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[just another ref]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

If the foul count is "uneven", I better know why - is one team driving more while the other is shooting jump shots from the outside? Maybe, just maybe, we are missing something as a crew; perhaps we've called illegal screens on one team and the other is running a similar offense, so have we missed anything? Not to call something that isn't there, not to "even things up", but to be aware of why the count isn't even.

Often the reason that a foul count is uneven is obvious. But, sometimes, there simply is no reason. I have no problem with any official being aware of the team foul count. I do have a problem with an official who is overly concerned about it for the wrong reasons, which have all been beaten to death here. But on the occasion when the foul count is 9-2 in a game where teams are playing similar styles and seem to be evenly matched, we must simply play on and let the foul count take care of itself. I once heard an official remark,
(okay, it was me) "This calling seems one-sided to me, and I'm one of the guys calling it." We must resist the urge to even it up.