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Originally posted by Robmoz
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Originally posted by Camron Rust
...The point is that the contact early wasn't as rough. However, it later became apparent that the team that was losing was only getting rougher until you called it. So, if we didn't now call the formerly acceptable contact a foul they would only play rougher until we did. It's not about how tight/loose we started or consistency. It was about a team that wasn't trying or able to play basketball and was taking out their frustration on the opponents.
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This is my point, why was it formerly acceptable and later it is called? I am just trying to call the same foul in the first minute that I call in the last minute. As rainmaker posted, "it's the players that changed, not the officials".
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You yourself stated that "Granted, each game is different..." What is different about each game? It's the players. If you've got two really talented run-n-gun teams you'll call the game differently than if you've got more half-court oriented teams with a couple big donkeys each.
So what happens when the players change
during the game? The game becomes different. You may have to adjust.
Just as an example, say you've had two mature teams with athletic players who can play through some contact and play pretty good defense. You'll let some contact go because you understand that they can play through it. But the game is a 30 point blowout. So both coaches finally relent and send in the scrubs to get some playing time. Now you've got younger, less athletic and less skilled players in the game. The defense becomes sloppier and the players can't play through as much contact. What do you do? You change the way you call the game.