Lopsided Foul Counts

[just another ref]

It is worthwhile to mention that this thread is merely a chapter of the great coach essay titled:

I'm Losing and I Need Somebody to Blame

It is not that unusual for a team to be drastically behind in the foul count, but ahead in the score. Aggressive defense leads to turnovers, and all is good.......at first. You don't hear much from the coach trailing in the foul count at this point. But as the game goes on, if this trend continues, the free throws and the disqualifications add up, and the team that started in a hole comes from behind to win. What follows is inevitable.

"We had no chance. The refs fouled out 3 of our starters"

[deecee]

Originally Posted by snorman75

I only have one response to being asked why lopsided fouls:

"Well coach if you had taught your kids to run a offense so they stop shooting 3 pointers or turning the ball over you might get a call. You see the other team works the ball inside and takes good shoots. It might help too if they learned to play defense."

Then I just wait.

LOL

wow -- even i must say that any coach worth his weight in salt would get a T after this or if not an ejection. I am guessing this comment is a joke.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by deecee

wow -- even i must say that any coach worth his weight in salt would get a T after this or if not an ejection. I am guessing this comment is a joke.

The world will never know because any coach worth his weight in salt would have taught his kids how to run an offense.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

The world will never know because any coach worth his weight in salt would have taught his kids how to run an offense.

Last night I worked a boys varsity game as part of the tourney. The home team was on its second game of the day and ran out of gas in the second half. They jacked up 3s from everywhere while the fresher visiting team kept running their offense. The fouls were something like 12-4 at the end of the second half. Coach said nothing, players said nothing. Of course as soon as the fouls hit 6-4, the home team was fouling to stop the clock, so that may have had something to do with it.