The Toughest Calls in Basketball

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Originally Posted by rockyroad

Snaq, you just made my point for me...it IS fundamental basketball. So teach that...will there be minor variances in the way one crew calls a game from the next crew - of course. But why - as a coach - waste time trying to prepare for the way a certain crew will call the next game? That makes no sense - a coach should prepare his/her team to play the way that coach wants them to play against the next team and not worry about whether it's ref X or Y on the crew that night...

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Adapting to how each crew will officiate is just part of the game, just as our adapting to how a team is going to play is a part. I had a tournament game once with a run and gun, shake and bake inner city team against a very set slow control offense team from a small town. We had to adjust every time up and down the court. It was tiring but it was fun. That's the game and that's what we have to do. So do players.