Five Fouls Not Enough?

[ranjo]

Originally Posted by amcginthy

From a coaches perspective - I think 5 fouls is plenty, I don't like the idea of 6 - I want my girls to know that they have to play defense correctly - teach it correctly and there really isn't much of an issue. Sure, I get frustrated when my best defender picks up quick fouls - but 99% of the time - it's there fault... I think the important thing is that what I read in another post in this thread - calls that are consistent... what's called in a game changes from game to game, but it shouldn't change from half to half of the same game - if you call minor contact in the first quarter - call the same thing in the 4th... as a coach, this has been my biggest complaint about the officials we have had this year - they just didn't seem to be consistent throughout the games, and with each other - one ref might call the smallest contact, while the other wouldn't call an assault - this makes it hard for kids (especially junior high / freshman in HS) to understand what they can and can't do - what is acceptable and what isn't... why one time it's a foul, and another it isn't...

We hear the consistancy thing every year from the coaches in our area. The pat response is that when the players play consistanly, we will be able to ref consistantly. However, my wife is a varsity coach and I can't ignore her or give the pat answers without some grief.

In my defense, I have to say its hard to get consistancy when I ref with a different person or persons just about every game. We pregame senerios, but a lot of time an individuals personal philosophy gets in the way. The best we can do is to try to adjust to how our partner is calling, just as coaches adjust to how the game is being called. I don't doubt it is sometimes frustrating, but I don't think its ever going to be perfect.

And back to the orginal thread - FIVE FOULS IS A PLENTY!