What would you have done

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
Close game, not high scoring, but both teams are working their tails off. Three point shot goes up, the shooter comes back to the floor, then gets vigorously "boxed out" and knocked off his spot by a couple of feet. I call the foul.

What did you call? The shot was up, the player returned to the floor, yeah, maybe he was pushed on the aggresive box out but was there any chance that he was still in the play?

The coach wants to talk about it. When I explain that you can't just shove the guy off his spot, he replies, "they're coached to do that." And, of course, one of the players chimes in, "it's called boxing out." So far, just par for the course.

Then the coach informs me that, "a good referee would not have made that call." At that point I walk away and we throw the ball in.

Assuming this is a comment he made to you and only you heard it, it was good to ignore & move on. If he yelled it across the floor as you're walking away then you gotta bang his @ss good.

After a good nights sleep I'm now wondering if I should have Td him up for a rather obvious insult directly to my face. I'd like your opinions, what would you have done?

My opinion: as I read it I would not have called the foul to begin with (good refs don't make this call ). If I did see something I didn't like and called a foul I might have explained it this way: "Coach, I can't have your player doing blah blah blah. I know you don't teach them to do that". But it would have to be a BIG something. In any event, you walked over to him for this discussion, if he's reasonable about it you can't T him up. You are allowed to just say nothing when asked a question.