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Originally posted by JugglingReferee
It's possible that a referee hears a coach tell him a foul is coming without matching the POE's rationale. In that regard: common foul.
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Nope, that's
not what the POE is saying. The POE says that if the coach tells you that they're gonna foul, then an intentional foul is the right call to make. The rationale used by the FED in the POE is
"An intentional foul has occured when a team is obviously committing a foul, late in the game, to stop the clock and force the opponent into a throw-in or free-throw situation". The language cited is right out of the POE. If the coach is telling you that a foul is coming, what other reasons could he possibly have in telling his players to commit that foul other than wanting to stop the clock and put the other team on the line? If he wanted them to go for the steal, why would he tell them to foul instead?
Note that I'm not telling you that you or anyone else should follow that POE. I'm just telling you what the correct call is
if you do follow the POE.