Given the rule you've given, I think they probably got it right. It's kind of hard to describe live action in words on a message board in a sport you're not familiar with. Sounds like the fact that the ball was touching the dirt while the player's hand was on it is not necessarily inconsistent with control, in which case I think that it was fair to say he had "control," even though he was kind of using the hand with the ball to keep his balance. It wasn't moving or anything.
Anyway, thanks.
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