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[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

I've had a few of those lately too.

I gotta think in some cases, coaches saying "good defense" is their way to tell me they disagree with my call, because there's no way that that many coaches are that dumb.

Most of the time, your statement is probably correct. But I think there are some situations where it can be a good defensive tactic to foul a player rather then letting them have an easy layup; if the player is a bad free-throw shooter, it might be better to foul that player and take your chances that he/she will miss the free throws.

Of course, in my mind, when I hear the "good defense" line from a coach, my mental response is along the lines of "sure, that's good defense, if you want your kids to foul out"