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Originally Posted by M&M Guy
Then I moved on to the "I don't care what the count is" phase. I tried to ignore the count so it wouldn't affect the calls I made. Since then, I've figured out game awareness is a big deal.
Knowing the foul count is important because I want to know if we will be shooting the bonus, and I need to be able to find the shooter. If the foul count is "uneven", I better know why - is one team driving more while the other is shooting jump shots from the outside? Maybe, just maybe, we are missing something as a crew; perhaps we've called illegal screens on one team and the other is running a similar offense, so have we missed anything? Not to call something that isn't there, not to "even things up", but to be aware of why the count isn't even.
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Whatinthell has knowing how many fouls a
PLAYER has have to do with "game awareness"?
You're talking about a whole different topic than that.
Yes, it's fine to know how many team fouls each
TEAM has. Yes, it's equally fine to also know the reasons behind a disparate foul count. Doodah doodah. Those are basics that can be labeled "game awareness".
But
AGAIN.....none of that has a damn thing to do with having to know when any
PLAYER on the court has four fouls. I defy anyone to give me a good reason for possessing that particular tidbit of knowledge if the game is being called fairly, evenly and equally. And believe me, so far nobody has even come close imo to having a good reason for their having to absolutely know when any
PLAYER has accumulated four fouls.
Lah me.....Reading is fundamental.
