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Originally posted by ronny mulkey
Rut,
..."magic formula" for prevention...
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Mulk,
There is NO magic formula for prevention. Perhaps you should re-read Tomegun's posts. His thoughts and mechanics for this situation are, IMHO, excellent! In fact, I am going to try and employ them into my thought process from now on. I have not had a BLARGE in 7 years of officiating high school & college ball...and I don't want to have one in the next 7 years either!!
I had this situation in a college game this year right before the halftime horn. Team A in transition...I was L...partner (a D-I official) was C...A1 brings ball down the middle of the paint and creams the defender. I have a whistle and start to come out to give the PC...C comes in from the old hashmark area. We BOTH recognized that there were double-whistles on the play. C comes in and tells me to take it...I go PC. Yes, it was a hair late...but we got the call right. Thank goodness we BOTH had the patience to recognize the situation and hold our prelims. We inbounded & the first half ended. Going off the court I was happy that we held our pre-lims...and was wondering why he thought he had a better look from 30 feet away compared to the 10 feet between me & the play...and I had been setup on the endline waiting for it!
...but that's another thread!