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Originally Posted by ilyazhito
The officials.
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So if a coach takes out his six foot nine inch center (his top rebounder, top scorer, and top shot blocker) for a breather with fifty seconds to go in a close game in the third period, and sends him back in after the intermission between the third and fourth period, and said player doesn't report, and just walks out onto the court with his four teammates after the fifteen second warning horn sounds, I'm supposed to, first of all,
notice, and second, send said player back until the next opportunity to substitute?
Won't that coach think that I was an overly officious official, and have few choice words for me that may get him sent to sit with the sweaty socks and smelly towels in the in the stinky locker room?
And I'm supposed to know if said player's four teammates were also the same players that ended the third period?
Now, if the supposedly impartial scorer (he
notices) brings it to my attention in a timely manner, that's another story.
A few coaches get upset when I "just" send back a substitute until the next opportunity to sub who reports after the fifteen second warning horn sounds after a timeout or an intermission.
Had one coach say, "Oh. Your'e going to do that tonight. Really?".