Why won't they call the intentional?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Old School

Last, coaches teach that if you are going to foul here, make sure the guy doesn't make the shot. This makes the foul that much harder. It is being taught, it is the objective of the defender. Coaches will argue (talk out both sides of there mouth) that my player went for the ball. Most officials will yield to this interpretation and not call it intentional. Not me, if it meets my criteria above. Intentional Foul everytime! And I then tell the coach what he would tell me if it was his player on the floor, protect the shooter!

Any official calling the foul will also make the intentional foul signal immediately. Are you really saying that MOST officials would listen to a coach argue after the intentional foul call is made and signalled, and then MOST officials would change their call because of the coach's argument?

That's just patently ridiculous, JMO. It just doesn't happen. The only officials that would ever change their intentional foul call because of a coach's arguments are the ones that work beside you in your rec leagues.