Blarge alert!!!

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

"My last thought on this play is that the mechanics book clearly states that the Lead has primary coverage for this play (p. 42)"--John W. Adams

It would also be nice if Mr. Adams would clarify this mechanic. There is NO WAY that the Lead has primary coverage on a drive to the basket from the Center's side. When the crash is clearly on the Center's side, it has to be his call. Mr. Adams should state that the Lead has primary coverage on a drive to the basket when it comes down the middle of the lane. Basically what they are trying to do is give it to the Lead when the play is on the dividing line and in a gray area. It is absurb to think that the Lead should have primary coverage for a crash which takes place on the block outside the FT lane line on the Center's side.

It wasn't the primary defender who jumped in there - it was a secondary defender, and so it was the L's call to make.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

It wasn't the primary defender who jumped in there - it was a secondary defender, and so it was the L's call to make.

From where did that secondary defender come? In which official's primary was this defender during the play?

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

From where did that secondary defender come? In which official's primary was this defender during the play?

From the stands???

The defender came from the C's primary, but the dribbler had also entered the C's primary and that became his most competitive match-up, thus making the other defender a secondary defender, and the crash becomes the L's call. It ain't that hard...

[icallfouls]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

From where did that secondary defender come? In which official's primary was this defender during the play?

Its not that hard to see that the defender was coming frm the C's primary. The dribbler was coming from the T's and into the C's primary. The C now has primary responsibility for the dribbler and his defender coming around the screen (the screen action up top was also the C's primary). The defender coming to give help is now the responsibility of the L.

You said it yourself, according the our new directive, the L is responsible for plays coming toward them. The L made the call, and if the C had been "slow to show" (usually covered in pregame), then this might not have been a BLARGE situation.

It seems clear cut.