Duke @ Louisville Transition Block Called by Lead

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Unfortunately, it seems to too often be the case that these plays just get called this way. By what we too often observer, it seems that there is a large number of officials that just think the defender has to be "set" to draw a charge.

I think this is the default call for many officials and if we look at the mentality of most people in the game (not officials) they think any call like this should be on the defender.

I also think that he probably was not "refereeing the defense" and the contact blew up on him and he called what he knew and called a block. I do not think the rule has much to do with this call. I think he called what was "safe" and calling a charge in this situation usually brings more scrutiny.

And if you listen to a few of the videos I posted recently, Jay Bilas feels the exact same way about most of these plays. That is why when I call a block on any play like this, I hear the same rhetoric about what the defender did not do. It is not so much about the rule as it is about what are you going to get crap about and scrutinized.

Peace