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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 actually 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.
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Yup, You sureashell got that right. Your post above has got absolutely dick-all to do with what I've been saying.
Let me say it again- for the last time. There is NO advantage for any official to know when a player has four fouls. The same mistake can be made by the scorer at that point as well as when the player hits five fouls. If you call that "game awareness", then tell me what good that "game awareness" information is to you. I asked for anybody to give me a reasonable reason if they think that there is an advantage to knowing when a player has four fouls. I'm still waiting for one. And none of your irrelevant gobbledeygook above has got anything at all to do with the question that you're so fervently avoiding either.
If you can't answer that specific question, then yes, you should move on.