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Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef
Player A1 catches the ball while facing the basket without dribbling. After holding the ball for a couple seconds, the ball comes out of his hands and hits the floor. Player A1 takes a couple of steps and regains possession of the ball. A1 then proceeds to dribble.
"Tweet" from C across the floor. The call is double dribble. When asked why he did not consider this to be a fumble, C replied that since the player was in complete control of the ball and the defense was nowhere near the ball, the action by the player constituted a dribble. Therefore, the dribble after gathering the ball amounted to a double dribble.
Trail (ball was in his primary) felt that the loss of control amounted to a fumble which would explain why he had nothing.
What say you?
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It was, is and always will be a judgment call. If the C thought that the first play was a dribble instead of a fumble, well, that's his judgment. From there, you're now second-guessing as to (1) whether his judgment was any good or not, and (2) whether the C should have called out of his primary. As I didn't see the play, I can't comment intelligently on (1) without guessing, and will say that the C shouldn't have called out of his primary in (2) unless he felt there was an egregiously missed call. It is a call that should be discussed by the crew at the first opportunity.
JMO.