[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Afrosheen

"No" on all counts. And how does the "last shot" all of a sudden grant you to change up the "mechanics" as you described to Coach Bill. Either you're principled and consistent or you're just making stuff up now to maintain the belief that I was wrong. And it seems to be you keep dodging my question. What are you going to do when your partner kicks a rule? I'm also getting the sense that you're now at least willing to consider to confer with your partner now that it is a "last shot" situation, which means all of a sudden you're now willing to throw away all of your criticisms of me of being "out of position" or "questioning my partner" out the window. What is it about the "last shot" that you're now being inconsistent? What did you just do that created this inconsistency. I'll give you a hit, it starts with a "j" and ends with "udge."

I guess you do not know that continuous motion is not only rules based and a judgment call. It is such a judgment call that many officials improperly do not award baskets or shots properly on fouls because they might lack knowledge of the rule or their judgment. And the last time I checked officials do not tell other officials what to do when it comes to that rule. All you can do properly is tell your partner, "The ball went in the basket" or in some situations, "He passed the ball off." Other then that if they insist that a ball handler was not shooting and the foul was "On the floor" there is not much a partner can do. I guess you could sit there and argue on the floor they are wrong and get into a confrontation as you did with your partner (as you did not give any information), so be it. I cannot speak for anyone else, but I have not gotten in any confrontations with partners on the floor for these kinds of situations. On the other hand, you have had such confrontation and made your partner so mad they confronted you in email. That also has never happen to me in my career. So how is that attitude working out for you?

Peace