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Originally Posted by BballRookie
I made a delayed call and one team went ballistic. I know I screwed up the call.
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While others have given you advice on the unsporting aspect of your situation, I have decided to offer something about the delayed call.
When you say that you screwed up the call, do you mean that you blew the call, or that you had the right call, and for some reason, delayed the whistle?
For most plays, a delayed call is better than a wrong call. Sometimes it may take you a few fractions of a second to fire up those neurons, and get those pesky neurotransmitter chemicals to cross the synapses. By the time your brain registers that a foul, or a violation, has occurred, some time may have passed, maybe up to a full second, or so, until you actually sound your whistle. I've actually spit my whistle out on a few occasions, and have had to put it back in my mouth to blow it again. If someone complains about a late whistle, just tell them that it was delayed, but it was the right call.
On the other hand, there is some undefined statute of limitations on how long you can delay your whistle. You don't want to be calling a travel ten seconds after it happens. On those calls, you just say to yourself, "Damn, I think I missed that, I'm going to get it next time", and move on. If someone questions the missed call, just say, "I may have missed it", which is the truth, and move on.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled program, "How Much Sh** Do You Take Before Giving Someone The Old Heave-Ho?", now in progress.