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Originally Posted by Rooster

Screw ups (Doh!)

Well I will take the above one....one of my goals to start the year was if/when I call a T on a coach was to quickly report the T and then to move to administer the FTs. In the past I've loitered too long either around the bench or the reporting area after the T and (sometimes) felt the need to inform the coach the loss of the box. I like to say I've grown out of the mentality of always getting in the last word with a coach in this situation, but some aspects it's still there. So my goal was to bury this habit once and for all....

Fast forward to an early season GV game. Coach for visiting team is getting annoyed at the fact his team is falling behind and instead of coaching he's chirping. Minute into the fourth quarter and we have a 20 point game. I'm trail opposite the table on a rebounding situation. Visiting player commits a foul from behind on a rebound and I call the foul. As I'm about to report the foul coach comes on the court to (loudly) complain about the call. I put the whistle back in my mouth and call the T.

Partner and I come together (like we pregamed for) and he has got my shooter on the rebound (we were in a bonus situation). So we get our order correct and go shoot some FTs.

Right as the FTs were being shot I realized I forgot to report the original rebounding foul...d'oh....hey no problem it was quiet in the gym I will just get the tables attention from the lead position to report the foul as all we are doing is shooting FTs. No need to head over to the reporting area as opposing coach is still unhappy. So I look at the score keeper and simply call out either table or book to get his attention. He is still staring down at the book. Repeat from me 2-3 times with a stronger voice each time and he still isn't paying attention. Finally get his attention which some people thought could have been a yell, but was just my commanding/forceful voice and off we go.

So I do everything I wanted to do..call the T, huddle with partner and move to spot without any additional emotion, but I forget to call the original foul before the T. I never do that and then compound it by trying to rectify my mistake by trying to report the from the baseline assuming the book was paying attention with what some people could assume was an 'emotional' voice/tone. Lesson learned and my one 'big' error on the year. Something to laugh about at the end of the year and learn from for the future.