[crackpot]

Assuming the coaches had statistics showing that a quick second foul is common, there could be other reasons besides ref bias. The player might be upset and distracted after being whistled. She might be trying to do something extra to make up for the mistake and end up making another. The foul might be a sign of fatigue. All are good reasons to give the player a break to cool down and observe for a while. 

In addition, sometimes there aren't a lot of breaks in the action and players are waiting on the bench or even at the scorer's table for a chance to come in. So, often someone will sub out when a foul is committed. Sometimes it will be the player who fouled just because it was about time to sub for her anyway.

Excellent point. And almost always when they get pulled, they are sat next to a coach who (at least from my seat) appears to be explaining what happened/could have been done better..

WRT PT, I recall Tara saying way back when Nygaard was a senior that players come in with an empty bank account of trust. As they play more without mistakes, they are more likely to fill up that bank account, and by her senior year, Nygaard had a larger account that whichever player was used in the question. I don't recall who that was. But think of it yourself (especially in the late 90s/early 2000s)--we all had that player who'd be at the scorer's table ready to check in and your stomach would be clenching like oh no!

[crackpot]

Assuming the coaches had statistics showing that a quick second foul is common, there could be other reasons besides ref bias. The player might be upset and distracted after being whistled. She might be trying to do something extra to make up for the mistake and end up making another. The foul might be a sign of fatigue. All are good reasons to give the player a break to cool down and observe for a while. 

In addition, sometimes there aren't a lot of breaks in the action and players are waiting on the bench or even at the scorer's table for a chance to come in. So, often someone will sub out when a foul is committed. Sometimes it will be the player who fouled just because it was about time to sub for her anyway.

Excellent point. And almost always when they get pulled, they are sat next to a coach who (at least from my seat) appears to be explaining what happened/could have been done better..

WRT PT, I recall Tara saying way back when Nygaard was a senior that players come in with an empty bank account of trust. As they play more without mistakes, they are more likely to fill up that bank account, and by her senior year, Nygaard had a larger account that whichever player was used in the question. I don't recall who that was. But think of it yourself (especially in the late 90s/early 2000s)--we all had that player who'd be at the scorer's table ready to check in and your stomach would be clenching like oh no!