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Originally posted by canuckrefguy
I don't think Rut's saying you NEVER call a foul, but only that there are cases where a no-call might be okay.
There are several degrees of "hitting the floor", and we need to witness it before making a call, I think.
I had a play at this tournament recently:
A1 on a fast break, goes up for layup, and B1, a taller player, gets a piece of it and blocks it. I was ready to no-call it until B1's shoulder bumped A1 on the way down, causing him to hit the "stanchion" ( there, I used the word - are you happy Camron, Juulie, Chuck, and Bob?).
I remember it seeming like an eternity between the ball getting blocked, and the defender hitting the shooter. No one on the floor complained, no coaches complained.
And, for what it's worth (which is not much), the crowd let out a huge "OHHHHH" in applause after the block - but did not express any disapproval after I called the foul.
Bottom line here is this is one of those ones you just gotta see.
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Canucklehead(
), we are talking about a very specific play here- not the variations and what-ifs that are being brought up. The play as described in the original post was
displacing a shooter from behind with enough force to knock him on his a$$. In that particular play, what difference does it really make if the ball was contacted or not?
I agree that there are different degrees and situations involving shooter-defender contact, but in the play as descibed, I can't see how anything but a foul could be called. You displace the shooter hard enough to dump him? You don't allow the shooter a normal landing but instead put him on his butt upside down? That's good enough for me.
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Jul 19th, 2005 at 06:45 PM]