What happened first?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I agree with the growing consensus here. I would add only this: ignore the crowd. They stopped watching the play when their girl blocked the shot, and their eyes followed the ball. Even if they saw the contact, they're biased. Ignore the crowd.

I had a block / charge where I called a block. I saw the video -- it looked like a charge from the angle shown on the video. It probably looked like a charge from various viewpoints in the stands.

It wasn't. I was there, in the position to see the play the best.

Officials who say you blew one from the stands would be just as pissed off if someone in the stands told them the same thing. It would be tempting to say that "it's easy to back-seat officiate from the stands" but politically it's better to say "thanks for your input" and make fun of the official in the car.