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Dan-ref,
My comment regarding somebody getting hurt was a supplement to my contention that the official's job is not to keep the game interesting.
It occurs to me that when games are called closely and consistently, that players are less likely to play wildly, and their basketball skills become better for it.
No doubt players will get hurt from time to time, but it would seem to me that part of the official's responsibility is to help prevent injuries (which is directly relevant to the original post...suppose the knocked-down ref fell backward and hit his head on the floor...coach being on the floor is not supposed to be part of the game).
Jimgolf,
I understand where you are coming from. I have only read the NCAA rules (and the differences between NFHS and NCAA), and as I said earlier, I am not an official (although all this discussion is making me lean toward becoming one...gotta couple of daughters at basketball/softball age).
I don't have a problem with discretion or the concept of advantage/disadvantage, per se, particularly with regard to incidental contact.
With regard to the current topic, I would have called a technical foul on the offending coach, and with regard to the slap on the fast break, I would have called the personal.
I just like to see good, skilled basketball.
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