[ChuckElias]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by eroe39

I did not see the play you are talking about. I think a lot of people are misunderstanding me. As I stated in my original post a foul should be called if the contact is violent even if the ball is blocked first. The play I am referring to is when the contact is not severe after the ball is initially blocked.

But the play we're talking about did not involve severe contact, by any stretch. It was slight contact, after a clean block. The contact was slight, but was enough to knock the shooter to the floor. The play I'm talking about from the Kentucky/Duke game was exactly the same as Tony described in his last game situation. Exactly. And it resulted in a foul, not a no-call.

BasketBallRef said the contact was hard down low on the shooter after the block so maybe Andre felt the contact was severe and warranted a foul or maybe he just missed the play.

First, I think you mis-read TH's post. The contact was not severe and I don't think anything in TH's posts suggests that it was. Just to be sure, I'll go back and re-read the thread, tho.

Second, there's no way that a person with sight could consider the contact to be severe. You and crew have both said "maybe he got it wrong". But he didn't. He got it right. You can say maybe all day, but he got it right.

I can assure you Andre shares my feelings on not calling fouls after the ball is initially blocked if the contact is not severe as I have worked with him and been to his camps.

With all respect, you cannot assure me of that. I don't know you from Adam. For all I know you could just be a name-dropper who likes to sound important. I'm not saying that you are; but I have no way of knowing that you're not.

If you know him, do me a favor and give him a call. And without telling him why specifically, ask him if you could give his phone number to a young guy hoping to move up and hear his philosophy, which is actually true. As part of that conversation, I'd love to ask him if he'd like that call back. I'd bet a whole lot of money that his answer would be 'no'. If he says you can give me his number, email it to me at [email protected].

Thanks,

Chuck