So he didn’t see it but called it.
That’s just terrible refs shit then. Needs to be replaced sounds like it to me
its not that black and white though
yes, the goal is to always put yourself in the best possible situation to see the play. You are taught from day one, get in between the players.
but there are usually a ton of different things going on at any given point. A lot of the flops, in real time are pretty convincing.
When i've had this happen with a particular player, I tend to watch him on both offense and defense as well as listen to the coach during the huddle b/c the coaches believe it or not be teaching them to do that kinda shit. If i see someone trying to take a charge for instance, usually they oversell it but its generally an actual charge
a huge misconception is that you have to take a charge squarely in the chest and have your feet set and that's not true. You can move backwards to give ground, but you cant move lateral or forward. Prior to a couple seasons ago, in High school at least, there were really no measures to combat flopping on the defense...well as a flopping penalty. You just more than likely called it a blocking foul, but i think now you can tech them for excessive flopping. Offense? just call and offensive foul keep it moving but i think you can tech their asses up as well if its excessive.
you just gotta know who you dealing with out there. If im officiating Boston, i would have a slower whistle in anticipation of some fuck shit by Marcus smart.
