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Originally Posted by blindzebra
Let's see...we are talking about being aware of a disparity in foul counts and you spin it to being aware of the bonus...typical.
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Is the foul count not about more than just one issue? Bonus and when we shoot bonus is something coaches tend to bring up. And if you mess up, it is going to be an issue as well as answering questions about, "Why are they shooting the bonus and we are not?"
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Originally Posted by blindzebra
You were the one who said, you will be aware and won't be passing on something you could call against the team on the plus side of 8-1...let's not back track now.
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If you are truly an experienced official, you know we pass on many things. Just like the play at the end of Game 3, we make decisions not to call certain plays because they do not pass the "smell test." Maybe I have called an illegal screen earlier in the game and I for some reason passed on other screens that might have been suspect (but were really fouls) and I and my partners swallowed our whistles because there was hardly any advantage or I did not get a good look at them. So as a competent official that might have missed something, I am not going to be fooled the next time in to not calling something that was there. If you read what I said, we might get to 20 to 1 before I call a foul on the team with 1 foul. But at least I want to know in my mind and with my partners (when we talk later in the locker room)
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Originally Posted by blindzebra
Just admit it, you want to get a coach off your back by making a cosmetic change in the foul count, instead of calling what's there and handling the howler monkey.
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I live in the western suburbs of Chicago. I worked this past year in Quincy, Illinois and as north as Grayslake or Antioch (use a map). I also worked two games in the Quad Cities and paid more in gas to get there than I did working the game. Now ask yourself (after looking at a map) how many coaches did I pass to work those games? Ask yourself how many times will I see these coaches again in my career? Unless the live in the Chicago area, likely I might not see them again in the next 4 or 5 years. And there are a couple of conferences in this area I do not work. Why would I give a damn about some coach that I will not see again?
Peace