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Originally posted by zebraman
I call probably more offensive fouls than anyone on this board.
Really? You've seen everyone on this board officiate so that statement actually has some backing (or is it just another one of your claims with no basis)?
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It is called a figure of speech. Yeah, I a have seen everyone officiate.
And if you call a foul on a defender, most coaches are not going to question that at all. They will get on their player for putting themselves in that position to begin with.
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Originally posted by zebraman
If you're going to ref to make the coaches happy, you might as well just call a travel everytime a play looks funny.
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Who said anything about making coaches happy? When you call the obvious, you want the tape, the knowledgable fans or officials watching to say to themselves, "that was the what I saw." You do not want them to say, "why did that get called?" Just like I would not call a screen that had slight in insignificant contact, I would not call this when not only could a defender avoid this, but getting away from the dribbler to begin with and you are using an obscure situation to call a foul. I never said you could not call this, but should you call this is another thing all together. Probably a concept you have a hard time understanding.
Peace