Foul disparity

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Originally Posted by BballRookie

I my game tonight the coach said, "5 to 1? What's going on?" in regards to the foul count

As a first year guy, I had been looking forward to giving a clean response in this type of situation:

I heard a very good official once say in this situation: "Nobody knows it better than we do, Coach." I like that, because it says you're aware of it and if you could grab one, you would.

I've also worked with a very good (D1 and above) official who told a coach, "Don't tell me about the numbers, Coach," and then T'd the assistant later in the game for mentioning the foul count.

So there's definitely more than one way to handle it. It just depends on how you like to deal with coaches. I personally prefer the first comment, and have used it quite often with good results.