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nor cal high school varsity boys game last night. 4th quarter close game. home team attempts 3. hits rim. bounces straight up. obviously, no doubt about it, hits connecting wire above backboard. of course, right into hoop. refs signal 3 - good. visiting coach, fans agitated, angry, etc... home fans giggly... game continues with the crowd abuzz. a foul is called 10 seconds later. coach continues his mini rant to refs. naturally, to no avail.
i'm watching the game, as luck would have it, with two gentleman who had refereed the freshman game a few hours earlier. we're standing in the corner near the basket. we all kinda guffawed at the refs error. at the moment when it was apparent the refs would allow the basket, i told them if i'm the victimized coach, i call time out as my team brings the ball up court past half court. calmly, hoping i can be calm, go to the refs and ask for a second opinion from the scorers table or anyone, for that matter, to overrule the three.
my two ref buds both agreed that was a good course of action. but, even that might not work.
question for the board
what can the coach do in this situation to get justice?
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