Lots of Whining Coaches

[NorthCarolinaSooner]

I coach college basketball......we have played three games so far. We are an aggressive, full court trap, double the ball everywhere style team.....the first two games were called a LITTLE tighter than last year but not way different. Last night we played and it was ridiculous the number of fouls that were called......it was called both ways, don't get me wrong, but it was ULTRA particular on the hand checks, etc.

I did complain to the officials to an extent but my message to my players was that they need to adjust to the calls...it wasn't the officials job to adjust to THEM.

If they call it tight I have no complaints as long as it is CONSISTENT.

 

[AdaSooner]

The rule regarding block/charges is new, it has never been interpreted this way.

True. I had already called attention to that in an earlier post on this thread, but didn't repeat it in my remarks about the "new rules."

I like the new rule on taking a charge, too. An OU player (can't recall who) was called for a block in last night's game that would have been a charge last year. I was surprised by the call until I remembered the rule is different now. The way the block/charge is being called this year, it is no longer the toughest call in basketball.