Would you call a foul if it will give disadvantage to the team fouled?

[Valley Man]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

What I see is that you will pass on an obvious foul b/c you think another, unrelated player should make an easy lay-up. And if the he misses the lay-up, no one should talk about the obvious foul you passed on.

Although I addressed it with sarcasm and in jest, this was my point to begin with! The OP asked if he should have passed or not. My joke was tell me what you are going to say when the coach is frustrated that his kid misses the layup and he knows you passed on a foul to give it to him. Don't pass on the foul away from the ball because you THINK a player has an easy bucket. I would rather say "Coach I had to get that sorry about taking away maybe an easy 2" than have to defend "Coach I passed on that foul because you had an easy 2 sorry your kid missed it".