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Originally Posted by Tio
You said it yourself " Game management situations are so the game does not get out of hand." Watch the coach in the video and tell me that situation isn't heading south......
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Have you ever watched the game? Seriously, if that is your position then I have to wonder what you know about the game. I have seen more coaches get upset with their own team than ever get mad at the other team on a screen like this. I have even heard a coach or two blame their team for a player getting hurt on completely legal screens. And considering that I have seen a lot of basketball and never had a fight of any kind (knock on wood), I cannot think a single situation that every got out of hand in a game because of violent contact. I have seen games get close because of talk and usually holding and contact that is not very violent, then I have seen from violent contact. And if you know how to deal with players, you can stop a lot of things without blowing your whistle.
And considering that the screener only leaned slightly and did not throw and elbow or punch the player, the contact and the violence of that contact was not greatly enhanced by the last minute action. And the Purdue players came over to make sure the player was OK. That is not a sign of a dirty play.
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Originally Posted by Tio
Using the scenario in the post that you described, game management is used to cease behaviors that lead to rough play, which you refer to as "cleaning it up."
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So if the screen was legal, you are just calling a foul because someone got hurt? That is the very reason why I had a problem with your other position, because you are only concerned about whether someone got hurt and not what was illegal about the action. The game of basketball is a rough game. It is a game where contact can be violent and severe and not illegal. And if you are only calling fouls because of what the result was, then you and I will never agree on this or other plays.
Peace