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Originally Posted by Coach Bill

Every time my team has a wide foul differential in our favor (e.g., 8 for them, 1 for us), I am not happy.

Why? Do you not recognize that your team may be superior of the other team, or that the other team has been coached incorrectly? You should be not happy if the game is inconsistenly called, but statistically speaking, you will be involved in games with lopsided foul counts. Either play better defense or expect the other team to play better defense. Good teams adapt.

Originally Posted by Coach Bill

And, I would definitely call a ref on why he needs to know that one of the other team's players has four fouls. To me, it can only mean that he's gonna call fouls for that guy differently.

What do you think of an official that always knows the status of the arrow? If they correct, and perhaps even overrule the visible arrow, does it mean that they are calling a held ball differently from occurance to occurance? It's about preventing mistakes.