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Originally posted by tnroundballref
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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
And if you think about the most even resolution for both teams, giving B the ball gives you that relatively fair resolution.
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Coach, here is where you and I disagree. I don't feel my job as an official is to make things even.I will let a coach tell me ONE time what the fouls count is (come on Ref it's 7-2 on the fouls) and I will let him know he is questioning my integrity and that is something I will simply not tolerate from a coach. It is my job to apply the rule(s) fairly to both teams. It was my position that B did in fact get screwed due to scorer not alerting us of the situation, but it was not my place to turn around and screw Team A just to even things up.
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How in the process of scoring 3 points is A getting screwed? A scored off the possession you erroneously gave them due to poor information from the table, and in the process got about twice what they normally could expect from a 1 and 1 (which they should have gotten). They also ended up with about the max they could reasonably expect from a 1 and 1 - so they are fine. Knowing that A has scored, and having time to think (this is not a bang-bang kind of call), it doesn't take a rocket scientist to determine that B had possession of the ball and therefore it was at disposal. Yes you can argue whether or not you would normally rule this to be "at disposal," but this isn't the normal situation.
And no, this is not the same as a coach wanting an equal amount of fouls called. Fouls committed are under the control of the team in question. Scorekeeper screw-ups are not. They are an external problem that should be managed with the least impact to both teams, where legally possible. And I have shown you a way to accomplish this in a manner that only the most anal of observers would fault you for doing so.