Team Control Mechanic Not Authorized in Ohio

[APG]

Originally Posted by constable

Any guesses as to the rationale behind this decision?

Sometimes NFHS makes boneheaded decisions regarding mechanics- i.e. trail going table side on FT attempts and I can see an organization wanting to do what is best for the game and their members but this one has me guessing.

Myself, as much as I like the punch for TC fouls, I think it is important to differentiate between a PC and TC foul.

Luckily we are getting into FIBA time now in my area so I get to use their signals for charging fouls by an player with the ball.

Why is it boneheaded for the trail to go table side on FT attempts? I think it's an excellent mechanic. If a coach has a problem with a call I made, I can deal with it right there and then rather than have my partner deal with that.

Also why do we need to differentiate between player and team control fouls?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Why is it boneheaded for the trail to go table side on FT attempts? I think it's an excellent mechanic. If a coach has a problem with a call I made, I can deal with it right there and then rather than have my partner deal with that.

Also why do we need to differentiate between player and team control fouls?

It is not boneheaded at the NCAA and NBA/WNBA level, BUT not at the NFHS level. Why? Coaches at the H.S. level tend to be (Hank Nichols was once asked does a coach have to do to get a TF from him and he responded "when he acts like a jerk.") jerks, and if the T is the one that called the foul that is drawing the ire of the coach directly behind him, there is a very good chance that a TF could follow.

Why, did the NFHS adopt this stupid (yes, I said stupid) mechanic for H.S. games? Mary Struckhoff is an NCAA Div. I Women's and WNBA official. You do the math. I have officiated college basketball for far too many years than I care to remember and I do not have a problem with being in front of the bench, but it is just a stupid idea for the H.S. game.

MTD, Sr.

P.S. Regarding my second post (Go to Page 4, 3rd post down; it is a good read.) in this thread, I remember now remember what my third point was. If one peruses the first couple of pages of the NFHS Basketball Rules Book, one will find the page with the names and pictures of the members of the Rules Committee. Check out who the Chairman of the Rules Committee and for which StateHSAA he is an Assistant Commissioner.

[constable]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Why is it boneheaded for the trail to go table side on FT attempts? I think it's an excellent mechanic. If a coach has a problem with a call I made, I can deal with it right there and then rather than have my partner deal with that.

Also why do we need to differentiate between player and team control fouls?

Because not every PC foul is a TC foul.

I don't see the advantage of moving yourself closer to a coach. If he has a question, he can ask it and I will address it when time permits.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by constable

Because not every PC foul is a TC foul.

True, but exactly what do you different after you call a TC foul and you do when you call a PC foul? Why the need for two fouls that identify the same action but one tells the offender has the ball or is a shooter (both things everyone can see for themselves).