[RedAndWhiteRef]

If a coach complains about the foul count, he or she automatically loses credibility with me. Especially at the varsity level. Anyone who understands basketball should know that it's not necessarily going to be equal and the style of play will dictate it more than the officials will. I had a boys JV game earlier this year where one team had way more fouls than the other--that team was jacking up threes against their opponents' zone all night, while their opponents had a size advantage and were banging it inside. The coach never once complained. He knew exactly why. And his team ended up winning the game.

My second or third game of the season, a coach screamed at us right before halftime that his team had 14 fouls while their opponents only had seven. My partner said to him, "I hear you Coach, during halftime we'll go through the rulebook and find the rule that says the fouls have to be equal." Shut that coach right up without even having to raise his voice.