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Originally Posted by chartrusepengui
scrapper - I was not accusing you personally - I didn't say I read those messages from you so I wasn't going down that road.
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Awesome. Sometimes the "tone" of a post is hard to read. I appreciate that this discussion has been level-headed for the most part.
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You're going to call the game the way you call the game - that does not make it right nor wrong. However - please don't say that I am mistaken.
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Ok, you're. . . slightly less than correct. . . marginally deviating from acceptable. . . sub-optimal?
Joking!! I'm just kidding around. You're obviously correct that we view this differently. Just like I can't imagine somebody seeing a player out of bounds and intentionally ignoring it, I can't imagine somebody waving off a free throw for having 1/8 inch of rubber on the free throw line. But if you are being rewarded for calling it, then it would be dumb for you to stop doing it.
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Point is - toe on the line is a violation
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I agree that it's a violation. I disagree that that is the point.
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tell that to the team and coach that lost because you kicked a rule - I'll bet they don't feel the same as you do.
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Honestly, I bet they do feel the same if you give them some time to cool off and think about it. "Coach, it didn't seem like such a big deal when we let it go on your end of the court." Nobody wants to win a game because a ref calls a microscopic violation.
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I have gotten games both HS Var and JUCO because I had the courage to make that call.
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Then, as I said, you'd be stupid to stop doing it.
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Sometimes it's good to air out differences - this being one of those times.
Happy and safe holidays
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True enough. Happy holiday to you and your family, too.