[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Whatinthell has knowing how many fouls a PLAYER has have to do with "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.

Originally Posted by TD21

I'm gonna try this one last time and if it doesn't work then I'll just move on. First, who decides what is included in "game awareness"? You just said knowing that the foul counts are uneven is a part it. What if someone else were to come along and say it didn't matter? Who's right? Moving on............let me see if I can find out what is important to know and what isn't. Let's start simple, who the head coach is for each team? Important? Sure that way we know who can and cannot address the officials or stand and coach. Which direction each team is going? Sure, that way we know if a team scores at the wrong basket or which way to point when we give a color when the ball goes out of bounds. Good so far? Time on the clock? Now let's talk about some areas where there might be disagreement..........Possession arrow and time on the game clock? I think those are important, but I've also seen people hear argue that you should rely on the table to have the arrow correct and give you that information when needed. What happens when you have a timing error and the table can't help you? Oops if you would have been aware of the time you could have fixed the error, but instead you relied on that the table crew. Who are they gonna blame? The table? Not likely, its on you. Are you going to trust that same table with the arrow. Go ahead, why not? How about figuring out what the teams are running? Good I think so you can be ready for what is coming. If you know where they like to run a certain play and they set up into it then you can already be in position to officiate the play. Number of team fouls? Sure, it let's us know when the next foul is the bonus or double bonus so we don't look stupid and try to put the ball in play. But if we rely on the table they'll let us know its the bonus. After all we've never seen a crew put the ball in play only to have the horn buzz to let the officials they are suppose to be shooting free throws. Rely on that table! Knowing team fouls can also be helpful at the ends of close games too. If a team has fouls to give before the bonus knowing that can help us with the end of game situation. What else? This is getting long so I'll post it and continue after I get a few responses. I'm sure the question is coming on how any of this relates to knowing each plays foul count.

You answered every question except the one that he asked.