(Video) Legal or Illegal Screen

[j51969]

Originally Posted by Dad

Awesome point.

How come you think it's a screen when he's contorting his body? I would think in that picture he isn't set yet, and if hit, would be illegal. Therefore, I'm saying he isn't even set yet so I wouldn't start counting strides.

Given I'm wrong and we do give him strides here, wouldn't we give the defense more than one step if he is moving quickly?

Let me take a crack at how this will go...

1. Call an illegal sceen on defender
2. Eventually have to Whack the coach (becasue you've identified you are the Sheriff)
3. Eject the parent

and of course all of this is "for the kids";-)

[Dad]

Originally Posted by j51969

Let me take a crack at how this will go...

1. Call an illegal sceen on defender
2. Eventually have to Whack the coach (becasue you've identified you are the Sheriff)
3. Eject the parent

and of course all of this is "for the kids";-)

I'm sorry coaches don't respect you and parents want to beat you up.

Sell your calls better.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Dad

I'm sorry coaches don't respect you and parents want to beat you up.

Sell your calls better.

Selling calls has nothing to do with whether they agree with your calls. Sorry, you can be completely right and they will still have an opinion of a call. And calling this an illegal screen and a coach disagreeing with you, they would be right and still would go off if they choose to.

Peace

[Dad]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Selling calls has nothing to do with whether they agree with your calls. Sorry, you can be completely right and they will still have an opinion of a call. And calling this an illegal screen and a coach disagreeing with you, they would be right and still would go off if they choose to.

Peace

I guess I should've colored my text blue.

As far as your response, try selling your calls better. There's a world of difference in responses from coaches/fans when they go, "Oh !@#$, I think he saw something there!"

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Dad

... try selling your calls better.

My former interpreter always said that the best bad call is a strong bad call.

[Dad]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

My former interpreter always said that the best bad call is a strong bad call.

To be fair, if someone routinely makes bad calls, I'm not sure how much hope there is for them!

I more meant along the lines of something like a block/charge situations where the boos are about to start and after I'm done they just give up.

[Rich]

When I see someone *really* sell a call, I immediately assume they didn't see the play or are trying to convince people of an incorrect call.

Too many years of experience to buy what's being sold, I'm afraid.

[Blindolbat]

So there are what, 2 people here that think this was illegal? I'm surprised this one came up as questionable.

[Dad]

Originally Posted by Blindolbat

So there are what, 2 people here that think this was illegal? I'm surprised this one came up as questionable.

If you're counting me, I originally said I'm almost never calling this illegal. I left some room for times I'm not aware enough of the screener to know how he got to where he did and if he just jumped in front of the defense.

I did think it was a fun play to take apart and talk about.

[j51969]

Originally Posted by Dad

I'm sorry coaches don't respect you and parents want to beat you up.

Sell your calls better.

Ha

You sir are a tool......

[Dad]

Originally Posted by j51969

Ha

You sir are a tool......

I know.

My apologies, sir.