Flow vs. Rules

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by Adam

Let me say it another way, 99% of the time I see it used, it's used as a sort of rebuttal against advantage/disadvantage concepts. As in, "You can't apply advantage, because a foul is a foul."

When I hear it from coaches, it's after I let incidental contact go uncalled. Maybe your experience is different, though. We're just explaining why some officials around here flinch when we hear the phrase.

Okay. So how would you react to a coach, or anybody else, that doesn't like off-ball foul calls?

And I don't mean that in a snarky way. I'm honestly asking how you'd phrase it.