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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Let's see...
The head coach that was complaining was sitting at the end of his bench which was closest to the other team's basket, somewhere around the second lane space. The foul that he wanted called occurred all the way across the court appriximately at around the top of the 3-point arc.
Let's do the math.....
It's 50 feet across the court plus another few feet from the bench.
From where the coach was sitting, it would be about 54 feet down the court at the other end.
Sooooo....54 feet down and 50 feet across...square the hypotenuse...round off....deduct 2 ....add 6 inches for the Ron Jeremy(tm) effect.....and it comes out to occurring one helluva long way away from the coach.
Yup, the FAR bench had a great look at the steal.
You really do think like a coach, don't you?  |
Nice math, but completely wrong context.
However, the play he was talking about was from the second video----at the top of the key (just 25 from the sideline) and pretty much straight in front of the coach....at most 30 feet from the coach....essentially the same look as a C would have if the C were tableside. The lead was running full speed just trying to beat the play down the court...not exactly an ideal situation to view a play....and the C was also sprinting up the court and was only getting into position well after the incident in question.
I actually don't question the call that (wasn't) made. The video didn't give me any reason to think they got it wrong. (It also didn't have enough clarity to confirm the call either).
You really do just to like to rip on people for the fun of it don't you?
