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Originally posted by bebanovich
We are up about 25 in the fourth against a team whose coach believes in the "foul to stop layup" philosopy that I am not a huge fan of but, whatever.
A little guard from the other team runs across and down the lane and grabs our 5-man hard from behind by both upper-arms and turns him sideways to prevent the layup.
CONTEXT
Teaching kids from very violent neighborhoods (I hesitate to over-generalize but I feel pretty safe here) that fighting is wrong means only that you will lack all crediblity in their eyes. Many have close family who have taught them never to back down from anyone and for good reason. It is often a much wiser decision for a kid to jump into a certain beating that to be seen as someone who backs down on the street.
BACK TO THE INCIDENT
So, the official called the foul but not the intentional.
I am not asking for any exceptions for kids who have it rough.
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You're asking officials to get into an area where we don't belong. It's not our job to judge or treat kids differently at any time, no matter what their backgrounds are. It's an official's job to treat everybody
equally during a game.
You had a 25 point lead with time running out, coach. The foul that was committed
sounds like it was intentional, but certainly
not flagrant. I also didn't see the foul...nor did I talk to the calling official....so I don't
know whether the call was correct or not. Even if it got blown however, that is still no excuse for your player to go off with the macho stuff. If you thought your player was getting excited, why didn't
you just call an immediate time-out to try and calm your player down? And then get him right off the floor after his free-throws? Don't you think that might be a better option than you trying to figure out the best way for you to b*tch at an official instead? It's not like you need that player out there when you're up 25 in the 4th, you know.
If you're unable to teach your team that fighting is wrong, then I'd hate to see the day that a flagrant foul
is committed against one of your players. It sounds like it would be an instant brawl.
Sorry for the lack of sympathy.....but....I think that you're not giving your kids enough credit in the first place. You're trying to control them,, not teach them. Jmo.