Words can't describe.... this video.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by icallfouls

So you are saying that its not possible for a coach to be correct just because the are farther away or have a different angle? From the video, the players arm was grabbed, and the official was too close to the play, looking back at it.

Are you saying that officials are alway right just because they happen to be closer to the play?

The official that the tirade was directed at was closer to the coach when he stormed the floor and he failed to make a call.

We have all seen plays that officials have failed to make calls on. It is possible that there were previous plays that merited a whistle but were not called that became part of the initial blow up.

Quite frankly, they should've run him when he charged the official, then when he had a second blow up after the T.

I will not speak for JR but I agree with his position on this. I think coaches want it both ways. They want to say they see something across the court better than officials, but then want to tell officials what they should have called based on where they are standing. The official that was in this video was much had a much better angle (on the first play) than the coach any day. And based on what the video showed, the coach was near the end of the bench on the end line area. So he was more than 50 feet away from the play and that does not include who he had to look around to see the entire play. And to really know if the official got this right or wrong, we would need a closer or possibly different angle to tell either way. If the ball was poked out first, then all other contact can and should be ignored if you know how to actually call the game. All contact is not a foul and never was intended to be. So it is really an issue to know what took place first and the nature of the contact as well. We are not going to know that on this video. But we do know that the coach is much further away from the play than the calling officials on this play.

Peace