Tough Call

[Brian Watson]

Originally posted by hoopsrefBC
Yes, rules are rules....and kevin i for one like your post

...With 4.8 seconds left in the game, any official who makes a 10 second free-throw violation call is in my mind doesn't know what there doing...

Those in glass houses should not cast rocks. If a player leaves the "key", "lane", "semi-circle", whatever you want you call it, it is an automatic lane violation, why would you count to 15?

Rules are rules, and while we can give them some leeway, you shouldn't chastise another official for making a call within the rules. I would have given the player a heads up between tosses to speed it up, this would be good preventive officiating, but pressure or not, if they are taking that long you have to call it. By not doing so you penalize the other team.