Multiple foul?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JS 20

IMO, they're seldom called b/c the official is unsure how to handle it.

I disagree. There are plenty of officials who would know how to handle this, and they'll never call it.

Originally Posted by JS 20

However, let's say A1's foul is on the arm (very visible to everyone) and A2's foul is w/ the body and the shooter goes to the floor. Then you better bring a better explanation to the coach on why you called one and not both.

Every coach understands you're going to, in most cases, pick one. In this case, I'll go with the harsher foul. In the once-in-a-lifetime instance where both players clobber the shooter, I might go with the multiple foul. Just tell the coach that both fouls had to be addressed. I've never seen this, though, and fouls that hard may also warrant the "X."

And yes, in my world, I'd be emailing my assigner that night so he wouldn't get blind-sided.