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Originally posted by BigDave
Quote:
Originally posted by Dan_ref
While A1 was shooting his 2 I
calmly explained to the coach that I thought by now
any decent coach knows that "foul him!" means an automatic
intentional which is why all the really good coaches I
know use a code word, like "red!" or "fist!" to avoid
the intentional.
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So if a coach yells "foul him" and the player legitimately goes for the ball, do you still have an intentional? We discussed this in our association and we find it best to call what you see. The coach yelling will obviously let us anticipate the foul, but calling an intentional every time the coach yells foul him is too broad a generalization for us.BTW, I'm a George W. fan. 
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Frankly, since this became an issue last year I haven't
heard many coaches yelling "foul him" since early in
the HS season. As far as I'm concerned yelling "foul
him" might not be an automatic but it sure is an
invitation to an intentional. That, along with the big
arm swipe and the fact that he got louder & louder during
the 10 seconds it took his players to catch up with the ball
made it a no-brainer for me. So no, I don't call it
automatically but I was kinda surprised when I reminded
him of the stricter interpretation and he looked at me with
that "it does not compute" stare. And BTW, I'm a big W fan
myself, but you gotta admit there are times when it looks
like his transmission is slipping just a bit.