Quote:
Originally posted by Dan_ref
Quote:
Originally posted by JeffRef
I still disagree!
In this particular case Team B is trying to stop the clock. If the slap on the arm isn't called, what will he do next...grab A1? push A1? Both of these lead to other problems.
So, in this situation I blow the whistle knowing I won't get any grief from anybody. If I don't blow, there may be a confrontation between players and I've got the coach screaming "what do we have to do to stop clock?"
I dunno. Maybe I'm just imagining the play differenty than the rest of you, but I'll stick with my call. 
|
OK, you're taking an overall "game management" point of
view. I like that. So how about this: you call the foul
on B1, but everyone in the gym except you & your partner
sees that B2 is the slapper. You report B1, the scorekeeper
says "that's his fifth". Now the fun starts! I'm gonna
ignore the case where B2 didn't slap but merely clapped
his hands because you seem a little sensitive today, what
with all this metric-bashing and all.
|
I agree wholeheartedly (that's a metric heart by the way). How can you call a foul by sound? It is possible that rather than what you call
1. B1 clapped his hands
2. B1 caused contact with another player on his own team
3. It was B2 that caused the contact
4. It was the noise of A1 hitting his own hand on the rebound
5. B1 trying to foul, missing and hitting himself
6. Or any other variation of things
I don't understand how anybody can diferentiate between these noises, and therfore call the foul. I was always taught that
if the referee didn't see it, it didn't happen.
I'm sorry, but as soon as you start calling stuff by sound, you add ammunition to the "three-blind-mice" tag that refs have. Maybe next game you can take the guide dog out, and he can point out offending players? Maybe by licking them?
No...here's an idea, take a white stick, blow the whistle for a foul, spin around with the stick in your hand, and the first player it touches gets the foul!