warning or whack?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by JS 20

. My reply was, "Coach, your players are initiating the contact and throwing the ball towards the basket. I'm not going to bail them out by calling a foul when they initiate the contact and take a bad shot."

My first thought, before reading where this went, was that I would try very hard not to use a phrase like "bail them out" when talking to a coach. I try to stick to the rules / judgment, and try to use "5 words or fewer".

So, I might try "The defense is remaining vertical"

I might even use your first part, "Your players are initiating contact"