[BktBallRef]

David,

Allow me to share some things with you that occurred to me last year.

Last year, the NFHS POE included intentional fouls. We heard in our clinics that intentional fouls must be called and yadda yadda yadda, this and that, blah blah blah. Anyway, I said, "Okay, I going to call it that way!"

Guess what? For the entire first month of the season, I stayed in the soup. On two occassions, I called rule book, excessive contact, intentional fouls. In both cases, it set the coaches off and I ended up busting both of them before the end of their games. All it takes is a couple of calls to your booking agent and you've got problems.

The fact is, until everyone starts calling the rule the way it's written, until the coaches come to accept it, and until those in higher places start backing us up when we call it, I won't be calling anything but the obvious ones.

Now that's the voice of experience! There's Points of Emphasis and there's reality. I understand what you're saying and I don't disagree with you. But the truth is that if you try to be a pioneer in this situations, you'll be punished.

Call the obvious but look for a reason not to call it when you can.

Tony