Free Throw Switch

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Hawks Coach
I'd call bad game management. Who administered the free throws with the players in the wrong positions? You should never give the ball to the shooter until B has occupied both low block positions. If they fail to do so, point it out and get it right before giving the ball to the shooter.

Given that the free throw never should have been doen in the first place, I would correct the referee error and re-shoot the first throw.

Coach,you're right in that the lead official should have made sure that everyone was lined up legally before giving the ball to the FT shooter.After that though,this is not a correctable error.We can't go back and re-do it,by rule.Besides that,why would we re-shoot it anyway?Both the offense and the defense committed violations.Why penalize the defense only,and ignore the offensive violation by letting the shooter have a substitute FT?If you were coaching the defense,you would have been all over us-and rightfully so!