Making a call out of your area

[Bart Tyson]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BktBallRef

[i]
My guess is tht the official who made the call got it right.

As nine01c stated, the L was probably blocked out, and the T has a wider view of the play. Most coaches I know hate it when a call isn't made because the official says, "It's not in my area," just as much or more than they hate a missed call.

I don't recall ever saying to tell the coach "It's not in my area". How many times have you had a partner make a bad call in your area and their reason was I thought you were blocked out and couldn't see what happened?