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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
So you every call you've ever made has been perfect? You've never had to consider whether you were being consistent or not? You've never worked a game where you weren't at your best? You've never been a situation where you need to make adjustments to what you were doing?
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Every call perfect? no
Consistency considered? yes
A game not at the best? often
Need to make adjustments? sometimes
My point was that none of the above is directly and proportionately related to the foul count. Adjustments that you may need to make might make the foul count even worse.
Picture this. Had a game a couple of years ago in our 9-10 league. There was a 10 year old kid who was a real stud in the post playing on 8 1/2 foot goals. Other team ran 2 or 3 at him every time he caught it in there, but had little success stopping him. This is a game with 5 minute quarters and a running clock and 2 or 3 guys fouled out. Yet, somehow, the game still managed to end in a tie. The big kid's coach complained later that we didn't call enough fouls. He said that there should have been several
multiple fouls called. This is a guy coaching his 9 year old son who had formerly coached at every level up to small college. I asked how many multiples he had seen called at
any level. No answer.