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I agree, you never go around players. I make it a point to call for the ball if there are players between me and the ball and say, emphatically, "I got it (or) I got the spot - give me the ball!" so it's clear to all what's going on.
I'm not going to have him chuck it 10 yards or so to me, but if its clear that I have progress, my toe is the spot and I'll put the ball right there. Where the ball ends up on the ground in the player's possession isn't (in most cases) the dead ball spot, so moving it isn't any great crime.
I also make sure that I don't get so tunnel visioned that I don't see any extracurricular crap that may occur after the dead ball. I want to pinch as much as I can, but on a play that ends in thr side zone, pinching is secondary to getting progress. On a dive, I'll pinch hard.
[Edited by ABoselli on Jan 21st, 2003 at 07:27 PM]
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