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Originally Posted by truerookie (Post 802737)

Hey, try this one out next time. "If bodies go to the floor let make sure we know how they got there."

That is the phrase I use. I prefer to know why I am not calling something rather than guess and make a call that did not take place.

Peace

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Originally Posted by RichMSN (Post 802771)

I do what I'm told. I probably, if asked by a coach, would say "Hey, I'm told by the state we have to have a foul there. Please take it up with them." In your state. I don't have to operate under such restrictions.

I frequently see minimal contact, a defender embellishing, and an offensive player stumbling over the defender. It's not a PC foul, it's not a block, it's not a travel -- it's two players going down for no good reason.

I'll see people making stuff up -- most often a travel (the perfect bail out call, I guess) or a block. I prefer to take every play at face value.

I totally agree with your quote. In some places however, officials are being given less 'gray' to work in, and more 'black and white' to do, which concerns me.