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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?  |
So you are saying that its not possible for a coach to be correct just because the are farther away or have a different angle? From the video, the players arm was grabbed, and the official was too close to the play, looking back at it.
Are you saying that officials are alway right just because they happen to be closer to the play?
The official that the tirade was directed at was closer to the coach when he stormed the floor and he failed to make a call.
We have all seen plays that officials have failed to make calls on. It is possible that there were previous plays that merited a whistle but were not called that became part of the initial blow up.
Quite frankly, they should've run him when he charged the official, then when he had a second blow up after the T.