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Old Wed Jan 27, 2016, 03:36pm
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It may not be completely accurate but it's meaning to officials and coaches is obvious. One means shooting foul, the other does not.

If it were so obvious we wouldn't have coaches who dispute whether the player was shooting or not as much as we do. I have coaches often dispute why I'm putting a player on the line by saying "wan't he on the floor?".

I reply that he may have been on the floor but he had started the shooting motions.
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Old Wed Jan 27, 2016, 03:38pm
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If it were so obvious we wouldn't have coaches who dispute whether the player was shooting or not as much as we do. I have coaches often dispute why I'm putting a player on the line by saying "wan't he on the floor?".

I reply that he may have been on the floor but he had started the shooting motions.
Sometimes I reply with "what else do you think he was planning on doing?"
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Old Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:08am
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Sometimes I reply with "what else do you think he was planning on doing?"
I sometimes says something similar...

Coach, if you were playing and had the ball there, what would you be trying to do?
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