Whew...tough one tonight

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

That said, the situation was thus: B's defense was tight, there was contact, and at times it was questionable as to whether B maintained legal position. It is likely it wasn't at some point while bringing the all up the court. I know it either was or wasn't, but I couldn't be 100% sure, so I passed. That's my general philosophy - don't guess, only call what you're sure of.

In this situation, I believe calling a foul on the defender would have been appropriate and defendable. I let the contact pass. A1 responded by pushing off and that had to be called. My partner (who is my assignor) and I agreed afterwards that it would have been nice to have called the defender for the marginal contact.

You're now in the process of officiating the result of the play, not the actual play. Would you have been beating yourself up like this if you let the contact by B go and A then just passed the ball?

It's either a foul or it isn't. It's either illegal contact or it isn't, marginal or not. Game management hasn't got much to do with it. Judgment and consistency do. All you're doing now is questioning your own judgment. My opinion? You weren't sure it was a foul and thus you did the right thing. Fuggedaboutit.

Jmo fwiw.

PS-just because your partner was an assignor doesn't mean he knows whatinthehell he's doing.