul, and I'll add also that "moving picks" aren't fouls, either. I also think the coaches should WANT the refs to look for illegal screens and illegal hits and slashes at the ball. That's what we get the big bucks for! And even if these fouls are committed and called, it's still the players that decided the game. The ref just made sure that the players decisions were acknowledged and carried out to their legal ends.