Every time my team has a wide foul differential in our favor (e.g., 8 for them, 1 for us), I am not happy. Almost invariably, the other coach complains about the differential. And, almost invariably, it gets close to evened up, even though it appears to me that the other team has not decreased their level of fouling and we have not increased our level of fouling. It could be my imagination, though. Just once, I'd like to hear a ref respond, "That's because you're fouling, and they're not". I have to admit that when the foul differential is not in my favor, I'll often point it out as well.
And, I would definitely call a ref on why he needs to know that one of the other team's players has four fouls. To me, it can only mean that he's gonna call fouls for that guy differently.
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