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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Hawks Coach, whether the game is physical or not has nothing to do with my statement. Players sometimes play out of control or try to do things that they are not capable of doing and everybody wants to blame the officials for all the fouls that are committed.
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One more time Mark, since you just do not get it. The calls that were being made were phantom fouls. The refs didn't commit them, but neither did the players. Players were not out of control, were not reaching, were just playing a normal game of ball, and the whistle was the only thing on the court out of control. I'm sorry if you have a hard time accepting that this happens, but it does. I'm glad it does not happen often. Because it makes it impossible to have a good game of ball, period.
As for your coach's comment, I agree 100%. That is exactly what I said my philosophy. I never allow our players to blame the refs, even if I think that they did a poor job. I never let my players know that I think the refs are doing a poor job. That's simply an excuse to lose. And in this particular case, I wasn't complaining about the refs taking one from us. From where I sat, it seemed that they were doing everything in their power to give it to us by sending us to the line.
And, by the way, I do believe that you can blame refs for allowing a situation to become ugly by not managing a game properly (too many whistles, too few, poor communication, lack of awareness, etc.). You folks control the action on the floor. I never blame the refs for the final score, but poorly managed (by the ref) games will almost always be bad games, regardless of how the players want to play it. I haven't had many, but those I have had, I have hated and only wanted them to end.