Nuthin' like a good partner to cover yer back. ;)
Thanks, Chuck.

Without knowing all of the details of the game, it's really hard to say.

You stated that it was a close game. How much time remained on the clock? Did you have any similiar plays during the game like this one? If the coach taugh their players to box out like that then they would have been doing this all game and you guys should have been making that call in the 1st half.

Saying all this, I probably would not have called that foul. As for the "T", if (the coach said it whereby only a few people may have heard the comment, then I would have given them a warning. If the comment were loud... direct technical on the coach.

We want to make "quality" calls throughout the game... especially during the last 5 minutes of the game.

I call the foul. Someone gave a very good explanation. You can block out but not push out. Once they make contact, they can't continue to back out the other player. I'll also call a hold if while boxing out, they hook the player with their outstretched arms and it hinders the player from going around. To T or not is a personal choice. I'd probably have ignored it but ya never know until it happens.

Mregor

This box out but not push out was the philosophy I was employing. However, it seems that most everybody else would disagree with us. In the future, I'll probably pass on this call. However, in the paint I'll still call the "clear out." The POE seems very clear about displacement.

As for the call, it was in the second half. It had not happened before (or afterward) in that game, and was so uncharacteristically aggressive compared to the play in the rest of the game, that I called it without a second thought.

As to the T, I think I'll just show him the stop sign...and then WHACK him if he carries on, even a little.

My ususal response to that is...Coach it's box out NOT!!!! CLEAR OUT. As far as the personal attack I say

WACK!!!!!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Back In The Saddle

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As to the T, I think I'll just show him the stop sign...and then WHACK him if he carries on, even a little.

Ray--don't let the guy walk on you. don't let him think he can make unwarranted and highly inappropriate comments.