Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Basingstoke, post: 5310663, member: 13809"] Sorry to nitpick a little, but, I would contend that, because she is the only thing holding the Wings' offense together 75% of the time, Paige is the recipient of more aggressive multi-player defense than Caitlin which all too often should be called fouls (& are not). Where Caitlin (to me) has the unfortunate "edge" is in defense which crosses over to the dirty and can be intended to injure. When Paige was speaking about having to acclimate to playing defense in a way that should ordinarily draw a foul, she wasn't talking about playing "dirty". To me "dirty" play is playing recklessly with the intent to intimidate or injure an opponent as opposed to playing a style of defense which, if officiating rules were followed, might or should be called fouls. For me, dirty play should result in elections and/or suspensions. I believe that the W really suffers as the result of freedom of movement fouls not be called. This seems to lead to more and more physical play and, inevitably, dirty play and alterations. To me, today, it seemed that, yes, Caitlin (who played a magnificent floor game) was fouled (as was Paige) far more often than actual fouls were called, but they were not dirty plays - only improperly uncalled fouls. [/QUOTE]