Whistle from Trail--ASU/Colorado (Video)

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by AremRed

I don't like this from Trail. Nowhere near his primary, nowhere near his secondary, not a game-saving or crew-saving call. Lead or C could easily get this and Trail needs to let them referee their primaries.

Where else should he be looking? It was a rebound/put-back and all 5 defensive players were in the paint, 3 of them were not near another player, and the other two were at the ball. The Lead was straighlined...no angle at all. It was not on the C's side of the paint and while the C could have got it, the T had a better angle given the direction the contact came from....the outside defender. If the foul was on the #1, then the C had the best view. Plus, isn't the T"s side of the paint the T's secondary?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

If the foul was on the #1, then the C had the best view.

I see the foul as committed by #1.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I see the foul as committed by #1.

He reported a push on #1, but it was actually #40 who bumped the shooter.

[Rich]

We need to stop thinking that the T is not well-positioned to see these kind of things. The L sometimes has the WORST view if the play is up high and with the ball going to the basket, what else is the T going to be looking at?

Truth is, we have 3 officials with 3 very different views. If one of them has the right view to come get a foul, come get the foul. When someone's taking it to the hole everyone should have an initial look before moving to rebounding action.

Since we have 3 officials, there's no need to guess -- if you're the L and don't see a foul, stay off it and trust the outside guys are looking too.

Staying in your primary has crept into places where it's not really applicable -- we're not talking about a dribbler on the perimeter here, after all.