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Originally posted by rainmaker
I think for the situation posted originally, you're assuming too much. That coach wasn't saying how he wants the game called to make a good game, and because he knows the rules, and wants them enforced. He's implying that he doesn't want it called on his team, because he knows how to get an advantage out of it. If the other team got away with it, he'd be all over the refs about it. [/B]
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I think it just shows that this coach knows the officials in the area knows who calls what. He's probably run that play with a bunch of different officials and the only one to ever call him on it is so and so. Knowing that, I would be willing to bet that he doesn't run that play when so and so is officiating. That is not implying how he wants the game to be called but saying that he knows the officials and how they work the game.
This is a perfect example of one of the biggest problems in officiating and that is consistency. If EVERY official made that call, the coach wouldn't be running that play anymore. The reason he runs it is because, yes it gives his team an advantage and he knows that not everyone is going to call the violation.
It is the same in every sport. If I'm coaching baseball and I know that the plate umpire will give the pitchers a few inches on the outside part of the plate, I'm going to have my pitcher throw it there, and tell my batters to be aggressive out there.