Do you start calling tighter?

pizanno · #1 (**permalink**) Fri Aug 02, 2002, 03:37pm

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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Quote:

Originally posted by pizanno
I'll try to talk to the players first. If it's obvious to me that two players want to be tuff guys and rough house each other rather than play ball, I'll ring up the defensive player, tell them BOTH "to clean it up" or that "you'll get the same call on that side" (just once, but directly).

Why would you pick on one player,and let the other player get away with a similar act on the same play?

Hardly seems fair to me! [/B]

I should have clarified that I'm thinking primarily about post play, where most of the rough housing starts.

I beleive that in ALMOST all double foul situations, one one foul occurs before the other. The problem is:
1) either we missed the first one; OR
2) we actually saw it, but didn't think it merited a call. It's not until the 2nd player reacts that we are forced(?) to call the DF.

I'm calling it on the defense because, all other things being equal, I beleive it is imcumbent on the defense to maintain legal guarding position. If I didn't have an offense foul, then why should I have a double foul?

But you'd be sure I'll have a quick one on the other side of the same nature.

Remember, these two players don't want to play ball, they would rather fight for position with their 6 foot, 150 lb bodies banging together like two love-sick, cross-eyed giraffes.