Question from a coach

[johnny d]

Originally Posted by CoachJW

How should I communicate this issue with officials before or during my games? Do you have advice on how to deal with the officiating crew that does not seem to see this player through the same lens as everybody else on the floor?

1. I do not think it is ever a good idea for a coach to tell an official before the game that they have a player who is too good to be legally defended and is fouled constantly without getting any calls. So I would recommend you refrain from addressing this before any game starts. If you tried this with me, I would put you on ignore immediately.

2. Once the game starts, you can ask legitimate questions about specific plays where you thought your player was fouled and no call was made. I would not recommend you do this often, only on the most obvious ones.

3. I am sure the coaches, players, and fans of the opposing team do not see your player in the same light as you do.

4. If your player is as good and strong as you say, he is probably playing through a lot of the contact and is not having his rsbq affected.

[JRutledge]

Coaches can say things during the game, I know why I do not personally call something or not call something. I do not need their help. It gets me to ignore them even during the game. They need to worry about their job, not worrying about telling me how to do mine.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Is it possible that he is able to "get through" the contact, and thus, even with the contact, he is able, with his speed, to get past his opponents. If so, the officials may be seeing this as incidental contact, with no advantage gained by the defense, and thus, no foul.

Some strong, quick players don't avoid contact, especially if they know that they can "get through" it. If it looks like a pinball game out there, he may be creating some of the contact, not enough for a player control foul, but some of the contact may be of his own volition.

Originally Posted by johnny d

If your player is as good and strong as you say, he is probably playing through a lot of the contact and is not having his rsbq affected.

Bingo.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by johnny d

he is probably playing through a lot of the contact and is not having his rsbq affected.

The fact that he can play through the contact in no way means that his RSBQ was unaffected. You can be bumped and moved off your path, but be strong enough to continue to the basket. From my reading of the POEs this year, I think a foul is to be called on that kind of play.

My personal opinion is that the Rules Committee is trying to get us away from the "let them play through it" mentality.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

My personal opinion is that the Rules Committee is trying to get us away from the "let them play through it" mentality.

I think this is particularly true wrt handchecking, primarily because (again, "I think") it's more difficult to determine if RSBQ is affected with a good handcheck.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

The fact that he can play through the contact in no way means that his RSBQ was unaffected. You can be bumped and moved off your path, but be strong enough to continue to the basket. From my reading of the POEs this year, I think a foul is to be called on that kind of play.

My personal opinion is that the Rules Committee is trying to get us away from the "let them play through it" mentality.

All RSBQ is, is a interpretation to help us determine whether and advantage has been gained or not. And incidental contact did not go away in the rulebook with this or other POEs. And incidental contact is still apart of the rules which include that contact must create an advantage for the person causing the contact or a disadvantage to the person being contacted.

Peace