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Originally Posted by msavakinas
I'm just saying that when contact like that occurs... odds are there was a foul on SOMEONE...
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And I'm just saying that when contact like that occurs, there are
NO odds involved. It either IS or it ISN'T a foul.
The "odds" are completely irrelevant when it comes to the decision that has to be made. Similarly, "game management" is completely irrelevant also to the play being discussed in this thread.
Even if your thoughts about the "odds" favoring a foul are correct, how would that be relevant or germane in
any way to this particular play or
any screening play for that matter? Even though the "odds" might say that it should be a foul, so what? Whatintheheck good will the "odds" do for you in the cases when there
ISN'T a foul being committed?
Btw, what
ARE the odds that there is a foul on someone when heavy contact occurs? 51%-49%? 99%-1%? Or should we take a poll every time it happens?
Jmo again, and I know that you must be getting sick of reading it, but you're over-thinking the hell outa this call. You simply "read and react". The hardest part to learn is what to look for in these type of screening situations....time and distance, verticality, moving/leaning, exaggerated stance, blind or not, foot in a boundary line, etc....and to do it in a hurry-up bang-bang type of situation. After you master those(and I'm not sure that we ever completely master them), you're doing yourself a dis-service by adding irrelevant factors to make what can be a tough call even tougher.
Btw, all JRut is doing is saying just about the exact same thing but in a different way. And he's not the only one doing so in this thread.