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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle
It's hard to find a consensus on the question of how late is too late, I think, because it's a feel thing. There is a constancy of action and a pervasive immediacy to the game of basketball. It's all about what's happening right now. What went before is forgotten nearly as soon as it happens. That makes it feel wrong to come with a late whistle (as opposed to a patient whistle).
We've had many a discussion about the correctable error thing and though we usually come to an understanding about the correct application of the rule, I can't think of any rule that provokes such negative emotion. It so often just feels wrong to apply the proper correctable "fix." And I think a lot of that has to do with violating that sense of immediacy.
I would agree that "a change of possession, score, or some other violation" make good delimiters to help determine when a call is too late. But I think that there are much more frequent, and more subtle, delimiters as well. For instance, a simple pass in a way begins a whole new play. The locus of activity has shifted and a late whistle on the play preceeding the pass injects a jarring dissonance as everybody has to mentally rewind back to what happened. Other examples come to mind as well.
It's just difficult to make a blanket statement about how late is too late when you really have to be there to feel for yourself when it's too late.
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Ok, I get it. I'll put you down for two steps.
Hmm...you know what, we haven't had a poll in quite a while...