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Originally Posted by Philz
I was recently doing a Rec league game, NCAA rules when Team A leading got a rebound and a fast break. Player B1 reaches and barely touches the shorts and I mean "barley" with both hands of A1 to try and stop the clock but I dont call it and Team A scores easily on a 3 on 1 break. B1 goes nuts on my no call. I mentioned to him you must make and attempt for the ball. I could have called an intentional foul so I basically gave you break but your soft touch didnt seem to impeed offensive player and I'm not going to penalize them when they had a fast break going. His reply is "were not trying to hurt anyone out here just trying to stop the clock". I said you can make an attempt for the ball without hurting anyone. The next foul by team B was a head tackle on team A. Both benches empty. There was less than a minute left team A up by 9.....I called the game but was vebally abuised all the way to the parking lot. I gave this a lot of thought and one thing I could have done different was warn the team B coach when the game was getting down to the end and it was apparent that they would try and stop the clock with a foul is to make sure his players went for the ball. Any other suggestions?
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tough to say without having seen the events leading up to that play. was it very physical prior to that point? seems strange that in a "normal" game without much animosity, that one no call would lead to the "head tackle" you are referring to....again without seeing it, if it was a very physical/confrontational game leading up to that point, i would be very quick to call the intentional foul in that situation...that is the type of situation that usually builds throughout the course of the game and a heavy dose of preventive officiating early on usually helps...sometimes though if they want to fight they are going to fight. the only other thing you could have done is eject everyone who left the bench and everyone who participated, and see if there was anyone left to finish the game. but in a rec league game, in that situation you probably did the right thing...coaches & players shouldn't have to be reminded to "go for the ball", that to me is like reminding them "don't travel".....