blog for March 23

The first miscommunication that comes to my mind is with sports teams. It was a basketball game between the Lakers and the 76ers. The 76ers were down by 2 in the fourth quarter with about 8 seconds left in the game. During a time out the Lakers coach Phil Jackson stressed to his team that they had one foul to give. This means that the team can foul one more time before the 76ers would have to shoot free throws. After the timeout the Lakers small forward did not clearly understand coach’s message, he did not use the foul to give and allowed the 76ers to come down the court and hit a game winning 3 as time ran out in the game. I feel like the team or the small forward in particular should have paid more attention or asked for clarification if they did not understand. Also the coach could have told the players to repeat his message to assure that the clearly understood him.