Coach: "The Fouls are 7-2!"

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In a recent game an experienced ref in our association who I am supposed to be nice to if I want to move up warned me and our other partner (3 man) that the fouls were getting lopsided and we need to stop calling tickey-tack fouls. He may have had a point about some of the foul calls not being great as I am still working on advantage/disadvantage but the count at the time was 7-3. I don't consider 7-3 lopsided. I know we aren't supposed to get to worried about lopsided foul counts but I'll admit I do if it gets to 7-0 or 10-1 but not 7-3. --But I was a good boy and nodded my head.

Later he brought it up again between the JV and V game. I nodded my head-keeping my reservations to myself. The V game was going great and I was starting to get into a zone when it all fell apart in on one play. We had been reminded a couple times to ignore the small stuff by Mr. Big time and I was. Play right in front of me: A1 gets contact from B1 and B2 going to the hoop and actually loses the ball before recovering and putting up a shot-missed rebound over into the senior refs zone and he calles a foul on the put back. Coach A gets all over me for no calling the first shot. Now the lost ball was a clean swipe by B1 and I had the best angle-- good no call. The shot a second later after A1 recovered the ball might very well have been a bad no call by me-and I probably would have called it earlier but been trying to ignore some contact.

Me to Coach: "I didn't see anything, but will watch for it."

Coach: "Sure you did, I saw it from here"

I ignore the comment and go to administer the ensuing free throw. Before I can my senior partner says "Tighten it up, Rich" Loud enough for players and Coach A to here.---I was pissed! Even if i did kick the call chew me out later or say the same thing on the side. I got all credability pulled from me on that one play.

Any advice on what if anything I should have said to my P?


FYI-After the game I asked what to do when the count is 7-3 but one team is doing all the pressing and is much more aggressive. I didn't get a very good answer.