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Originally Posted by BryanV21
Okay. So how would you react to a coach, or anybody else, that doesn't like off-ball foul calls?
And I don't mean that in a snarky way. I'm honestly asking how you'd phrase it.
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Honest answer, the same way I react to a coach who starts whining for 3 seconds while the shots keep going up: I quietly recognize he isn't going to have much positive to offer in this game and adjust my internal expectations. If his comments become a distraction, or unsporting, I'll shut it down.
In the course of this game, I wouldn't bother addressing it other than shutting it down if it becomes necessary. If it's in a general discussion among friends (I have friends who coach) off the court, that's different.
If it's a cordial discussion during a break in action and he says something about the flow, I might simply respond that in my opinion, the flow of a game gets disrupted more by uncalled off-ball fouls. But this discussion would only happen with a coach who has already built a good rapport with me: and that's just not the sort of coach who would make such a complaint.
To answer the question: "Coach, I thought that foul needed to be called." Likely more than they're going to get, but it's not less.