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Old Sat Jan 20, 2018, 12:52pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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"Timeout, Timeout, Timeout" ...

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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
I would only care what happened first. The timing of the whistles would not be that much of an issue ... Do that often throughout the season and not much of a discussion honestly.
Agree. And, as JRutledge stated, this is not an uncommon occurrence. In a situation where a team has player control, a coach would rather burn a timeout and have the certainty of keeping the ball after the time out, versus the 50/50 chance of getting the ball after a held ball (or the flip side, losing the arrow if they have the arrow).

I wish I had a dollar for every time, in this situation, a coach yells, "Timeout, timeout, timeout", when a held ball is about to happen, especially a girls game.

I'd be a thousandaire.

Bottom line? As JRutledge stated, it's what came first, held ball, or timeout request, not who's whistle came first (or "My whistle is bigger than your whistle").
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