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Old Thu Sep 13, 2007, 04:14pm
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
At the HS level, POEs mean little or nothing in my opinion. The main problem is you have officials literally at all levels of ability and understanding of the game. Things that a very experienced official might call are very different from an official that is just getting started. I know I have called post fouls like this without warning. Anytime the players are doing things that might be a foul and if I can talk them out of it, I will still try to do that. Like when a player starts by putting their arms in a way to hold their opponent but have not actually held yet.
yup, advantage-disadvantage. You have to learn when to call it and when to warn. Newer officials have to figure it out. Some never do.
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