Goaltending during a FT

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Rich1

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Why did the coach tell his player to goal tend?

Because he thought he was clever and that the officials would just count the bucket and give them the ball for the throwin. He didn't want a miss and rebound since the clock would start and they needed time more than anything.

Originally Posted by Rich1

And, did he notknow this would be a flagrant/DQ situation?

Nope. And as bob said, it is just a player T. It would only be a flagrant/dq if the player already had a T...and he didn't.

Originally Posted by Rich1

And, would any of you whack the coach for telling his pkayer to do it (making a mockery of the game)?

Absolutely not. The T on the player is sufficient. No need to penalize stupid any more.

Originally Posted by Rich1

I'm not sure if he was upset with the calls or if it was some lame strategy but I can't see any benefit at all for having a player do this.

He didn't know the rule. That's all.