Thoughts? (video)

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I never have a mental list of the players that have four fouls. I'm in the majority with most of the guys, but not all of the guys, on my local board on this. If you mean that you know that this player has four and it would be a shame to call this weak foul as his fifth, then we're going to have to disagree. I make my decisions based on illegal contact, and incidental contact, not on weak versus strong, or three versus four fouls.

As you go up the ladder some would call this a matter of game awareness or, in the case of not knowing how many fouls certain players have, a lack of it. I hear it every year at camps: "Be aware of who has four fouls." As I've moved up I know I have a better idea of who has what, especially if I called one or two of the fouls on that player. Does it mean someone - star or otherwise - won't get dinged if they commit a foul? Of course not, but I'd like to think that foul wouldn't have been what I called to DQ someone.

An extra bit of background: that young lady happened to be her team's leading scorer and rebounder in that game (20/11) and had scored all of her team's points in overtime (either six or eight). I may not know how much she had for the game but I darn sure would've noticed she was scoring all her team's points in the OT. I'm not saying I would "cheat" and avoid giving her a foul she didn't deserve but if she's going to foul out you'd hope it would be a Stevie Wonder-type call anyone could see.

As I said earlier, the whole issue is compounded by the fact the guard on White got knocked down at the other end...a play which, interestingly enough, would've resulted in the big girl's fifth foul.