Duke @ Louisville Transition Block Called by Lead

[ballgame99]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

It is not so much about the rule as it is about what are you going to get crap about and scrutinized.

Absolutely! I had a fairly senior official tell me this point blank this season. I called a travel on a play where the "traveler" got hammered after he left the floor (not enough to be flagrant or anything, just a hard foul), I came out with my travel and his coach came unglued. In the locker room my partner said I should have called the foul just because it would have kept me out of "trouble". I also think this is why you get as many 'looks funny' travels because its just easier to go ahead and call those than to explain why it wasn't.

[Dad]

Originally Posted by ballgame99

Absolutely! I had a fairly senior official tell me this point blank this season. I called a travel on a play where the "traveler" got hammered after he left the floor (not enough to be flagrant or anything, just a hard foul), I came out with my travel and his coach came unglued. In the locker room my partner said I should have called the foul just because it would have kept me out of "trouble". I also think this is why you get as many 'looks funny' travels because its just easier to go ahead and call those than to explain why it wasn't.

What does this mean?

If the travel happened first I'll call it. If the travel happened after a foul I'll call the foul. I don't know what "trouble" is but I don't think you should buy into it.