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[B]"In this case, the screener did not provide the required time/distance before stepping in the path of the opponent. My guess is it caught the new T by surprise, since it was secondary defender. This would've been a good call by the C." [/QUOTE][/B]
Since it might have indeed "caught the new T by surprise", and since I was taught to "referee the defense", I understand the T should be watching the on-ball defender in his/her area. But would this serve as a teaching point to glance up quickly to see if there is a screener in the area? This may have gotten rid of the "surprise" factor for the T. Thoughts???
Similar play happened to me in 2-man last year. Call was blatantly obvious in my situation b/c the screener extended his arms during contact as if he were a linebacker tattooing a quarterback after an interception!
In my opinion (only entering my 2nd year, so I don't have the experience as others here), I feel it was an illegal screen not b/c of the severity, but b/c the screener wasn't stationary in her vertical plane and leaned out of her plane to set the screen. Foul? yes. Dirty/flagrant? No.
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