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Originally Posted by ODog
Why delay it?
If you're going flagrant on this play -- I know some aren't and some are -- are two free throws, possession and disqualification of the offender somehow a benefit to the defense?!
What coach in his right mind is going to say, "But we had a fast-break opportunity! You took it away from us in return for two lousy free throws, the ball right back in our hands and one of their players DQd?"
Yeah, yeah, yeah, EVERY coach will say that, sadly. I know ... save me that speech.
But, as is generally the case, they'd be acting irrationally/unreasonably.
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Actually, I have had a coach say exactly that. Not those exact words and not all that vigorously, but he did question the timing of me calling a T on the opposing coach when his team was on a undefended break away. It was a big game...state tourney quarter final so it could have really mattered (but it did't). I told him I should have delayed the call but I just reacted to the behavior of the coach instead.