Intentional or excessive intentional

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Tio

Did you ask the Center official for information? A lot of intentional fouls occur on fastbreak plays off of turnovers. In my opinion, the Center will have the best look on whether an upgrade to intentional or flagrant is warranted.

Sometimes, we can have intentional fouls that are legitimate plays on the ball based on excessive contact. If the observer jumped you on this, I would at least consider the merits of what they said.

Jmo but I think that you've got a better chance of getting jumped on by an observer for not making a definitive call as to whether the foul was intentional or not if it was your job to make that decision. That's one judgment that every calling official has to make by himself imo. You can't call a game by committee.