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Originally posted by blindzebra
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Originally posted by assignmentmaker
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Originally posted by totalnewbie
Here was a bad one, right in front of the assigner. Guy in the post has the ball, defender reaches just as player spins, there is contact. I whistle it on the ground. I should have no called it since the guy would have easily freed himself for a dunk. By calling the foul I actually penalized the offensive player--now they have a throw in instead of a dunk. I knew it the second I called it. The lead assigner came over to me and asked me about that call. I told him what I just said. I said I should have held my whistle. He smiled and agreed and said it was good that I recognized that I should have held it.
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And by not calling it you might well be penalizing the defender.
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By not calling the foul you are not rewarding BAD defense, you let the play happen. That does not disadvantage the defender.
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I suppose your name is only moderately self-deprecating. You are why the game has deteriorated. There's a difference between not calling accidental contact on a rebound, where the defender clearly backs off and no harm has been done, and ignoring what you are presuming is bad defense. Call the foul. The offense will get to the bonus all the sooner. The defense will have it's players in foul trouble all the sooner. They will either back off and play better basketball or die an ugly death.
Fri Mar 25, 2005, 09:35am
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