Situation at camp...

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Originally Posted by dsqrddgd909

Thanks Ch1. From my newbie POV that is a great explanation of how to handle it.
I'm gonna bronze this e-mail, wear it under my compression shirt and refer to it on all double whistles.

Hold on to your bronzing because I disagree. But first a story.

About 5 years ago, Jamie Luckie told us about a situation where he was the L and a 3-point shooter was fouled in such a way that the T couldn't see it. He had high certainty that the foul happened an blew the whistle. The common sense he used when talking about this play is the fact that if a foul is missed, especially one he saw, the coach 1.) wasn't going to go after the guy 30 feet away, but the guy 5 feet away and 2.) he couldn't tell the coach "it wasn't my area" on a call so close to him. Now, I'm all for staying in your area, but I would like to know what others think of this situation. I understand both sides, but there are so many situations where you can see something and have to make a decision to put air in the whistle based on the position of the players (if they are (still) in your primary).

Keeping that in mind, I don't think it is a good thing tell my partner I had no foul in such a manner as Ch1town suggests. What I would do is ask my partner what he/she had, for clarification, and proceed appropriately. If something is about to go down that I know is wrong and my partner is unwilling to accept the information I have, I will say something that would begin like, "For the record, I think we need to..." The ultimate goal is to get out of the situatio without kicking a rule, but if an official puts air in the whistle, it is their call.