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Originally Posted by OKREF
What caused the movement? The defender was moving laterally, then arm extended, and moves backwards. Did the defender just start moving backwards on his own? Surely your not saying that this was incidental contact. If this is your judgment, then I must say in my opinion your judgment is not very good.
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It is a block-charge play that you could argue either way.
Again this is about judgment. This is why when most clinicians evaluate officials they do not go around arguing whether a judgment was right or wrong. They often discuss why they saw on any given play. I would like to know why the official called this foul. After all he did have a differnet angle and called a block, not something I am arguing should have been called. I think the so-called "push off" you keep referencing was not much or any of a push off. Just because someone's arm moves does not make those situations a foul. And even in hand-checking, you have to affect RSBQ to have a foul. A simply touch where the arm is retreating or not extended does not necessarily fit the directives of the NCAA. I am once again not asking you to agree. I have just seen a lot of similar plays where I am not convinced the ball handler pushed off. Then again I have seen a lot of plays where I feel the dribbler pushed off and have called fouls based on that action. Usually making those calls gets you a lot of crap and a coach starts talking about how the defender was "moving." And yes, I am saying this play to me was nothing. It was two players basically bumping into each other with no clear advantage. I have a right to feel that way. I have seen this play before many times. If you want to call a foul, go right ahead. I would not honestly care because it is your judgment. That is after all why we get paid to make these decisions. And in a game 1920 seconds you can make a decision on any given play. This is just one of them and not a game changer either way. This call did not decide the game and the calling official (who I give more credit for) called a block on this play, not a PC foul like you and others suggest are the only way to go.
Peace