[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by msavakinas

Bad game managemant is a lousy reason to make or not make a call??

Yep.

Following the rules is a good reason for making or not making a call.

Originally Posted by msavakinas

Do you do everything by the book?? There are some fouls you pass on and some you call for game managemant reasons??

How can it be a foul, if you don't call it? Iow, you are not seeing a foul, then passing on it, but rather you are seeing a situation and judging it not to be a foul. Semantics, but important semantics. Do we call things "by the book"? I would hope every time. Are there some situations that the rules allow us to use judgement? Of course, and it's using that judgement while following the rules "by the book" that is a form of game management.

Originally Posted by msavakinas

Then what do you consider game management?

Again, my response was to mu4scott's post that calling the foul was good game management; after all, we wouldn't want the coach to be on our backs asking for other close plays for the remainder of the game, right? I feel calling the foul is the result of the play being a foul. For me, good game management would then be not allowing the coach to continue being on our backs for the remainder of the game, whether it is by warning, T, ejection, or combination. We shouldn't make or not make calls based on what a coach might do, but make the calls based on what the players did. Do you see the difference?