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Originally Posted by tomegun
you said there was "just nothing to call" in the first half, but went on to say "we should tighten it up a bit" for the second half. This seems like a contradiction to me. What do you think?
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tom...let me clear that up...there were some plays where nothing to call because some good D was being played and other times where we were "letting them play"....as in there was contact but no real advantage being gained. Perhaps we should have called it a little more closely on the press and out on the permimeter in the first half as that was the crux of both coaches talking to us...White particularly felt his guys were getting fould on the press but they were getting the ball up the floor....so, I don't know...
I was thinking about it yesterday and wondering if some of our no calls led to the kids getting frustrated and thus the pushing match and the Ts? Like I said, Blue Coach (Risley), I've had his team several times over the summer and fall....They are a smart team that play aggressive but don't create a lot of contact resulting in fouls. This was the disparity in the foul count the White team coach was after me about....His team was just more aggressive and drawing more contact that resulted in us blowing the whistle.
All in all these teams were very evenly mathced and I can say that if they played 10 times, they'd probably split 5-5.
Jurassic...thanks for the input...that may have actually been what I should have done...Like I said, the big push came as I was approaching and both players were guilty of the jockeying/pushing, BLUE just lost his cool and and when the clinched fists came out I knew he had to go....