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Originally Posted by A Pennsylvania Coach
6th grade travel league "NIT" playoffs (bracket for all the teams that didn't make the 16-team championship tournament. Quarterfinal, a couple of 6-10 teams, evenly matched. Close game all the way, visitors lead whole time but by no more than 6 or 8 at any point. Now down to 15 seconds left, home down by just one after a missed free throw. I'm new trail, and at midcourt visitor player decides to foul. Not sure if that was called from the bench or what--they only had 3 or 4 team fouls so it was a smart idea to give a couple. However, instead of just committing a foul, he grabs jersey and pulls. It stretches a good foot away from the player. I call the intentional foul and visitor coach is angry. I get away administering FTs before he goes too far. Home makes 1 of 2, scores on the ensuing possession, and visitors miss a desperation shot at horn.
Visitor coach charges out at me to scream at me about how it was the worst call he has ever seen, and that I was against his team the whole game. My partner intervenes and I move to the side (nowhere to go, I've gotta get my jacket and keys over by the score table). Meanwhile a player is kicking the bench and a parent is out of the bleachers yelling at me. I have to turn a little so I can keep one eye on him. Finally my partner is done trying to calm down the coach, and we get our stuff and go. The dad who was yelling walks down toward the same door as us but I give him a stare and he stops.
Called the assignor after and found out they've had quite a few problems with the coach.
Then I just got through two men's rec games this afternoon without a T. My partner got one, but he was sick and had a fuse even shorter than usual.  |
A Pennsylvania Coach, thank you, thank you, thank you for following the rules and calling the Intentional Foul. Too many officials (not on this site, of course) decide to not follow the rules and are afraid to call the intentional. Some don't understand that when they don't call it and I come in and call it the coaches, players, and fans (right, who cares) are often surprised and don't know what the player did was an intentional by rule. Let's continue to call those and maybe eventually by 2020 everyone catches on...