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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Disagree completely. I've never met a referee yet that hated to make a late call for that reason.
Referees just call the game. It's the fans' and coachs' job to second-guess them. And it's a fans' and coachs' fantasy also that we don't want to have an effect on the game at the end. The player that committed that late violation or foul is the one that is having the effect on the game, not us. All we're doing is reporting it.
Any referee that hates to make a late call because that call might have an effect on deciding a game should consider taking up a different avocation. Officiating isn't meant for them. And we really don't need 'em either.
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I had a situation a couple of seasons ago. Visitors were playing their hearts out and were right with the home team, who had only lost 1 or 2 games all year. Home team had a 1 pt lead with less than 30 seconds left. Vistors had the ball in the forecourt. I was trail and was probably about 5 feet from the VC. His player was trying to dribble past her opponent who reached out her arm and impeded her. I whistled the foul with less than 10 seconds left.
We're in the bonus and a TO is called. During the TO my partner asked if I yelled "Hands off!" I thought to myself, "What a donkey! I'm 5 ft from the VC and I'm going to yell 'hands off' at that point in the game instead of calling the foul?" The call was met with boos, but it was the right call to make. This particular official has a reputation of not making tough calls.