Let The Fun Begin..

[truerookie]

I would have disallowed the basket, and shot the free-throws due to the foul on the other end.

[APG]

Question. If you counted the basket, couldn't you have ruled an inadvertent whistle? The only way I see a foul being called and counting the basket is if the foul was ruled an intentional or flagrant technical foul. We don't have an airborne shooter here because the dunk wasn't a try as it was at the wrong basket, so we can't use that exception.

The only way I see this could be ruled is count the basket, rule the whistle inadvertent and play on. Or wave off the basket, and shoot the bonus free throws at the other end of the court.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by truerookie

I would have disallowed the basket, and shot the free-throws due to the foul on the other end.

If there were any doubt, I would have counted the basket and ignored the contact. Why reward stupidity?

Best of all, however, is to have no doubt and get it right.

[Mark Padgett]

I've officiated with a guy over the years who says his "referee motto" is "Occasionally wrong but never indecisive".

I told him mine was "Always right and always decisive".

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I've officiated with a guy over the years who says his "referee motto" is "Occasionally wrong but never indecisive".

Similar to what our, now retired, local interpreter used to say:

"The best wrong call is a strong wrong call."

[Judtech]

BILLY that is a great motto! I think it fits this situation.
Yeah, we kicked it but we did it strongly!! Talked to the guys today about it and we had a good laugh about writing our own rule! We still couldn't decide if the dunk or foul happened first, it was really bang-bang. But upon further review, we probably should have gone with the contact, disallowed the basket and shoot the double bonus at the other end. We all had plays similar to this but they all had involved lay ups or jump shots. Goes to show working several games in a row can skew your reasoning!! Live and learn and get it right the next time!
JR glad to see you continue to be in tune with my sense of irony!

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Judtech

JR glad to see you continue to be in tune with my sense of irony!

Methinks you're confusing your sense of irony with your lack of rules knowledge. I'm in tune with that.

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Methinks you're confusing your sense of irony with your lack of rules knowledge. I'm in tune with that.

The irony was saying it would have been helpful knowing what occured first. But since we were all caught flat footed on that one and didn't know what happened first we made it up as we went along. We got it wrong, but we did it in such a SPECTACULAR manner, we got away with it!!!!

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Methinks you're confusing your sense of irony with your lack of rules knowledge. I'm in tune with that.

I'm seriously beginning to wonder if you have any friends in real life.