displacement? help me understand...

[rainmaker]

coach --

I'd have called it, I think. The problem is that we all have different ideas of where the line is. I called way too much when I first started reffing, then I called way too little. Finding the had-to-calls, the sbd's (silent but deadly -- my brother used that phrase in aonther context), the advantage/disadvantage, the borderline calls, so on takes a lot of work. Striking the balance between "let em play" and "someone's going to get hurt" is difficult. SOme refs can't be bothered. Some never get good guidance. Displacement is pretty much a gotta get, but there are other fouls that should be called. In your sitch I think you might have said, "Well, even if his feet weren't displaced, his torso was." Then let it go. Ref might get the message.