more patient?

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Why are you watching plays that are right in front of your partners? Shouldn't you be watching your own area?

I was thinking the same thing.

The only problem with having a patient whistle is ball-watching is very popular. This leads to people calling out of their area. One thing I always talk about in the pregame is "ordinary, average, everyday, happens all the time, several times a game" drives to the hoop on the C's side of the basket. IMHO, those plays are not good double whistles and it happens too much. If an official is exercising a patient whistle, the lead could end up blowing the whistle on a play the C was going to pass on.