1st game of the season

[Toren]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I wouldn't ask a coach what his strategy is. Just referee what you see with awareness of the game situation.

Thanks for your feedback. I debated this last night after the game because I had never done it before. Keep in mind the coach was close to me, so I didn't have to go anywhere to try and get this information. I feel if the coach can give us some insight as to his strategy, even though we still referee the play, we may end up avoiding unwanted situations.

Another example where this information is invaluable is a team is up 3 points and they go for a foul to put the other team in the position to shoot free throws. If we don't know they are trying to foul, we may view the first contact as inadvertent or incidental and then we catch the second contact, which is inevitably in the act of shooting a long range 3.

Others have thoughts?