Last shot in the Indiana-Miami game

[rekent]

Originally Posted by Rich1

If you were really looking hard for a reason to blow your whistle in the last seconds and extend the game the I see a foul here. Defender placed two hands on the shooter which by POE should bea hand check / illegal use foul. But I did not see even the slightest affect that it had on the shot so I say let it go.

That is the part that bothers me. Had the same play occurred 2 minutes earlier, I don't think there is any way they pass on it. A foul is a foul, from jump to final horn.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rekent

That is the part that bothers me. Had the same play occurred 2 minutes earlier, I don't think there is any way they pass on it. A foul is a foul, from jump to final horn.

Honestly, I don't think I have this as a foul 30 seconds into the game, five minutes into the second quarter, or on the last shot.

This isn't a foul; it's a player who felt a bit of contact and rather than focus on his shot, started hoping for free throws.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Adam

This isn't a foul; it's a player who felt a bit of contact and rather than focus on his shot, started hoping for free throws.

+1 Really poorly executed flop, significantly after everything was over.

[Camron Rust]

No foul.

[Rich1]

Originally Posted by rekent

That is the part that bothers me. Had the same play occurred 2 minutes earlier, I don't think there is any way they pass on it. A foul is a foul, from jump to final horn.

I'm not saying that I would have called it at any point in the game, only that if one were looking to call something then it was there.

In addition, if they would have called it two minutes earlier and/or had called it consistently during the game then they should have called it there. Crew consistency from start to finish is so critical to what we do.

[VaTerp]

Originally Posted by rekent

That is the part that bothers me. Had the same play occurred 2 minutes earlier, I don't think there is any way they pass on it. A foul is a foul, from jump to final horn.

Disagree on all accounts.

1) I don't think this is a foul at any point in the game so to say there is "no way they pass on it" two minutes earlier is flat out wrong IMO.

2) I really wish we would stop with the "foul is a foul" nonsense. There are generally three kinds of contact. Illegal, marginal, and incidental.

The illegal and incidental are easy to call as fouls or non fouls respectively. It's the marginal contact where officials earn their stripes and have to use their judgement and discretion.

There are marginal contact plays that I may call a foul in a 40 point blowout that you wouldnt call in a close contest. There are marginal plays that you arent sure about that you may call in the first quarter but wouldn't in the last minute. That's just the way it is.

The "foul is a foul" stuff sounds good but is not how things work in the real world where officials have to make decisions and apply the rules intelligently.