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the big picture
this happened last yr. here is the setup. - i am lead opposite table and my friend is slot table side and of course trail opposite table as well.
the play. - player b1 in front of a1 and both are jockying for rebounding positioning. as the rebound comes off the rim they are still battling though i think b1 is the aggressor and the ball subsequently goes out of bounds off a1. i blow my whistle and signal loose ball foul(pro mech.) though i never identify whom the foul was on or which direction we would be going(but i had the foul on b1, staying in the front court, btw this was a tough play to judge). as i am walking to the table to report i notice everybody(players and partners) are walking to the other end of the court. now i say to myself, "i must have blown the sh1t out of this play." so i report "a1-looseball foul this way." and nobody realized that my original intent was to assess the foul to b1.
after the game my partners(whom are a lot more exp. than i) and i are talking about plays and they never brought up the play i just described, so i bring it up. they said that it was marginal and could have probly passed on it. then i tell them the truth. they actually loved the way i handled the situation and thought that it was best for the game and the credibility of the crew. because i could have reported the foul on b1 and made everybody come back down the court and kill our credibility even more than i have already.
this is when i finally figured out the big picture.
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tony
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