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[All_Heart]

Originally Posted by South GA BBall Ref

Ump/ Joe:

We actually did go with the double foul, but in the "oh sh!t" of the moment, we actually kicked the rule relative to double fouls. Went with AP. Believe it or not, we had 3 whistles! I was the one that came out with the PC. Didn't see fist or hear the Lead's whistle (he had the bock). When trail came in and withheld his signal, I went with mine. Forgot to record the game so I'm waiting on the DVD to review it. How did the play appear to you guys?

Other than that, I feel good about the game and our overall performance.

I tivo'd the game and saw the blarge. Unfortunately blarges happen and it is how they are handled afterwards that matter. It took way to long to resume play. Report both fouls, if the offense had the ball then it will be their ball otherwise go to the AP. Your partner (the lead) instead of reporting his foul to the table goes and has a discussion with the scorer. I'm sure he is telling the scorer what the rule is and who his foul is on but this is why some people thought only the player control was reported. Then the R gets both coaches together and explains to them what takes place. All of this took too long and this is something that you should take away from this play. Everyone makes mistakes but the sooner the game is resumed the less everyone harps on these mistakes.

The actual play was very close. I could see why a blarge took place because it appears that the player gets to the spot in time but it also could appear from a different angle that the player moved under the offense after he was airborne. Wasn't this your first foul call of the game? You seemed to recover from it okay.

There was another double whistle later in the game where you (slot) had a foul and your partner (lead across the paint) had a travel. There was nothing you could do b/c your partner came out and sold the travel. Unfortunately he was wrong and out of his area. You had the correct call!