Intentional or excessive intentional

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Thank you, sir. That is precisely what I did. For the record, I did blow my whistle and put a fist up as well, but dropped when I saw that my partner had a call. I felt that the foul was clearly an intentional, but that it was my partner's decision to make as it right in front of him.

This was a person who I had never officiated with before as he was from another area.

This play has been talked about quite a bit in my area as it took place in a State Championship game. That talk has made me question my actions for several months now. It is nice to hear that you support my decision to let him take care of his business.

Our third, who was very unhappy with the decision, came all the way down the court from T to talk with the calling official. He informed him that he could elevate that to an intentional. The L responded that the defender made a play for the ball (by rule not something which prevents the defender from being charged with an X) and therefore he didn't wish to go intentional. I stayed out of that conversation. I caught serious flak for my inaction.

Anyway, as I wrote I've been mulling this over for several months now and this thread provided me with the perfect opportunity to get a straight opinion from someone who has no stake in the matter. Thanks.

First off, I will say that - imho - you did nothing wrong. Ultimately it is your P's call to live or die with...however, as you pointed out, sometimes we take the sh!t for something that our P screws up. So maybe a better way to handle it would have been to close on the players keeping your fist in the air so your L knows you've got something and the two of you can communicate a little. If he still decides to stick with his call, then he gets the heat because you gave him your information.

Again, I want to make it clear (because of our past history) that I am not saying you did anything wrong. Simply trying to put a different angle on it.