When a partner tells you to make sure the 5th foul call on a specific player is a "good one" and not a "cheap one", IMO that partner is implying that at least one of the first four calls on that player were "cheap". After all, if all four foul calls on that player were "good ones", why would your partner be concerned about the fifth? The really bad part of a comment like that is what if that player does something again to a degree that required you to call a foul earlier? Do you become hesitant to call the foul now because you are worried that your partner might think it's "cheap"?
Call all fouls the same way from beginning to end regardless of how many fouls an individual player has and regardless of who an individual player is. Anything less than that is poor officiating and indication that you are spineless. Officials who are afraid to make a foul call because they are afraid of the reaction from coaches and fans shouldn't be officiating.
Now - I'll tell you how I
really feel.
