12-13 rule changes

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Originally Posted by tref

I'm aware of the reason why they changed it, but personally, I have no problem communicating with coaches after a foul call.

You don't. I don't. Lots of experienced officials don't have any problems explaining a call to a coach.

But you have to remember that more than half of the scholastic level games played (HS and below) are sub-varsity games. And these games are often officiated by inexperienced officials and coached by inexperienced coaches. When a bang-bang occurs and you then put an inexperienced, possibly rattled, official directly in front of an inexperienced, possibly explosive, coach. . .

Just send him/her opposite.

There's also another reason for NOT making the calling official the new Trail. Where do most of the foul calls come from? The Lead official. If that official then goes to new Trail, where will that official be during the next possession? In the new Lead position -- where we just said most of the foul calls come from. So you could put an official in position where s/he will be the primary official for 3 or 4 or 5 foul calls in a row in certain game situations.

Just send him/her opposite and let somebody else become the new Lead on the next possession. (Or send him/her tableside, but change the mechanics so that the tableside official is the C for free throws.)