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Originally Posted by mbyron
Why should you be spared the sermon? You screwed up a call -- so what, we all do that. Thicken that skin.
The answers so far seem to be "if you're going to ignore the officials' error, then call a violation." But why ignore the error?
If you rushed to put the ball at the disposal of the thrower before everyone was set, whistle it dead, do it right, and don't penalize either team for your mistakes.
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I don't think I quite agree with this. To me, it's similar to the 6 player issue. Count them every damn time, but if you happen to miss once and there are 6, call the T.
Similarly, make sure the defense is on the blocks; but if you happen to miss it and have a free throw where they don't get there, call the violation. I'm certainly not going to disrupt a shooter's rythm on this one, either.
It's the defense's job to get there.