Late Whistle

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by MOofficial

How do you all feel about the late whistle, looking to the vets on this board to help me out with this. I had one in the boys game. I'm the trail, lead is straighlined, I see the contact on the arm but let the lead see if he had anything, shot goes up he has nothing, ball rims out I blow a foul knowing the ball is not going in the hole.

I have had many college officials say that the late whistle is a great way to go about it. What are some other opinions?

A "patient" whistle is not a "late" whistle, as Snaqs said.

Sometimes you just have to trust your partner if it's his call. And if it's his call, he should have the patient whistle, not you.

Btw, if you were both watching the shooter and defender, who was watching the other eight players?