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Originally posted by ChuckElias
Quote:
Originally posted by Snaqwells
If you're not 110% positive, don't say a word.
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So you're saying never to say a word, right?
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I've only stepped up once as lead on a call in the back court. Ball had come down to the free throw line on my side. A1 throws the ball towards A2 about 3 feet above the three point line at the top. The ball is tipped by
B1 just as A1 lets it fly and it ends up being recovered by A2 in the BC. Partner had his attention temporarily on a coach, so I'd expanded my area briefly to cover. Partner calls BC. Crowd goes crazy, and I start to walk towards him and he asks me if it was tipped. I told him it was, and he changed his call to an IW and we moved on giving the ball back to A.
I only saw it because of an extraordinary circumstance, and I only helped because he asked.
As lead in the play described, it would have to be on my sideline near the division line for me to even consider interfering. And then, I'd have to be 110% sure.
"Never?" That's pretty strong, but probably slightly closer to the mark than "rarely."