Lopsided Foul Counts

[IREFU2]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Depending on the coach and my mood my response could be:

• "We'll look harder" or...
• silence or...
• "That's not our fault"

Uhhh....coach, if you tell your players to play defense with the feet and not their hands, the foul count would probably be in your favor!!!!!!!

[jdmara]

Typical response is, "Coach, we honestly do not look at the foul count. We call the game as we see it. If the foul count is not equal, it's probably because one team is being more aggressive on defense."

-Josh

[Adam]

"Coach, are you accusing me of cheating?"

[rsl]

I tried this in a game the other day:

Coach: The foul count is 6 to 1. Can you watch the other team?

Ref: OK coach. Where do you think the are fouls happening?

Coach: (Slight Pause) Watch the hand checks on my guards.

Ref: OK coach, I will watch for hand checks.

The funny thing was, he had to stop and think about where
the fouls were. That let me know he was just whining about the count.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by rsl

I tried this in a game the other day:

Coach: The foul count is 6 to 1. Can you watch the other team?

Ref: OK coach. Where do you think the are fouls happening?

Coach: (Slight Pause) Watch the hand checks on my guards.

Ref: OK coach, I will watch for hand checks.

The funny thing was, he had to stop and think about where
the fouls were. That let me know he was just whining about the count.

What do you do when you do not call a single hand check?

Peace

[rsl]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

What do you do when you do not call a single hand check?

Peace

I didn't call any (I didn't see any) and the question was an honest one. I really wanted to know if I was missing something. In any case, I don't think I will ask the question again. The posters here are correct- better to just listen.

[chayce]

I have players ask about foul count ever so often and usually just ask, "Do you know why the foul count is 9 to 3?" After the obligatory "No.", I just say, "It's because the fouls are 9 to 3!" They get the point.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by rsl

I didn't call any (I didn't see any) and the question was an honest one. I really wanted to know if I was missing something. In any case, I don't think I will ask the question again. The posters here are correct- better to just listen.

I understand why you asked the question. I am just saying that if you ask and you do not call what they think is a foul, now you have set yourself up for the coach to go off. Kind of like how people address things in the pre-game meeting only to not call anything to the coaches or players liking and that gives them one more than to complain about. Something like hand checking is not always what coach’s think is. They think anytime you touch a ball handler, that is a foul.

Peace

[mplagrow]

I had a game that was 14-0 in the third quarter. Coach was going ballistic. The truth was, it was a mismatch, both teams knew it, and one team was driving the lane and scoring and the other team just hung around the outside and missed three-pointers. Who's going to foul a team lobbing up shots if they can't hit the broad side of a barn?

Halfway through the third quarter, the coach yelled, "I've never seen anything like this before in my life!" I laughed and said, "Neither have I!"

[CaRef5]

i usually respond, " coach im a referee not a mathematician!" ... its my job to officiate not keep counts of fouls =)

[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