Who to call the foul on?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

So if Ed Hightower were playing in your game....

Calling it on Ed would be easy. However, if these were the five guys on the court for a team, I wouldn't know who to choose!

[jeffpea]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Calling it on Ed would be easy. However, if these were the five guys on the court for a team, I wouldn't know who to choose!

I'd charge the guy in the lower left corner w/ the foul- you CAN'T go bad facial hair w/ that haircut!....of course he's the keyboard player and backup singer - so he really is the LEAST important person on the team (I guess my philosopy works in ALL situations......

btw is it just me, or does it look like he came to this photo shoot straight from the hospital after working the midnight shift as a male nurse? what's with the "colorful" hospital scrub top he's wearin'?

[zm1283]

I don't buy the whole "Call it on who has fewer fouls and who will make less of an impact on the game" crap. That's a copout so you don't have to look like the bad guy. Take care of business if you need to.

I'd either A) Call it on who I thought committed the foul first, or B) If I can't determine that, go with a multiple foul since they did both foul the shooter.

If one player's foul was "more of a foul", and I know one didn't happen before the other, I'll call that player for the foul. I won't however use a player's foul total to determine if he gets it or not.

I had one almost like this at the end of this season. Shooter A1 drives on a fast break right at the lower block on the lane. At pretty much the same time, I see what I think is a foul by B1 on A1's arm from behind him, and B2 is sliding over to try and take a charge. I call B2 for the block because it was "more of a foul" than B1's foul. I know that sounds funny but it's the best term I can come up with.